Aarhus University

This course provides an international comparative perspective on the analysis of contemporary labor markets. It focuses on applying labor economics to important policy issues in the areas of labor supply and demand, wages, migration, multinational firms, international trade, and automation. The course provides a review of how economists address most recent trends in international labor markets.

After introducing the region with special foci on Tibet and Nepal, this course takes a close look at key anthropological issues such as religion, climate change, and development. It uses the empirical data coming out of the Himalayas as a starting point for thinking about perennial issues in anthropology generally.

This course starts with a short introduction to the ice age theory, followed by a review of the formation of continental ice sheets, isostatic movements and eustatic sea-level fluctuations. Thereafter follows an introduction to the study methods of the properties of Quaternary and glacial deposits, and their dating. Subsequently, glacial erosion, transport and deposition are introduced, followed by a review of the origin and properties of tills, meltwater deposits, and glaciolacustrine and glaciomarine deposits. Finally, an overview is given of the periglacial environment (processes and landforms). A two-day field excursion in Jutland demonstrates some glacial landforms and deposits.

This course introduces the formation and geological evolution of sedimentary basins in order to understand the spatial distribution of different units and the exploitation of the subsurface. The course includes lectures and practicals in basin forming processes with focus on the relation between subsidence (including faults and saltstructures) and deposition of different reservoirs in time and space; the use of reservoirs with respect to drinking water production, CCS, geothermal energy, heat storage and the formation/production of fossil fuel; introducing geotechnical methods and the link to geological problems; and carbon cycles. Different methods for analyzing basins and reservoirs are also introduced, including reflection seismics, well logging, organic geochemistry, geotechnical measurements, and thermal evolution (modelling).

This course provides a deep understanding of how geoscience can be used to support the overall sustainability of our planet. Topics include earth observations and sustainability; geothermal energy and energy storage; natural and anthropogenic carbon cycles; fluxes and budgets; carbon, capture, utilization and storage; geoengineering, including enhancement of geological processes for climate mitigation; ensuring access to clean water; pollution assessment and remediation.

How we remember our past and imagine our future has important consequences for our psychological well-being. This course examines how psychological research has informed our understanding of this relationship and how developments in the field of mental health science are translated into clinical practice. Through class discussion of theoretical concepts, practical examples of research methodology and intervention techniques, students gain insight into the psychological processes underlying autobiographical remembering and imagining. The course focuses on how biases in autobiographical processing are altered during times of psychological distress and examines the idea that changing the way individuals think about their own life-story can lead to improvements in psychological well-being.

The course develops students’ professional orientation in the field of psychological counseling. It offers an opportunity to acquire the basic skills and abilities necessary for practical work as a psychologist-counselor, while also fostering the development of professionally and personally important qualities for future specialists. The course introduces the main structural levels within psychoanalytical psychodiagnostics, providing a deeper understanding of how to determine counseling strategies for individual clients.