ecolmas-course2009-11

November 09 – 13, 2009, Bremen

GLOMAR Introductory Course on
“Socio-Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Global Change in the Marine Realm”
Dr. Heiko Garrelts1, Prof. Dr. Ingo Heidbrink2, Prof. Dr. Hellmuth Lange1, PhD-cand. Simon Lohse5, Dr. Till Markus4, Staatsrat a.D. Prof. Dr. Gerd Markus3, Prof. Dr. Gerd Winter4

1Research Center for Sustainability Studies, University of Bremen
2German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven
3University of Applied Sciences and m&p information systems ltd., Bremen
4 Research Centre for European Law, University of Bremen
5Faculty of Philosophy, University Hannover

Objectives
This 5 days basic course is part of the joint research training for GLOMAR PhD-students from natural and social sciences. It will focus on those subject-matters that are prominently addressed by the research of the GLOMAR PhD-students, i.e. the core aspects of societal dimensions of global change in the marine realm. The course will thus introduce the history of human demands for and impacts on marine resources, the economics and law of the use and protection of marine resources, sociological aspects of interactions of societies and the sea, as well as general science-theory.

The program aims at providing an overview of the most relevant concepts and approaches of the participating social science disciplines:

Topics are:
Monday: Hellmuth Lange - The Society and the Marine Realm
Tuesday: Gerd Markus – Economic Dimensions of Human Activities in the Marine Realm
Heiko Garrelts - Political Dimensions of Global Change in the Marine Realm
Wednesday: Ingo Heidbrink - The History of Human Activities in the Marine Realm
Thursday: Gerd Winter - Legal Dimensions of Global Change in the Marine Realm
Friday: Simon Lohse/Till Markus - Introduction into Science Theory

These topics will be subject of case/document studies as well as of group work.

Course schedule
Morning (09:00-12:30) and afternoon (13:30-17:00) sessions. Wednesday 09.30 – 17.00 at the German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum) in Bremerhaven
Location
MARUM building, room 2070, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany. Wednesday 09.30 – 17.00 at the German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum) in Bremerhaven
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