Modelling the Advocacy System 

Modelling the Advocacy System 

Understanding political stakes and actors – Exploring the landscape of causes and actors of advocacy – Methods, tools and concepts for modelling : Worldview Intelligence, Theory U, Appreciative Enquiry – Policy making – Environmental and social governance (ESG).

Learning objectives: After participation in this module, the student is able to

• Use the social constructionist approach to epistemology
• Describe the field of actors handling political issues and stakes
• Analyse complex stakeholder systems with self-awareness of own biases and suspending judgement
• Appraise social constructs in their historical context and formulate advocacy and ethics accordingly
• Identify potential allies for the cause
• Recognise helpful concepts to describe the needs for change and the expected results
• Demonstrate negative and positive results of action and of non-action
• Illustrate potential results of ESG

Duration and Course points : 30 hours – 3 ECTS

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