Digitalisation for Sustainability (MEE128)

This course provides an opportunity to learn about sustainability aspects of different digitalisation approaches. The course takes environmental sustainability as the starting point but also considers social sustainability. Considerable hopes have been held that digitalisation will assist in sustainability, and this course helps you to look closer at the knowledge we do and do not have about the sustainability of this digitalisation.


Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

MEE128

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Autumn

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Offered by
Time table

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Content

The course covers both conceptual approaches to sustainability and technology in society, and more thematic digitalisation areas. Areas that are considered are, for example, how digitalisation can increase the sustainability of provision of energy, transportation, communication, food, and water through data collection and analysis, and response to this analysis.

Learning outcome

It is expected that upon completion of this course that the students will have the following knowledge, skills, and general competencies:

Knowledge:

  • Have an overview of digitalisation for relevant and general sustainability approaches and social science approaches for understanding technology
  • Have an overview of the academic knowledge on digitalisation for sustainability, regarding various and varying opportunities and challenges and regarding environmental and social impacts and how these occur

Skills:

  • Orient among the knowledge and lack of knowledge on digitalisation for sustainability
  • Critically assess and compare options of digitalisation for sustainability

General competencies:

  • Individually carry out a larger writing exercise
  • Effectively communicate based on academic knowledge

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

MEE100 Societal Transition and Transformation - Energy and Climate Change
Students should be familiar with reading academic literature from the social sciences and / or willing to get acquainted with literature from the social sciences and related concepts and theories.

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Individual semester essay 1/1 Letter grades

Coursework requirements

Individual assignment
To qualify for the submission of the individual semester essay (100% of grade) students will need to participate in and submit three compulsory assignments throughout the semester. Two of the assignments are on the individual semester essay. One of the assignments is on a course reading. All the mandatory assignments are designed to support learning and directly contribute to the writing of the individual semester essay.

Course teacher(s)

Casual teacher:

Peter Mathias Lindkvist

Course coordinator:

Peter Mathias Lindkvist

Study Program Director:

Liv Sunnercrantz

Head of Department:

Oluf Langhelle

Method of work

  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • Discussion groups
  • Compulsory student assignments throughout the semester will contribute to the writing of the individual paper

Open for

Digital Society and Societal Transformations - Master's Degree Programme Sustainability Studies - Master's Degree Programme
Exchange programmes at UIS Business School
Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Literature

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