Environmental Studies

This course introduces the looming energy challenges faced by the world economic system, as access and control of energy resources are a key stake in the world's geopolitics while climate change issues, resource scarcity, and their foreseen impacts drive the existing energy model to a potential crisis. The first part of the course examines the links between energy systems and social and economic models of our societies. It then explores the current energy transition dynamic and assesses its perspectives and impacts by studying different scales. The last part of the course addresses the ongoing changes in energy geopolitics and their links with climate issues.

This course aims to provide understanding of the latest development in biological treatment processes. The course covers the following:
1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of Microbiology
3. Biological Reaction and Reaction Kinetics
4. Reactor Design (1) Kinetic Model Development(2) Evaluation of Biokinetic Constants
5. Aerobic Suspend-Growth Process (1) Activated Sludge Process (2) Oxidation Ditch (3) Sequencing Batch Reactor
7. Aerobic Attached-Growth Treatment Methods
8. Anaerobic Treatment(1) Introduction(2) Anaerobic Sludge Digestion(3) Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
9. Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal Method 

This course focuses on the geography and impact of the Mediterranean sea on its surrounding countries. It examines the environmental and geopolitical impacts of the Mediterranean.

The course is an introduction to soil degradation. It covers historical developments in soil degradation, causes and forms of soil degradation (biological, chemical, physical), the extent of soil degradation in Ghana, the GLASOD project, use of GIS to assess soil degradation, and principles and methods of rehabilitation and reclamation of degraded soils – regulations, policies, and community involvement.

The course provides a basis and preconditions to constructively and critically reflect on the interplay between global health, the Convention of the Rights of the Child, and different international and national norm-supporting structures. The course
offers basic knowledge of the contents of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and global health, and also discusses the interplay between the Convention on the Rights of the Child and global health. The course discusses the importance of the Convention for the development of children's rights and living conditions, policies, strategies, and laws.
 

This interdisciplinary course takes concepts, approaches, and theories from political science, international law, and human geography. It draws mainly on examples from climate change and tropical forestry, but also from other environmental areas. The course consists of six modules: introduction to the general field of global environmental governance; the emergence of ideas and ideologies about global environmental problems and their solutions; global environmental governance actors, architecture, and international relations (perspectives mainly from political science and human geography); state-led global regulation, institutions, and regimes (perspectives mainly from international law); global economic governance, the market, and the environment; the role of non-state actors in global environmental governance. The course includes one or more excursions to national or international organizations located in Copenhagen and knowledgeable about, relevant to, and active in global environmental governance.