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

Your Professors

Prof. Sylvie Villa

Prof. Chris Altmikus