Specialisation tracks: Graz
Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability Management and Innovation and Transition Management
Climate Change
The track Climate Change deals with climate physics, physical geography and selected topics in climate change and environmental change.
You will:
- gain knowledge on the Earth’s physical climate system and anthropogenic climate change;
- get insights into the physical principles governing large- and meso-scale atmospheric flow and atmospheric thermodynamics;
- learn to describe important processes influencing the oceans and the oceans’ role in the climate system;
- learn to apply the principles and methods of climatology, oceanography and hydrology;
- acquire basic understanding of meteorological, climatological and hydrological processes in mountains;
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train data analysis skills.
Corporate Sustainability Management
The track Corporate Sustainability Management deals with strategic sustainability management, sustainability controlling and management, quantitative methods of social research and a research project in sustainability and innovation management.
You will:
- acquire in-depth knowledge about corporate sustainability management;
- gain an understanding of complex relations between economic and ecological aspects of management;
- learn how to develop and implement sustainability and environmental programmes in organizations;
- critically analyse and reflect different approaches and concepts within this field
- train their competences in team work and project-oriented tasks, also within international settings
Innovation and Transition Management
The track Innovation and Transition Management deals with transition management, sustainable innovation, quantitative methods of social research and a research project in sustainability and innovation management.
You will:
- get to know concepts and theories of innovation and transition management;
- acquire in-depth knowledge on methods of environmental, sustainability and technology assessments;
- learn to analyse and understand societal transitions;
- learn about social and public acceptance of innovations and understand the role of psychological aspects in the perception of climate change and sustainability problems;
- critically analyse and reflect different approaches and concepts within this field;
- train their competences in team work and project-oriented tasks, also within international settings.
