Built environments and contemporary challenges

The course explores the complexities involved in the professional practice of conservation, with a focus on the sustainable management and development of built environments. A range of external challenges, including climate change, large-scale urban development, and industrial developments, but also mass tourism, neglect or underuse of historic environments, affect both the need for and the outcomes of conservation efforts. In this course you learn how to effectively respond to such challenges by using transdisciplinary approaches and collaboration across professional fields and stakeholder groups. 

The course consists of lectures, seminars, workshops, project work, study visits, and/or study trips. Studies are carried out both in teams and individually. The course requires active participation in projects, seminars, and workshops.