Module Content

In Pathways to Prosperity 2: Society and Livelihoods, you will explore ways in which we can respond to (or attempt to resolve) the challenges and dilemmas set up in Pathways to Prosperity 1: Global Legacies. The module examines current Global Grand Challenges and the broad responses to these framed by the Sustainable Development Goals. The module argues that to meet these goals and effectively face these Grand Challenges, humanity requires innovative Transitions that reshape the way that we work, live and use the planet’s resources. Many individuals, communities, businesses and governments are already undertaking a diversity of activities which are, or suggest, possible ways to reimagine the future. These practices potentially provide transferable models and lessons to be scaled up or applied in different contexts. The module, therefore, presents selected transition case studies and through the assessed work encourages you to explore and develop your own alternative case studies. You will share the case studies that you produce resulting in a broad body of empirical studies on which the entire class may draw. It is envisaged that the common lessons learnt from these transition case studies will inform your future careers as researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, etc, allowing you to become Transition Leaders. The module is delivered through a range of online content, classes and student-developed case studies.

Illustrative Module Outline 

Global Challenges, Transitions and Futures
	The Nature of Global Transitions: sustainability, resilience and change
	Case-study 1 Energy and Climate: Energy transitions in Costa-Rica and elsewhere
	Case-study 2 Food Production Transitions: Agro-ecology and resilient farming in Kenya and beyond
	Case Study 3 Tackling inequalities: Africa’s millennium villages and other innovations from the Global South
	Round-Table Discussion on student case studies
	Case-study 4 Recycling Resources: Circular Economies
	Case Study 5 The future of work: the case of non-linear careers in creative industries
	Case Study 6 Alternative forms of finance
	Future Horizons: Realizing Global Prosperity and the world in 2030
	Afternoon of assessed student presentations on their transition case studies