Master 2023/2024

Research Seminar "Environmental Economics and Economics of Sustainable Development"

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Compulsory course (Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development)

Area of studies: Economics

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 2 year, 2, 3 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Igor A. Makarov

Master’s programme: Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Целью научно-исследовательского семинара является развитие компетенций и навыков исследовательской работы у студентов, ознакомление с актуальными проблемами и направлениями исследований в области экономики окружающей среды, экономики устойчивого развития, экономики и политики изменения климата. Основная цель исследовательского семинара – подготовить студентов к независимой исследовательской деятельности в академических кругах, аналитических центрах и международных организациях. В ходе семинара студенты изучают основы проведения научных исследований, принципы выбора основных направлений научных исследований, структуру исследования и методологию проведения научно-исследовательской работы, а также формы представления результатов исследований.

Learning Objectives

• to enhance students' skills in academic writing, including formulating hypotheses, research questions, research objectives, work with literature, choosing research methods, and elaborating research design
• to provide students with understanding of connections between different aspects of academic field "environmental economics and sustainable development"

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Formulate and recognize the basic principles and concepts of climate reporting
• to apply the key principles and methods of conducting academic research
• able to prepare and defend research proposal

Course Contents

• Transparency of climate reporting
• Interaction between government and business in development of climate regulation

Assessment Elements

• Research proposal
• Literature review
• Final exam

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.4 * Final exam + 0.3 * Literature review + 0.3 * Research proposal

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• IGOR Mizikovsky, & ALEXANDER Bazhenov. (2019). Accounting and Financial Reporting as a Tool for Transparency of Economic Activity of a Business Entity. https://doi.org/10.26794/2408-9303-2016——2-69-77
• The Oxford handbook of economic and institutional transparency, , 2015

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Institutionalizing unsustainability : the paradox of global climate governance, Stevenson, H., 2012

Authors

• MAKAROVA EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVNA