Social planning for sustainability, innovation, and gender inclusion

The course aims to provide students with the historiographic, theoretical-conceptual and methodological knowledge to develop the analysis of social change as a result of long-term processes embedded in global and transnational networks and interconnected spaces. Within this broader epistemological perspective, the general objective of the course is to provide students with the ability to frame the emergence of the topic of sustainability and its multiple dimensions, connecting it to the study of the social, political, economic, environmental and cultural impact of innovation processes, technological change, theories and practices of government of change. A more specific objective of the course is to provide students with tools for the analysis and evaluation of the impact, in terms of sustainability, of the processes of globalization of the economy and finance on political systems and institutions of government (local, national, European and multilateral level). Through an integrated multidisciplinary approach, based on the intertwining of economic history, history of international relations and political history, the course will explore issues related to the growth of inequality and poverty, the phenomenon of "expulsions", the increase of political distrust and disaffection towards representative democracy. At the end of the learning process the student will have to demonstrate: A) knowledge and understanding to possess knowledge and skills in the field of global history, in order to the understanding and critical analysis of the changes taking place at global and local level in relation to the objectives of sustainable development. This knowledge will also be useful to elaborate and/or apply original ideas and critical skills in the field of research, with particular reference to the topic of sustainability of economic development models and to the relationship between globalized economy, multilateral governance and democracy. B) applying knowledge and understanding to know how to finalize this knowledge to the resolution of problems related to all those professional fields that serve to evaluate/govern the social impact of innovation processes in the economic-financial field, in terms of inclusion, strengthening of democratic practices of change management, sustainable entrepreneurship, fight against inequalities and poverty, circularity and self-regeneration capacity of economic systems. C) making judgements To be in possession of a solid historical and theoretical background necessary to 1) integrate multidisciplinary knowledge related to the topics of sustainability, social impact of innovation processes, interdependence between global dynamics and local, national, regional contexts; 2) reflect on the social and ethical responsibilities related to the application of knowledge in the field of sustainable innovation. D) Communication skills to be able to communicate the acquired knowledge and to interact through it, in professional fields that produce social impact in terms of social inclusion, cultural promotion and valorization, territorial and environmental qualification and planning, sustainable entrepreneurship, technological application and digitalization, communication and implementation of policy interventions. E) learning skills to be able to apply the acquired knowledge in a competent and reflective way, both to devise and support arguments and to solve problems in one's own field of study, showing full autonomy in the activity of systematization and analysis of data, selection, comparison and screening of sources, organization of knowledge in the framework of projects and research.