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Veranstaltungsname	Vorlesung: Agricultural innovations
Untertitel	Selected economic and sociological perspectives on sustainable innovations
Veranstaltungsnummer	AGE.06288
Semester	WS 2019/20
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden	8
Heimat-Einrichtung	Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien
Veranstaltungstyp	Vorlesung in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin	Freitag, 18.10.2019 10:15 - 13:45, Ort: (IAMO, Conference Room 2, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, 06120, Halle)
Art/Form	Lecture in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Voraussetzungen	Participants are expected to be able to read and understand English language texts and follow English teaching.
Lernorganisation	The aim of the course is to equip students with skills (a) to distinguish, critique and apply theories and modes of thinking pertaining to sustainable innovations and innovation processes from systemic and economic perspectives, and (b) to analyse innovation processes and propose solutions to remedy innovation failures and address sustainability. The core aspect of the course is to increase students’ capacity in analyzing the interactions between innovations and society. The lectures will highlight and discuss the issues related to the topic by combining the systems approach, microeconomics and institutional economics. The course is designed to maximize student engagement with course material through interactive lectures, group reflection on the theories offered, and an individual engagement of the presented literature through making excerpts of the reading materials. The lectures are divided into two main blocks: 1. Systemic approaches to innovation (Dr. Frans Hermans) 2. Economics of innovation adoption and diffusion (Dr. Nodir Djanibekov)
Leistungsnachweis	The final grade of students consists of two parts. First, the students will be asked to produce an excerpt of core reading materials. These excerpts contribute 50% to the final grade. The grading evaluates the content of the excerpt, namely the readability and accuracy of the description of main research question and findings of the paper. The oral exam after the course completion counts next 50% of the grade. For the oral exam, students should be thoroughly familiar with the core reading materials and the lectures of the selected part. The oral examination will take about 20 minutes in English.
SWS	4
ECTS-Punkte	5

Lehrende

Themen

Introductory lecture and main concepts, Main elements of innovation diffusion, Microeconomic concepts of technology adoption, Induced innovations, Barriers to adoption and technology lock-in, Social implications and technology treadmill, Excerpts write-up 1, Complex, messy problems and innovations, Roles and functions of actors in innovation processes, Agricultural innovation systems, Narratives / discourses and imaginaries about future technologies, Excerpts write-up 2, Political economic considerations in innovation adoption, Innovation networks and clusters, Transitions to sustainability, Excerpts write-up 3, Synthesis of concepts, Guest lecture

Räume und Zeiten

(IAMO, Conference Room 2, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, 06120, Halle): Freitag: 10:15 - 13:45, wöchentlich (12x); Freitag, 24.01.2020, Freitag, 31.01.2020, Freitag, 07.02.2020 10:15 - 13:45

Studienbereiche

Modulzuordnungen

Kommentar/Beschreibung

To provide a holistic understanding of the innovations, the course covers the following themes:
- Innovations and development:
(i) Induced innovations and agricultural development
(i) Innovation diffusion and determinants of adoption
(iii) Barriers to innovation adoption
- System innovations and sustainability transitions:
(i) Wicked problems in agriculture and the need for sustainable innovations
(ii) Sustainability transitions and the Multi-Level Perspective
(iii) Agricultural) Innovation Systems
- Political economic considerations and governance of innovations:
(i) The role of narratives, discourses, images and hypes in innovation
(ii) Roles and functions of different actors in innovation processes
(iii) Systemic innovation policy instruments
- Tools and methods for research and management of innovations:
(i) Introduction in research methodologies for innovation research
(ii) Tools for innovation management
- Current topics on sustainable innovations from the Global North and South.
Selected theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented studies will be emphasized to explain how the agricultural innovations systems are organized.