Admission requirements
Required course(s):
- Global Challenges: Sustainability
Description
Sustainability challenges related to water, energy, and food are interconnected within social-ecological systems. For instance, the availability and accessibility of water and energy influence people’s livelihoods and their ability to secure food and nutrition. In this course, students will learn about the nexus approach for analyzing the interconnections between water, energy, and food production. A central focus of this course are livelihoods, which are considered key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This course will explore how the water-energy-food nexus influence livelihoods, and how sustainable livelihoods can promote sustainability in the water, energy, and food sectors. The course will provide students with an overview of the nexus approach and the livelihoods approach to provide the conceptual foundations. It will then introduce the concept of environmental livelihood security to explore how water, energy, and food securities can be synergistic with sustainable livelihoods. In practical terms, the students will learn how to think in systems and identify connections between sectors. They will learn how to apply the nexus approach with explicit attention to how sustainable livelihoods can be promoted.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students shall have acquired the knowledge and skills identified below.
Knowledge:
Describe the water-energy-food nexus and identify the strengths and limitations of the approach;
Describe the livelihoods approach and identify its strengths and limitations; and
Synthesize how the concept of environmental livelihoods security bridges the nexus and livelihoods approaches.
Skills:
Critically examine studies applying the water-energy-food nexus approach and assess whether livelihood concerns and goals are integrated;
Identify knowledge gaps which result from the omission of livelihoods;
Apply the concept of environmental livelihoods security in a case study.
Timetable
Timetables for courses offered at Leiden University College in 2022-2023 will be published on this page of the e-Prospectus.
Mode of instruction
TBA before Semester 2
Assessment Method
TBA before Semester 2
Reading list
TBA before Semester 2
Registration
Courses offered at Leiden University College (LUC) are usually only open to LUC students and LUC exchange students. Leiden University students who participate in one of the university’s Honours tracks or programmes may register for one LUC course, if availability permits. Registration is coordinated by the Education Coordinator, course.administration@luc.leidenuniv.nl.
Contact
Dr. Aisa O. Manlosa, a.o.manlosa@luc.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
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