Virtual Studies Course Catalogue
Registration opens 3.8.2026
2.9.2026 – 28.10.2026
The Power Dynamics between Global North and Global South in addressing Climate Mobilities
This course explores the complexity of climate (im)mobilities from multiple angles and emphasizes the power dynamics between those most affected by climate change and those providing assistance.
Registration opens 1.8.2026
6.10.2026 – 1.12.2026
Global Policies and Local Challenges: Perspectives from the South
This course provides a guided reflection and learning about the global-local nexus in public policies from an international comparative perspective. It explores sustainable development issues that lie at the intersection of global and local governance such as education quality, street-level...
Registration opens 3.8.2026
31.8.2026 – 4.12.2026
MOOC "Essentials in Development Studies" Autumn 2026
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Essentials in Development Studies aims to provide students with fundamentals to the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary discipline of development studies and motivate students to further their knowledge in the field.
Registration opens 1.9.2026
11.1.2027 – 16.4.2027
Collaborative Approaches and Conflict Resolution Strategies for Sustainability Challenges
This course offers a foundational understanding of theoretical and methodological approaches to collaboration and conflict resolution strategies in the context of sustainability challenges.
Registration opens 1.12.2026
18.1.2027 – 12.3.2027
Brands, Trademark Law, and Sustainability - Lessons from/for the Global South
This course provides students with a combined knowledge of trademark law and branding as part of business operations to bring legal and marketing knowledge closer to each other. The task is to let lawyers and marketing professionals understand each other better.
Registration opens 1.8.2026
12.1.2027 – 11.5.2027
History of colonisation and decolonisation in (Central) Africa
The course offers an integrated history of Central Africa with attention for political, diplomatic, economic, social, religious and cultural developments.
Registration opens 9.11.2026
20.1.2027 – 12.5.2027
Curriculum Development for Climate Change Education in Global South
The course aims at enhancing curriculum design capacity for curriculum designers and teachers in different levels from basic education to secondary and vocational education in climate change education.
Registration opens 1.8.2026
24.2.2027 – 14.4.2027
Indigenous peoples, beliefs, and rights in the Arctic – in comparison to the Global South
The course focuses on the status of indigenous peoples, their beliefs and rights in both the Arctic and the Global South from an interdisciplinary (law, political science, anthropology, sociology, economy, history) perspective.
Registration opens 1.12.2026
2.3.2027 – 21.4.2027
Climate and Food Security in the Arctic with Global Consequences
This course takes a critical look at the impacts of climate change on the food system in the Arctic and how this is reflected in other parts of the globe. The aims of the course are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2 and 3 in the Global South.
Registration opens 1.1.2027
5.3.2027 – 28.4.2027
Development and Geography
This course delves into key contemporary issues in development geography, examining the complex and evolving nexus between and within the Global South and North. The course provides perspectives and interdisciplinary understanding of the dynamics between geography and development in a rapidly...
Registration Closed
18.3.2026 – 30.6.2026
Globalisation and Corporate Responsibility
After the course students will be familiar with globalization and corporate (social) responsibility, as well as the Millennium and the Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs and SDGs) of UN. Students will understand their contents and the kind of possibilities and challenges they set for companies.