Regeneration is a new and upcoming research field in sustainability science that aims to shift the focus from ‘sustaining’ the status-quo to fostering positive self-reinforcing and self-maintaining system dynamics – so called ‘regenerative’ dynamics. In this course students will learn to identify regenerative system dynamics and characteristics based on a real-world case study example. In groups students will analyse qualitative interview data to map social-ecological system dynamics and identify regenerative dynamics and system characteristics.

The course aims to equip students with theoretical knowledge and methodological tools to understand and analyze regenerative dynamics in social-ecological systems. More specifically, after the course students should be able to

- apply a social-ecological systems perspective,
- explain the concept of regeneration and key frameworks related to the regeneration of social-ecological systems
- explain how landscape restoration is linked to different domains and scales of social-ecological systems,.

Students further acquire methodological skills including
- qualitative content analysis of interview data,
- analysing causal relationships between system components and,
- analysing regenerative system dynamics and system characteristics.

In addition, students gain social competencies through the work in interdisciplinary teams and by practicing their presentation skills.

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