Seventy percent of the earth surface is covered by oceans and a great majority of humanity lives in the coastal zone. Our planet is reaching or has passed planetary boundaries that delimit how current and future humanity can live. Conflicts in the ocean and coastal realm are on the increase. In line with this, global sustainability research is now strongly focussing on ocean conflicts and crises. This block seminar examines the potentials of currently operating and very recently finished global sustainability research projects in the ocean and coastal realm. We ask: What ocean and coastal conflicts are there? How do they arise and what are their major drivers and outcomes? How do we currently study this and what does these approaches imply for our results? What conflict management tools and strategies exist and what are their results? Last, but not least, we critically examine the intention of current ocean conflict research to transform ocean conflicts into opportunities for sustainability enhancing interactions (Tafon et al, 2021). The seminar aims to convey knowledge surrounding natural resource conflicts in the Anthropocene and identify current knowledge gaps.
The course will be in English. There will be contributors from a number of currently ongoing global sustainability research projects. Participants may contribute on a topic of their choice on an individual or group basis.

Literature Reference
Ralph Tafon, Bruce Glavovic, Fred Saunders & Michael Gilek (2021): Oceans of Conflict: Pathways to an Ocean Sustainability PACT, Planning Practice & Research, DOI:10.1080/02697459.2021.1918880To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2021.1918880

Inhalt: This course is a special offer for international students who are interested in Regional and Urban Geography, and the local history of Bremen and Northwest Germany.

• Students understand the historical development of cities and the processes connecting historical events and urban development
• Students understand the basic ideas of (Regional) and Urban Geography and History as a university science
• Students understand the most important historical events that shaped today’s Germany
• Students are able to give presentations about topics that they researched on their own (about an excursion destination as well as a unique city quarter of Bremen

As part of the International Module Social Sciences, this spotlight lecture is held by visiting Professor Dr, Maya Hadar from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. The number of students will be limited according to the capacity of the classroom during the pademic.
In dieser Veranstaltung kann eine englischsprachige Prüfungsleistung erbracht werden. Bitte verlassen Sie sich nicht zu 100% darauf, dass dieser Kurs in diesem Semester stattfindet, da Reisebeschränkungen den Aufenthalt der Dozentin in Bremen erlauben müssen. Er wurde schon mehrfach Pandemie-bedingt verschoben.