Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in economics : general (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course focuses on the economic and demographic growth of human societies and its environmental consequences. We will address the conditions of economic growth, its technological and environmental limits, the relationship between economic growth, CO2 emissions and biodiversity. Students will be asked to reflect on possible solutions to enable the transition to sustainable development.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course aims to understand the technological and environmental limits of the development process initiated during the Industrial Revolution. Teamwork will allow students to reflect on solutions to enable the transition to sustainable development.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures by the professor (20%)
Teamwork in class (80%)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face to face and online teaching. Teamwork.
Recommended or required readings
Acemoglu, D. (2009). Introduction to Modern Economic Growth. Princeton University Press.
Gollier, Christian (2019). Le climat après la fin du mois, PUF.
Mélières, M. A., & Maréchal, C. (2015). Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future. John Wiley & Sons.
Pearson, Charles S. (2015) On the cusp: from population boom to bust. Oxford University Press.
Perman, Roger, Yue Ma, , Michael Common, David Maddison, and James McGilvray (2012) Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, 4th edition, Pearson.
Written work / report
Additional information:
No exam.
Assessment: Paper written by each group to hand in at the end of the course.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Professor:
Lionel Artige, Office 1/32b (Bât. N3)
Tel. : 04/366 4891
E-Mail : lionel.artige@uliege.be
Assistant:
Hugues Barvaux, Office 1/9 (Bât. N3)
E-Mail : hugues.barvaux@uliege.be