Insegnamenti

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.
1. Knowledge and understanding skills with respect to the following topics.
operational definitions of complexity in urban policies for sustainable development
framing of environmental and social problems of urbanization and urban development
success factors and critical issues of policy making in urban policies for sustainable development at various scales

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Source studies and research on urban policies for sustainable development, understanding their plurality of approaches and replicability
(select concepts, indicators, and find data to design empirical analyses of urban policies for sustainable development, including comparative analyses, isolating success and critical factors of policy making
contribute to problem solving in organizational and public action contexts in urban policies for sustainable development

3. Critical thinking and judgment skills
Ability to navigate between perspectives (e.g., mainstream and critical) of interpreting urban policies for sustainable development
Ability to understand the elements of urban policies for sustainable development their conduct as social processes

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

fter successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with regard to the following topics.
Social sustainability in a cultural perspective;
Social sustainability in a diachronic and synchronic perspective;
Distal and proximal views of sustainability;
Knowledge and powers of sustainability;
Sustainabilty Discourse and the Transformation of the Public Sphere;
Sustainability as Cultural Politics;
Assemblages for Sustainability Analysis.

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Ability to identify the structural and interdependent factors of global inequality, climate change and ecological collapse;
Ability to a historical reading of the indicated processes, with reference to patterns of power;
Ability to use a proximal and distal perspective i.e. at the micro, meso and macro levels;
Ability to use classic texts in sociology and critical theory to promote a culture of sustainability;
ability to use sociological analysis methodologies for bottom-up reflection on sustainability practices.

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to express personal and original, yet scientifically grounded views through cultural analysis of interdependencies that can highlight how ecological challenges are inseparable from social justice issues.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.
1. Knowledge and understanding skills with respect to the following topics.
The evolution of network analysis: from J. Moreno's Sociometry to the Harvard School breakthrough
Main concepts of network analysis

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Apply network analysis to the study of action networks in the context of sustainability policies;
Construct a network analysis questionnaire and ability to analyze and discuss the results of the survey.

3. Critical and judgment skills
Ability to express personal and original but scientifically grounded views on multi-stakeholdre action networks in the field of policies for sustainable development.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with regard to the following topics.
international processes from the bipolar to the contemporary phase;
current geopolitical trends;
the mechanisms of aggregation and disintegration that substantiate the sustainability of the global system.

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge.
Prospect possible future scenarios;
Be able to develop policy briefs, prescriptions and analysis scenarios.

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to express personal and original, yet scientifically grounded, views on current geopolitical trends and the functioning of the system of international relations.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with regard to the following topics.
regional processes from the birth of the Arab world to the most recent crises and conflicts;
the current causes of instability in the area from a geopolitical and theoretical point of view;
the mechanisms of aggregation and disintegration that substantiate the sustainability of the regional system closely linked to the global one; and

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Prospect possible future scenarios;
Be able to develop policy briefs, prescriptions and analysis scenarios.

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to express personal and original but scientifically grounded views on the forms and content of public action in the field of sustainability.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with respect to the following topics
Descriptive statistics;
Exploratory statistics;
computational aspects

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Ability to apply the main tools for descriptive and exploratory data analysis, with emphasis on the topic of sustainability;
Ability to apply the main tools useful for quantitative analysis by applying them to the topic of sustainability.

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to use statistical knowledge in the area of sustainability in an original way.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with respect to the following topics
Welfare and social sustainability. A diachronic pathway
Work, welfare and social inclusion.
Social sustainability at the territorial level. Governance and actors
Third sector, social innovation and the commons
Social sustainability and capitalism. Why social sustainability affects growth: national trajectories and territorial practices

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Qualitative-quantitative research skills related to welfare and production systems;
Social design skills related to issues of social sustainability, social innovation, urban regeneration, job creation in the territory.

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to express personal and original but scientifically grounded views on the relationships between social sustainability and economic growth.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

1. Conoscenze e capacità di comprensione relativamente ai seguenti temi

Dopo aver sostenuto con successo l’esame lo studente dovrà conoscere le principali teorie sociologiche sui contesti politico-istituzionali, le strutture organizzative e i modelli gestionali delle pubbliche amministrazioni con specifico riferimento alle politiche per lo sviluppo sostenibile.

2. Capacità di applicare le conoscenze acquisite
Dopo aver sostenuto con successo l’esame lo studente dovrà essere in grado di contestualizzare teoricamente e progettare una ricerca empirica su specifici aspetti e processi delle organizzazioni pubbliche e dei loro modelli gestionali.

3. Capacità critiche e di giudizio
Lo sviluppo di capacità critiche e di giudizio deve essere assicurato attraverso partecipazione attiva ad esercitazioni di gruppo e discussioni e preparando presentazioni, individuali e di gruppo.

4. La capacità di comunicare
è appresa attraverso presentazioni individuali e di gruppo sui temi oggetto di studio e partecipando a discussioni collettive.

5. Capacità di proseguire lo studio in modo autonomo
È favorita attraverso l’abilità acquisita di collegare concetti, teorie e fenomeni. Questa abilità può essere sviluppata attraverso la presentazione esplicita di tali collegamenti, testati attraverso esercitazioni su casi di studio specifici. Al termine del corso, lo studente dovrebbe essere in grado di approfondire autonomamente le tematiche delle organizzazioni pubbliche attraverso la consultazione di fonti specializzate.

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.
1. Knowledge and understanding skills with respect to the following topics.
The evolution of network analysis: from J. Moreno's Sociometry to the Harvard School breakthrough
Main concepts of network analysis

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Apply network analysis to the study of action networks in the context of sustainability policies;
Construct a network analysis questionnaire and ability to analyze and discuss the results of the survey.

3. Critical and judgment skills
Ability to express personal and original but scientifically grounded views on multi-stakeholdre action networks in the field of policies for sustainable development.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with respect to the following topics:
the transformations of jobs and production processes;
the methods and tools for the planning of paths of insertion/re-insertion into work;
active labor policies.

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Plan pathways for job insertion/re-insertion.
Contribute to the formulation of active labor policies as a tool for optimizing the labor market

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to express personal and original, but scientifically grounded, points of view on the transformations of jobs and active labor policies.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review

Educational objectives

After successfully taking the examination the student will have acquired the following.

1. Knowledge and understanding skills with regard to the following topics.
Concept of indicator: from index to indicator
System concept: from a set of indicators to a system of indicators
Measurement models (reflective and formative approaches)
Synthesis of indicators: perspectives and main approaches

2. Ability to apply acquired knowledge
Ability to construct a system of indicators;
Ability to navigate and use the main internationally adopted indicators on technology, gender and sustainability.

3. Critical and judgmental skills
Ability to evaluate policies on the basis of indicators.

4. Ability to communicate
Ability to:
- Write abstracts
- Present articles or book chapters
- Take part in classroom discussions
- Draft and present a research project

5. Ability to pursue study independently
Ability to use the tools to:
conduct a literature search
write a literature review