Teaching
TMe2 Globalisation and Corporate Responsibility 5 ECTS (Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/TM062002/1603 T
Students will learn about corporate social responsibility, which is the basic framework used by businesses to address issues with global development and to answer to the challenges of their global activities. We will focus on how businesses adapt to global issues such as poverty, climate change, and finite resources by integrating sustainability values into their practices. We will explore specific case studies of CSRs practices and initiatives in the Global South to gain insights regarding how businesses can accelerate (or even hinder) development outcomes, eventually progressing (or regressing) the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
TMSe2 Climate Change and Trade in the Global South 6 ECTS (Fall 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/TM063012/22261
This course will provide a framework for thinking about climate change and its consequences for international trade. The course aims to promote a better understanding of how we can better reconcile the competing objectives of international/global trade, measures on adaptation and mitigation of climate change, and poverty alleviation, eventually progressing SDG #13 goals in the Global South. We will explore how climate change affects the global and regional trade policy in the Global South, which, depending on the different scenarios presented during the exercises, may present both new opportunities and threats through measures and implementation by multi-sectors stakeholders. Specific sector- and country-context case studies and exercises on hypothetical scenarios will be utilized to better understand how contemporary trade policies may influence climate adaptation and mitigation in the Global South.
Urban Southeast Asia (1+2+2) ECTS (Fall 2023)
https://www.asianet.fi/courses/online-courses/master-level-courses/urban-east-asia/
Urbanization is one of the main global trends in the current world but it shows divergent trajectories in different regions. This course deals with the particular features of cities and urbanization in Southeast Asia and how countries cities face and address various urban sustainability challenges. The key themes are the impact of colonialism on the historical and current developments of Southeast Asian cities, urban governance and politics, urban planning and issues related to inequality and poverty.