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The course treats: • homotopy theory, the fundamental group, covering spaces • the Brouwer fixed point theorem, the Borsuk-Ulam theorem • deformation retracts, fundamental groups and homology of surfaces • surgery of manifolds, also called…

The course treats: Group representations: linear representations, equivalent representations, regular representation, induced and restricted representations, irreducible representations, Maschke’s Theorem, dual representations and…

The course treats: Groups: Permutation groups. Burnside's lemma with application to Pólya arithmetic. Sylow's theorems. Symmetric and alternating groups. The structure of finitely generated Abelian groups. Rings: Noetherian and…

The course treats fundamental properties of Banach and Hilbert spaces and the bounded linear operators defined on them: Banach spaces, the Hahn-Banach Theorem, weak convergence and  weak precompactness of the unit ball. Hilbert…

The course treats: The method of characteristics and nonlinear equations of the first order. Laplace’s equation. The heat equation. The wave equation. The Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem. Sobolev spaces. Existence, uniqueness and…

The course treats basic properties of signed and complex measures: Hahn and Jordan decomposition, absolute continuity and the Radon-Nikodym theorem, singularity, Lebesgue decomposition of measures, differentiability of finite Borel…

The course treats applications of the Hahn-Banach theorem, weak convergence and compactness, the Riesz representation theorem, the use of orthonormal bases, boundedness, compactness and spectra of integral operators, the…

The course addresses political approaches to and perspectives on sustainability issues and place these in relation to the actual ability to address sustainability challenges. It tackles both central political factors as well the creation…

The course provides interdisciplinary perspectives from the field of environmental geography aimed at studying the dynamics of social and environmental change in particular places. It covers perspectives from a variety of research fields,…

The course briefly reviews economic theories and economic growth and analyses their environmental and social consequences, for instance, environmental degradation, social welfare and equity. Students will develop competencies in critically…

This course provides opportunities for participants to enhance their knowledge and skills in sustainability science through a deeper comprehension of the strengths and weaknesses of participatory methods. The course is based on…

The themes are covered significantly through a variety of scientific readings and reflection that exemplify different approaches and perspectives for analysing and interpreting present and future water resource availability, the political…

The main aim of the course is to provide conceptual frameworks for studying and evaluating the impact that social movements for sustainability can have on the public agenda and decision-making. The course is a seminar course,…

In the course we will discuss the broad field of gender studies and the central issues, key concepts and analytical tools in the current debates regarding inequalities, diversities and social change relevant for sustainability. The course…

The course also provides an understanding of and an ability to analyse and understand political questions and decision making in relation to climate mitigation and climate adaptation. Based on this, the course aims to provide a deepened…

By highlighting four key emerging and persistent global health challenges: The unavoidable health impacts of climate change (heat-stress, extreme cold, flooding, rising incidence of vector borne-diseases) The prevailing sanitation…

As a result, the notion of inner transformation (or inner transition) has emerged as a new area of exploration. The course explores this new area and creates space and opportunities for learning and knowledge development on this topic…

The course focuses on the ‘political’ character of sustainability issues, that is, the necessarily power-laden nature of both sustainability problems themselves, and the solutions that are proposed to address them. The course provides an…

This increase of sustainability discourses in the daily practices of society might contribute to shifting the current unsustainable trajectory. For this course, popular culture is defined as the entirety of attitudes, ideas…