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A social-ecological systems approach to ecosystem restoration around the world (FSL) (Seminar)

Inhalt: IMPORTANT: This seminar will take place in the first 7 weeks of the summer term. The last session will be on May 17. Ecosystem restoration is a worldwide endeavour to reverse land degradation and create a sustainable future for both people and nature. 115 countries around the globe have put forward quantitative, area-based commitments to global restoration projects such as the Bonn Challenge to restore some of their terrestrial area. Restoration is complex because it needs to account for both ecological and social needs and ambitions. Here, a social-ecological systems perspective can help to disentangle variables, drivers and relationships that shape different dimensions and outcomes of restoration initiatives. In this seminar, students will (1) be introduced to ecosystem restoration, (2) get to know basics of social-ecological systems thinking, and (3) apply a social-ecological systems perspective to restoration case studies. To this end, students will form groups that take a closer look at selected countries and their restoration efforts with respect to key social-ecological parameters. These parameters will be chosen based on the students’ interest and might include climate change, biodiversity, social or environmental justice, food security, human-environment relationships, ...

An Introduction to Law & Economics (FSL) (Modul 3, Profil GRecht) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Sebastian Peyer, Thomas Wein

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 14.027 Seminarraum

Inhalt: This course provides an introduction to law & economics. It is primarily based on a method of case analysis. Nearly all cases are published in Barnes, D.W./Stout, L.A. (1992), Cases and Materials on Law and Economics, St. Paul (West Publishing) (B/S 1992). Relevant cases are also provided in the material folder, groups 1 to 11. All participants must choose one group to enrol (see group function of MyStudy). All groups are required to analyze a number of cases that illustrate the methods and functions of an economic analysis of the law. These cases must be presented in front of the class. The notes and questions (in Barnes/Stout) are a part of the case materials and may help to introduce the audience to the relevant law and economics arguments. Presentations must be uploaded to the material folder (Presentations) each Friday preceding the seminar, at 12.00 pm (noon). For example, group presentation 1 for April 3 must be made available to the class until Friday, March 31 , 12.00 pm (noon) the latest. Participants can enrol in groups of two or three presenters. The endterm test will be held during the last session (3 July).

Eine Einführung in die Psychologie nachhaltiger Urteile und Entscheidungen (Profil PsyWi) (Vorlesung)

Dozent/in: Astrid Kause

Inhalt: In der Psychologie des Urteilens und Entscheidens wird erforscht, wie Menschen Entscheidungen treffen und wie sie Risiken wie den Klimawandel, Verschmutzung, umweltbedingte Gesundheitsrisiken, oder Naturkatastrophen wahrnehmen. Dabei integriert sie Theorien und empirische Erkenntnisse aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen wie der Ökonomie, der Biologie und auch den Computerwissenschaften. Nach einer Einführung in die Geschichte der (Umwelt)psychologie werden zwei Fragen beleuchtet: 1) Wie nehmen Menschen verschiedene Umweltrisiken wahr und wie können diese verständlich kommuniziert werden? Sowie 2) Was wissen wir über die Faktoren, die unterschiedliche Entscheidungen voraussagen? Die in dieser Vorlesung vorgestellten Antworten auf diese beide Fragen umfassen zum einen, wie Risikowahrnehmung und Verhalten sich sowohl durch Unterschiede in etwa Werten, politischen Einstellungen, oder individuellen Lernerfahrungen erklären lassen. Sie umfassen zum anderen, wie der Kontext, wie etwa Grundeinstellungen, das Verhalten anderer, Infrastruktur oder Informationen aus den Medien bestimmte Verhaltensweisen beeinflusst. Ziel ist zu verstehen, wie im politischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Wandel hin zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit Einzelne mitgenommen und wie sie kompetenter mit den Herausforderungen dieses Wandels umgehen können.

European politics and law in the climate change and energy sector (FSL) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Dörte Fouquet, Thomas Schomerus

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 10:15 - 13:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 12.102 Seminarraum

Inhalt: The seminar aims to introduce students to the political and legal system of the EU. The learning objective is a deeper understanding of the values, legal foundations, structures, organization and institutions of the EU, with a special emphasis on the environment, and on energy and climate protection. No prior knowledge is required. The seminar consists of 2 parts: In part 1, the basics of the European Union are taught in presence (if necessary hybrid) in Lüneburg. Topics for the examination (paper and presentation) are also prepared here. Part 2 consists of a two-day excursion to Brussels, with visits to the most important EU institutions such as the Commission, the Council and the Parliament, as well as other offices.

Introducing North American Studies (FSL) (Modul 1, Profil NAS) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
wöchentlich | Freitag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.310 Seminarraum

Inhalt: The survey module introduces students to three aspects of North American Studies (with an emphasis on the United States): first, NAS as an academic subject influenced by academic as well as non-academic discourses (such as politics, religion, and history); second, NAS encompassing a vast range of topics, such as minority voices, aspects of “Otherness”; and third, NAS as a showcase for cultural production reflected in literature, art, and film.

Narrative in der Transformationsforschung (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Karoline Augenstein

Termin:
wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 14:15 - 17:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 12.112 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Der Allgemeinplatz „es braucht ein neues Narrativ“ findet sich in fast jeder aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Debatte. Dabei greift die etwas banale Idee, dass es einfach „nur“ eine überzeugende Geschichte braucht, damit Menschen sich einer Bewegung anschließen, ein bestimmtes Produkt kaufen oder ihr Verhalten ändern, zu kurz. Eine gute Geschichte führt nicht automatisch zu Veränderung im Handeln von Akteuren. Trotzdem spielen Narrative eine wichtige Rolle für die Transformation in Richtung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Nach einer Einführung in die Grundlagen der inter- und transdisziplinären Transformationsforschung werden wir unterschiedliche Ansätze zur Erforschung von Narrativen und ihrer Rolle in der Transformation kennenlernen. Wir beschäftigen uns dabei mit Klimawandel-Narrativen, Narrativen des Wandels von sozialen Bewegungen und unterschiedlichen Formen des Erzählens von Zukunft. Dabei werden verschiedene Theorien und methodische Zugänge sowie unterschiedliche Formen von Narrativen (in klassischen Medien, in der Wissenschaft, in Bildern und sozialen Medien) vorgestellt und gemeinsam erarbeitet.

New Work - Einführung in die New Work und Konsequenzen für Selbstmanagement und Personalführung (Modul 1, Profil NewWork) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Nora Ast

Inhalt: New Work – Einführung in die New Work und Konsequenzen für Selbstmanagement und Führung Entwicklungen und aktuelle Ausprägungen des New Work werden aufgezeigt und aus verschiedenen Perspektiven kritisch-konstruktiv diskutiert und reflektiert. Darauf aufbauend werden die Chancen und auch möglichen Risiken der Entwicklungen im Bereich des New Work für das Individuum, für Organisationen und auch für Gesellschaften thematisiert. Es wird aufgezeigt, welche Herausforderungen für die Führung von Menschen damit verbunden sind. Flexibilität, perspektivische Vielfalt im Denken und Handeln sowie die Bereitschaft zu Reflexion und Selbstentwicklung sind dabei unverzichtbare Kernkompetenzen. Veränderung und Entwicklung bedingen einander. Wenn wir Umbrüche und Veränderungsnotwendigkeiten als Chance für Selbstentwicklung und inneres Wachstum annehmen, können wir Veränderung selbstwirksam für uns gestalten.

Queer Cities: Cruising, Spaces and Encounters (FSL) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Raphael Daibert

Termin:
wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 12:15 - 13:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 6.321 Seminarraum

Inhalt: In dialogue with a range of theorists, artists and writers the main question this seminar poses is: What can we learn from non-normative bodies and their experiences in cities of our contemporary world? 'Queer Cities: Cruising, Spaces and Encounters' plans to combine artistic practice, fiction writing and theory that deal with questions of sexuality, urban realities and the different use spaces in a city can have by different communities. "Cruising" is commonly known as a wandering sexual practice almost exclusively done by gay men. How can a cruising practice have different shapes when performed by other bodies? How can spontaneous encounters – beyond the ones driven pra sexual stimulation – serve also as means of knowledge production? Excursion date to Berlin: [*mandatory activity*] Details: Friday, April 14th 2023. Time period for activities in Berlin: 11h-17h *meeting point*: at 11h Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz - Grüner Salon Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte 11h-13h: Meeting/discussion with Cruising Curators collective at Grüner Salon - Volksbühne 13h-14h: Lunch at Volksbühne Kantine 14h-15h: Sound walk proposed by Cruising Curators 15h-15h30: Arrival to KW/Coffee break 15h30-17h: Visit to Martin Wong (and others) exhibitions at KW #1 ~ April 5th Introduction // Queer City film #2 ~ April 12th Times Square Red, Times Square Blue ~ Samuel Delany #3 ~ April 14th *BERLIN* Walk/day with Cruising Curators collective in Berlin. #4 ~ April 19th Ephemera as Evidence - José Esteban Muñoz Sharings of David Wojnarowicz and José Leonilson artworks. #5 ~ April 26th Queer Ecology: nature, sexuality and heterotopic alliances ~ Matthew Gandy #6 ~ May 3rd Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity ~ José Esteban Muñoz (session #1) #7 ~ May 10th Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity ~ José Esteban Muñoz (session #2) #8 ~ May 17th Presentation day #1 @ ArchipelagoLab #9 ~ May 24th Presentation day #2 @ ArchipelagoLab TEXTS: Ephemera as Evidence ~ José Esteban Muñoz Times Square Red Times Square Blue ~ Samuel R. Delany Queer Ecology: nature, sexuality and heterotopic alliances ~ Matthew Gandy Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity ~ José Esteban Muñoz ARTWORKS sharings by: Liz Rosenfeld, Martin Wong, Alvin Baltrop, David Wojnarowicz, José Leonilson, and others.

Queer Digital Cultures (FSL) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Ben Trott

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 16:15 - 17:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 12.101 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Digital media, digital technologies and digital infrastructures shape contemporary culture in many and far-reaching ways. This seminar examines their impact on 'queer' culture in particular – understood here as both LGBT (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) cultures as well as, more broadly, cultures that contest or subvert dominant norms around gender and sexuality. Students will explore recent efforts to theorise the relationship between transformations in information, digital and other technologies, and transformations in the fields of gender and sexuality. They will examine empirical as well as theoretically-informed work on the ways that digital media and technologies are shaping queer life and culture. And they will address the extent to which the study of digital cultures can be productively approached from a queer perspective. Issues that will be explored include the following: • The role of digital media in transgender self-representation • How social media hashtags (like #lesbian) can facilitate both the production of community and the (de-)stabilisation of identity categories • How LGBT and queer intimacies are being transformed through dating and ‘hook-up’ apps (such as Tinder and Grindr) • Digital labour and online pornography • The possibilities and limits of digital queer activism • LGBT and queer cultural producers who engage extensively with digital cultures, such as Lil Nas X

Solidarities across Identities - from Intersections to Alliances (FSL) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Serhat Karakayali

Termin:
wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 10:15 - 11:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 14.203 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Groups affected by racism, homophobia, mysogyny and other forms of exclusion and degradation differ from each other in many aspects. Often these differences are presented as hardly or not at all reconcilable or the respective conditions are scaled against each other. As a result, the respective interests compete for attention, recognition and resources. In the seminar we will deal with approaches that critically confront such a development and ask about the possibilities and conditions of alliances or solidarities between groups. Texts on concepts such as solidarity, post-migrant alliances, the historical "rainbow coalition" or the intersectionality approach form the basis of the discussion.

TASS - Transatlantic Sustainability Seminar (FSL) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Thomas Schomerus

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 11.307 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Part 1: The seminar starts with students working on the different themes of Int. & EU law & politics. The topics for the assignments should cover environmental and energy issues and should give insight in either legal, economic, social, technical or cultural problems of the exploitation and the use of energy. A topic can be, for instance, the impacts on the environment, especially on ground water, deriving from Fracking. Part 2: The Leuphana students take part in the Leuphana summer school for American students in the second half of May, 2022. This program has been offered since the beginning of the 90ies, teaching American students international aspects combined with intercultural issues in an international environment in order to prepare young adults for a job in a globalized world. It comprises hard facts from fields such as economics, legal, or management, but also soft skills like intercultural communication or business negotiations. By accompanying and maybe even hosting American students, Leuphana students will learn about their background and get ideas for their presentations. Part 3: If possible, an excursion to Brussels will be offered, with insights in EU organization, law & institutions. Students will have to cover their expenses, mainly consisting of travel costs and the necessary spending on food etc.

The Sacred as a Lens on the Digital (FSL) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Robert Samuel Hughes Rapoport

Termin:
14-täglich | Mittwoch | 14:15 - 17:45 | 12.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 12.107 Seminarraum

Inhalt: The impulse toward the sacred is one of the defining traits of humanity. Moving on from insights in disciplines ranging from anthropology and media studies, we will look at how the impulse toward 'the sacred' manifests in contemporary digital culture. How does the lens of the sacred provide a deeper understanding of current forms of cultural production, particularly those that are 'black boxed'? This is not a course on religion, but on how metaphors of the sacred continue to surface in the secular realm. Since the widespread use of ChatGPT, DALL-E scholars and journalists are increasingly invoking a 'God in the Machine'. What does this shift mean for cultural production in the next decade?

Universität der Gegenwart - Bildung für die Zukunft? (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Laura Picht-Wiggering

Inhalt: Unsere Gesellschaft steht zahlreichen tiefgreifenden Veränderungen gegenüber. Die Corona-Pandemie und der Krieg gegen die Ukraine, führen zu wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen und die Klimakatastrophe zwingt uns zu einem Umdenken. Hinzu kommt die Digitalisierung, die viele Möglichkeiten, aber auch viele Gefahren in sich birgt. Diese Veränderungen machen auch vor den Universitäten und ihrer gesellschaftlichen Rolle nicht halt. Wie muss eine universitäre Bildung aussehen, die uns ermächtigt, mit diesen Veränderungen umzugehen? Dieser Frage werden wir im Seminar aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln nachgehen. Neben einem Blick auf die Geschichte der Universität werden wir uns mit den Einflüssen der Digitalisierung auseinandersetzen. Wir werden uns auch fragen, worum es in der universitären Bildung gehen sollte – steht hier die Arbeitsfähigkeit oder die Persönlichkeitsbildung im Vordergrund?

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