Sociology for sustainability and analysis of global processes

Two types of activities will be carried out during the course: (a) the main features and elements of complexity of sustainable urban development policies will be presented and explored: - urbanization processes and the importance of the urban scale for the SDGs - the success and critical factors of policy making: networks of action, stakes and powers; multi-level, multi-scalar and trans-scalar structuring of policy making and, in particular, the representations and guidance for action of international and transnational global actors (UN, WB, OECD, global think tanks and consultancies, networks of cities); the role of EU institutions and agendas, national governments and local actors (governments and urban stakeholders); and the ways in which these actors interact. (b) A workshop activity will be conducted on the topic of using digital technologies, with particular reference to artificial intelligence, in policies for sustainable urban development. For these activities, for which a group evaluation will be given, attendance is mandatory. THE TIME ORGANIZATION OF THE TWO ACTIVITIES WILL BE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON WITH THE STUDENTS.

It is advisable to have taken the first-year examination 'Analysis and evaluation of public policies for sustainable development'.

1) d’Albergo E. (2024), Politiche per lo sviluppo urbano sostenibile, in “Sociologia per la sostenibilità e analisi dei processi globali – Handbook” (book in course of publication) 2) Urban@it - Centro nazionale di studi per le politiche urbane (2021), Sesto Rapporto sulle città. Le città protagoniste dello sviluppo sostenibile, il Mulino, Bologna (EXCEPT CHAPTERS III, XI, XII) 3) E. d’Albergo, G. Giovanelli, 2024, Urban Sustainability and the Local Politics of Digital Twins: The Cases of Bologna and Milan, SocietàMutamentoPolitica, Vol. 15 No. 30, pp. 65-78 (si scarica gratuitamente da https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/smp/article/view/15407/14535) 3) Volume in corso di pubblicazione

Students will participate in classroom activities. In the workshop part, for the final vote, attendance will be compulsory and verified.

Students who cannot attend the lessons will take a written examination, with essay questions. Students attending the lessons will take a written examination at the end of each of the parts of the course. The final grade results from the average of the grades.

During the course there will be frontal teaching, exercises, and presentations by the students even in a workshop