Education
Courses for the public
Some of our courses on climate change are free of charge, open to the public and can be started at any time. You can get a certificate of attendance if you complete all the tasks required for a course, but no ECTS credit points.
Open Access course: The Lived Experience of Climate Change (in English, outcome of an EU project with international partners, funded 2009-2012).
Massive Open Online course (M.Sc. level course) Governing climate change: polycentricity in action (in English) (with a grant from the INOGOV COST Action) – started March 2018, takes a political science perspective.
Courses for PHD Students
INOGOV Spring School 2017 (and again 2018): Governing climate change: Polycentricity in action?
The INOGOV Spring school is a training school for early career scholars (PhD students) which took place at the Open University in Heerlen, from 28th-31st March 2017. The spring school was funded by the INOGOV (Innovation in Climate Change Governance) COST Action and organized by Dr. Angela Oels, Prof. Dave Huitema and others. The 4-day Spring School used lectures, small group discussions and participant paper presentations. It explored the emergence of a polycentred regime pattern in climate governance. It asked to what extent polycentricity can contribute effectively to positive outcomes in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Different theories and methodologies for evaluating innovations in climate governance were also discussed The spring school was an excellent opportunity for networking between early career scholars and more senior researchers..
Courses
Open Universiteit is a Dutch leader in distance education in the area of climate change, using digital media. At the Department of Science, you can do a Bachelor (B.Sc.) or Master (M.Sc.) in Environmental Sciences in part-time besides your regular job. All learning materials are online and you get feedback on each task that you complete. While the Bachelor is mostly in Dutch, the Master programme is in English and accessible to non-Dutch speakers. At Bachelor level, the following courses have units related to climate change:
- B.Sc. NB1802 Energy Analysis (5 EC)
- B.Sc. NB1002 Natural sciences for environmental scientists (in Dutch, 5 EC)
- B.Sc. NB1302 Systeem aarde: kennis voor klimaat (in Dutch, 5 EC)
Moreover, the following M.Sc. level courses have units related to climate change. These are:
- M.Sc. NM0302 European Union, Governance and Sustainability (in English, 5 EC)
- M.Sc. NM0102 Environmental Problems: Crossing boundaries between science, policy and society (the content of this course is also described in English)
