Course Notes-2013-14
Week 1
Lecture 1 – 28/1/2014 – Introduction & Welcome – Dr James Dyke. Video lecture here. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010 2014 L1.
Lecture 2 – 31/1/2014 – The Global Challenges – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010 2014 L2.
Reading for 4/2/2014 – Limits to Growth, pages 25-38.
Week 2
Lecture 3 – 4/2/2014 – Systems Primer – Dr James Dyke. Video lecture here. The second part of this lecture will be uploaded later. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010 2014 L3.
Reading for 7/2/2014 – Thinking in Systems, pages 1-17. Watch The Overview Effect. Visit The Millenium Project.
Lecture 4 – 7/2/2014 – Assessments – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010 2014 L4. A Panopto recording of the lecture is available here.
Reading for 11/2/2014 – Thinking in Systems, pages 17-34. Download 6 Hats pdf here.
Week 3
Lecture 5 – 11/2/2014 – Planetary Boundaries – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010 2014 L5. An audio recording of the lecture is available here.
Reading for 14/2/2014 – Thinking in Systems pages 34-72. Watch John Shepherd’s climate change lecture. John’s slides available to download here UOSM2010-2014-John-Shepherd.
Lecture 6 – 14/2/2014 – Climate Change – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010 2014 L6. A Panopto recording of the lecture is available here.
Reading for 21/2/2014 The Future of the Commons p21-37 & 97-102 pdf available here. Watch Clare Saunders’ tragedy of the commons lecture. Optional For future generations it’s heads we win, tails they loose. Email me your group project poster ideas. We will discuss these in class.
Week 4
Lecture 7 – 21/2/2014 – Global Governance – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L7.
Reading for 25/2/2014 Report on Milinksi’s experiment and Strengthening the Transnational Regime Complex for Climate Change p1-8.
Week 5
Lecture 8 – 25/2/2014 – Assessments II – Dr James Dyke. Lecture video here. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L8.
Reading for 28/2/2014 Erlich & Erlich Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? Watch Jane Falkingham’s 7 billion people lecture. Download Jane’s slides here UOSM2010-2014-Jane-Falkingham
Reading for 4/3/2014 Royal Society Report Towards a low carbon future. Watch Kate Raworth Doughnut Economics lecture. Download slides of a related talk here UOSM2010-2014-Kate-Raworth.
Week 6
Lecture 9 – 4/3/2014 – Externalities – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L9. Video lecture here.
Reading for 7/3/2014 John Beddington The Perfect Storm. Watch Gail Taylor’s Biofuels lecture. Download Gail’s slides here UOSM2010-Gail-Taylor.
Lecture 10 – 7/3/2014 – Group Posters – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L10.
Reading for Tuesday 11/3/2014 Bid to Explain Climate Change
Risks Loosing the Argument. Watch Guy Poppy’s TEDx talk on Achieving Food Security.
Week 7
Lecture 11 – 11/3/2014 – Assement 1 feedback and future assessments – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L11. Video lecture here.
For 14/3/2014 Watch Felix Eigenbrod’s biodiversity and ecosystem services lecture. Download Felix’s slides here UOSM2010-Felix-Eigenbrod. Watch E.O. Wilson’s TED talk My wish: Build an encyclopedia of life on Earth.
Lecture 12 – 14/3/2014 – Power – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L12. Video lecture here.
For 18/3/2014 Read Meadows Thinking in Systems pages 111-141 (this material will be very helpful in answering Q3 in Assessment 2). Read Recommendations & Evidence from the Planetary Boundaries Initiative, points 1-8 (the entire 8 page report would be very useful in answering Q1 & Q3 in Assessment 2).
Week 8
Lecture 13 – 18/3/2014 – Peak Phosphorus – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L13.
For 21/3/2014 Read Meadows Thinking in Systems pages 145-165 (this material will be very helpful in answering Assessment 2). Read The Guardian: Is industrial civilisation heading for inevitable collapse?
Lecture 14 – 21/3/2014 – Time Machine – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L14.
For 25/3/2014 – Review previous readings in preparation for Assessment 2. Watch James Burk The Trigger Effect.
Week 9
Lecture 15 – 27/3/2014 – Giving a Talk – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L15.
Week 10
Lecture 16 – 29/4/2014 – Assessment 4 Group Presentation – Dr James Dyke. Lecture slides pdf UOSM2010-2014-L16.