Resilience Thinking for Development
Learn how to apply resilience concepts to transform development practices and address global environmental challenges in our rapidly changing world.
Learn how to apply resilience concepts to transform development practices and address global environmental challenges in our rapidly changing world.
This comprehensive course explores resilience thinking as a transformative approach to development in the Anthropocene era. Led by experts from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and featuring over 30 global instructors, it examines how resilience concepts can help navigate complexity and uncertainty in development practice. Students learn to understand social-ecological systems, analyze global environmental changes, and implement practical resilience tools. The course combines theoretical foundations with real-world case studies, demonstrating how resilience thinking can drive innovation and transformation in development approaches for addressing poverty, inequality, and sustainability challenges.
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What you'll learn
Analyze key issues in global environmental change and their impact on development
Apply resilience thinking concepts to practical development challenges
Understand complex systems and their role in development contexts
Master resilience thinking tools for development practice
Develop strategies for transformative change in development approaches
Skills you'll gain
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There are 7 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of resilience thinking and its application to development challenges. Through seven modules, students examine how global environmental changes affect development, understand complex systems thinking, and learn practical approaches to transformation and innovation. The curriculum emphasizes the interconnection of social, ecological, and cultural dimensions in development practice, while exploring how local actions can have global implications. Special attention is given to future-oriented thinking and alternative development pathways.
Module 1: Setting the Scene - Development in a changing world
Module 1 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 2: Why does the world seem so complex?
Module 2 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 3: Transformations and innovation for rethinking development practice
Module 3 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 4: The journey from theory to practice
Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 5: Reconnecting the social-ecological-cultural for rethinking development practice
Module 5 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 6: Why the global matters for transforming development practice
Module 6 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 7: Alternative futures for development practice
Module 7 · 4 Hours to complete
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7 Courses
A Global Leader in Climate Science and Sustainability
Johan Rockström, born December 31, 1965, is a pioneering Swedish scientist who serves as Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and holds professorships at both the University of Potsdam and Stockholm University. He is internationally renowned for developing the Planetary Boundaries framework in 2009, which defines the safe operating space for humanity on Earth. His distinguished career includes founding the Stockholm Resilience Centre and serving as Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute. Recently awarded the 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Rockström's research focuses on global sustainability, climate change, and water resources, with over 150 research publications. He teaches several courses through the SDG Academy, including "Planetary Boundaries" and "Transforming Development," and leads the Master's Pathway in Foundations of Sustainable Development program. As Chief Scientist at Conservation International and chair of multiple international initiatives including the Earth Commission, he actively bridges scientific research with policy-making to address global environmental challenges
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A Leading Scholar in Sustainability and Social Innovation
Michele-Lee Moore serves as the Director of Transdisciplinary Education and Deputy Science Director at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, bringing a diverse academic background with degrees in Ecology, Geography, and Global Governance. Her groundbreaking research focuses on social innovations and transformations in water governance, exploring how societies can develop positive and just futures that support social-ecological-cultural resilience. She has established herself as a prominent figure in sustainability science through her leadership of significant programs, including the GRAID programme and the Water Innovation and Global Governance Lab. Her expertise spans across transformative agency, social-ecological systems resilience, and governance innovations, with extensive fieldwork experience from remote glaciers in Canada to shrimp aquaculture in Thailand. Moore maintains multiple academic appointments, including positions at the University of Victoria and University of Waterloo, while serving as an editor for prestigious journals like Ecology & Society and Sustainability Science. Her innovative approach to education and research combines traditional academic methods with creative communication strategies, including videos, podcasts, and social innovation labs, making complex sustainability concepts accessible to diverse audiences. Through her work at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, she continues to advance scientific understanding of transformation processes and design learning spaces that support sustainable development.
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