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The transition toward a carbon-neutral and circular economy demands concerted efforts across all levels and sectors of the economy. At micro and meso levels, companies, organizations, and sectors are therefore increasingly asked to make choices related to sustainable development. Yet, changing business operations is not always straightforward. It may necessitate significant transformations and innovations in existing processes. Multiple tools have been developed to identifying opportunities for energy conservation, improving resource utilization, and implementing sustainable practices. In the "Energy and Material Analysis" course, students are introduced to the most relevant tools for energy and material analysis. The primary focus of this course lies in investigating the impacts of innovations implemented at the micro and meso levels, such as hospitals, factory complexes, and neighborhoods, specifically in terms of energy and material effects. This course focuses on developing basic energy and material analysis that can then be applied to interdisciplinary innovation issues, e.g. in IP1 and IP2 courses.

Food choices have a large impact on peoples’ health, the welfare of animals, stakeholders in the food system, and ultimately the planet. This course focuses on food environments and the consumer, to understand the factors that lead to unhealthy and unsustainable choices and how these can be shifted.
The course explores a wide range of disciplines and topics, from brain processes and gut bacteria (biology and nutrition science) to decision making processes (psychology), to cultural processes (sociology), to the food environment (marketing and human geography) and finally behavior change interventions (Communication and psychology). The course includes an excursion to get some hands-on experience and guest lecturers who contribute to resolving the issues in the food system. The course discusses societal issues such as obesity, malnutrition, food waste, microplastics, the protein transition and diet hypes. The research methods with which food science is conducted in order to take part in meaningful discussions about sustainable and healthy food consumption are introduced.

This course examines the role of sexual orientation and gender identity in politics drawing on multidisciplinary research on social movements, transnational rights advocacy, identity politics, public opinion and political behavior, as well as regional studies. 

This course uses London's central place in the world's carbon economy to understand global environmental challenges. Through field trips, firsthand encounters, and engaging class sessions students learn about London's role in the global geographies of carbon extraction. The course starts with early connections of empire, colonialism, and coal. It then moves through efforts to transition from carbon intensive energy sources to consider contemporary contests over climate change and the different ways financial activism seeks sustainable futures.

This course is a survey of the main ideas and techniques of game-theoretic analysis related to business decisions. As such, the course emphasizes the identification and analysis of archetypal strategic situations frequently occurring in business situations. The course has a strong experiential component. Students repeatedly participate in a variety of strategic situations thereby developing the ability to translate their analyses into practice. A working knowledge of basic calculus and ease with algebraic manipulation are prerequisites of the course. Prior exposure to microeconomics is very helpful.

This course provides analysis of white-collar and corporate crimes and deviance. Such acts (or omissions) often occur within the context of international commerce and business, and may be facilitated at the transnational level through the use of offshore financial centers and "shell" firms or third parties in other jurisdictions. This course therefore critically examine the nature and organization of these crimes (e.g., the processes and practices necessary to carry them out), the key social actors involved (e.g., who are the "criminals," why do they do it, and who is being victimized?), and the mixture of responses to such crimes (e.g., enforcement, self-regulation, prevention/reduction, disruption/intervention) at the local, national, and transnational levels. To explore these issues, students examine a number of relevant in-depth case studies such as corporate corruption and bribery, tax avoidance/evasion, and modern slavery.

This course distinguishes the talent management processes that generate value for the organization in complex, volatile, ambiguous, and uncertain settings through a real-context case study of a national company.

This course fosters respect in the dignity, rights, contributions, and circumstances in one's own person and in others, with constructive and supportive responses to different circumstances and needs. It also aims to build committed and solid solutions to social problems and needs, strengthening democracy, and the common good, while proposing solutions to problems and projects, systematically integrating knowledge, experiences, and methodologies from other disciplines, groups, and cultures.