HEN659 Economics and environment I - seminar

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Stanislav Kutáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Martin Černý (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 17:00–18:30 U34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is intended as a practical supplement to course HEN 444. Students who take this course will:
be able to lead a more salient interdisciplinary dialogue with economists of different denominations,
due to gained practical skills will be able to better understand economic thinking and practice a reflect it critically from an environmental perspective,
will have gained practical experience with selected economic calcuations and project evaluation methods,
will strengthen their abilites of discussion, listening and critical thinking and their experience with interactive learning.
Syllabus
  • The course content is closely linked to the content of course HEN 444. The outline below may therefore change slightly.
  • 1.Mutual acquaintance and acquaintace with course.Game theory: prisoners´ dilemma and convergence to co-operative solutions,
  • 2.Epistemological and ontological assumptions of economic theory. Activity: critical reading of selected texts,
  • 3. Supply and demand. Activity: calculation of supply and demand according to microeconomic textbooks,
  • 4.General equilibrium models. Practical application: Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) and the study on which it is based - structured discussion about the study that legitimises TTIP,
  • 5.Economic analyses of projects. Calculation of cost-benefit and multicriterial analysis in practice and their critical reflection,
  • 6.Finance and banking. Simulation game, focused on practical functioning of the banking system and its risks, discussion, short films,
  • 7.Indicators of prosperity. Activity: work with texts (critical reading),
  • 8. Economic growth from the perspective of the firm: activity or simulation game,
  • 9.Distribution of income and inequality: activity or simulation game,
  • 10.Nature and ownership: activity or simulation game,
  • 11.The commons: aktivity or simulation game,
  • 12. Structured discussion about the film: "Local and global: the importance of being close,
  • 13. Debate with invited guest.
Literature
  • Ackerman, Frank, Lisa Heinzerling: Priceless: On knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing. New Press, New York, 2004
  • Edwards-Jones, Gareth, et al.: Ecological Economics: an introduction. Blackwell, Malden, MA, USA, 2004
Teaching methods
Structured discussions, classroom experiments, films with discussion, simulation games. The course will be based on practical activities and discussions. The course content is closely linked to course HEN 444 and serves as its practical seminar.
Assessment methods
Successful completion of the course will require active and complete attendance during at least nine of the sessions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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