SOC30740 Sociology of climate change

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module offers a space to reflect on how social researchers can constructively respond to the many challenges posed by climate change.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be better equipped to:

- Identify the relevance of different sociological approaches for making sense of and addressing the climate crisis.
- Recognise the multiple interconnections between climate change and other crises.
- Identify the possibilities of collaboration between social research and other disciplines in order to combat climate change.
- Apply sociologically theories to selected case-studies;
- Critically examine the links between climate change and key sociological categories (e.g. modernity, class, gender, racism).
- Critically examine the links between climate change, income inequality, capitalism and democracy;
- Appraise different proposals for addressing the climate crisis;

Indicative Module Content:

Modernity and the Great Acceleration.
Climate change and capitalism.
Decarbonising democracies.
The rise of environmental social movements.
Policy Responses (e.g. Green New Deal)
Decarbonising everyday life (the economy, food, transport, housing, urban landscapes).
Just transitions and the Global South.
Thinking sociologically about climate change using the European Social Survey.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

8
Seminar (or Webinar)

16
Autonomous Student Learning

101
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures;

Seminars;

Critical writing, reflective learning;

Enquiry & problem-based learning;

Peer and group work;

Case-based learning; 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Portfolio Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

80
Group Project: Group project Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

20

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Bhavnani, K.K., Foran, J., Kurian, P.A. and Munshi, D. eds., 2019. Climate futures: Reimagining global climate justice. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Dunlap, Riley E. and Robert J. Brulle (eds.) Climate change and society: sociological perspectives: report of the American Sociological Association's task force on sociology and global climate change.

Thunberg, Greta. 2023. The climate book. Penguin.
Name Role
Dr Ebru Isikli Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 12:00 - 13:50