SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Dr V F Schofield

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Module Staff

Dr V Schofield

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Module description

The future is increasingly framed as unpredictable, turbulent, complex and unknown. This course considers the implications of the future framed as uncertain for sustainable development. It will explore risk governance as a means of navigating uncertain futures and its deployment for sustainable development. The first part of the course will ask: what is risk governance? Content will be theoretical in focus and introduce risk governance as governance that involves interventions based on anticipated futures. Lectures will cover theorisations of risk and core components of risk governance. The second part will be empirically focused and turn to consider examples of risk governance in practice. Lectures will focus on the deployment of risk governance for sustainable development in different industry contexts, such as insurance and urban planning. Concluding lectures will reflect on risk governance, including how it is lived, experienced and resisted.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST ( PASS SD2001 AND PASS SD2002 ) OR ( PASS SD2005 AND PASS SD2006 AND PASS SD2100 )

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS GG3279 OR TAKE GG3279

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture (x8 weeks), 2 seminar (x8 weeks), 1 practical/workshop (x2 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

30

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

269

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate understanding of the emergence and key components of risk governance
  • Recognise the interrelation between risk governance and sustainable development
  • Describe and critique the implementation of risk governance across different domains
  • Assess the varying implications of risk governance across different domains
  • Create suggestions for the sustainable deployment of risk governance