Understanding Sustainability Discourses (core)

Semester Two

Module leader: Rebecca Smith

Overseeing the implementation of the sustainable development goals is an established part of governance today with implications for action across most working sectors. This module will develop students’ critical capacities and skills for differentiating between the range of interpretations within ‘sustainability discourse’ today. They will explore the contradictions between sustainable development and economic growth policies, and the impact of this on deepening global inequalities. This will equip students to better understand the difference between ‘greenwashing’ approaches and genuine action for sustainable development.

Contact: rebecca.smith@uhi.ac.uk