Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

·        Understand the importance of environmental problems and be able to suggest solutions

·        Understand the complex nature of environmental problems

·        To develop new knowledge about modern approaches to solving environmental problems, which require interdisciplinary attitudes and collaborations, between experts and stakeholders

• To be able to transform knowledge into decision-making, incorporating practices of effective organization of environmental decision-making processes, in a modern environment – which presupposes cooperation and participation

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Respect for diversity and multiculturalism

Production of new research ideas

Respect for the natural environment

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Implementation of  criticism and self-criticism

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

2.      Environmental justice, ethics and education – International Environmental policies (environmental taxes, pollution rights, etc.)

3.      Environmental accidents

4.      Overpopulation and consumption

5.      Intensive and extensive agriculture – Future challenges for food systems – Sustainable scenarios

6.      Land use changes – Deforestation and destruction of forests and forest areas

7.      Energy and environment – Renewable energy sources

8.      Air pollution, water scarcity, water pollution and policies to address them

9.      Impacts of climate change – Natural disasters – Climate migrants

10.   Biodiversity protection policies

11.   Environmental problems in urban areas and policies to address them

12.   Environmental decision-making processes – The participatory model and the role of stakeholders

13.   Organizing Innovative Systems to Manage Environmental Challenges – Smart Environmental Decision Making Models

Electronic communication via e-mail or e-CLASS with students.

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.

Description of the evaluation process

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

Evaluation language is Greek. The following will be applied as evaluation methods:

• Written final exam with short answer questions.

• Individual Assignment (grade 0.2) and from the written final exam (grade 0.8).

• Students with identified dyslexia or other learning difficulties, instead of the written final exam, are examined orally. The organization of oral exams presupposes that the interested student had informed in time about the identified problem the Department Administration, and respectively the Department Administration should inform the professor.

• The topics are posted on the bulletin board of the professor after the end of the exams. Therefore students can calculate their grades themselves. The students’ grades are announced on the electronic platform of the Department.

• Students have the opportunity to see their writing sheet and access the evaluation method. In addition, they can see the corrector’s comments on his/her evaluation.

2.      Πρωτοπαπάς, Α., Kula, E. (2005). Οικονομικά και πολιτικές για τη βιώσιμη διαχείριση του περιβάλλοντος και των φυσικών πόρων, Εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα.

3.      de Azevedo Almeida, L., CorrêaGomes, R. (2020). MAIP: model to identify actors’ influence and its effects on the complex environmental policy decision-making process. Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 112, pp.  69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.04.016

4.      Hou, S., Xu, J., Yao, L. (2020). Integrated environmental policy instruments driven river water pollution management decision system. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, No. 100977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100977

1. Walling, E., Vaneeckhaute, C. (2020). Developing successful environmental decision support systems: Challenges and best practices. Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 264, No. 110513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110513

Students should be connected to the DUTHNET e-CLASS e-learning platform in the “Exercises” field. Exam questions will be posted there in the form of closed-ended questions: True / False and Multiple Choice Answers.

The duration of the test is 8 minutes.

In order to ensure the integrity and reliability of the exam, a theme bank is created from where a random selection of questions is made for each examinee, in order to prevent the phenomenon of copying data. There will also be a time limit for answering the questions, so that it will not be possible to search for the answers in the suggested bibliography or in any other source.

Each student should answer 20 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 0.5.

A list will always be attached including only with their Student ID  (register number)  of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination, in a relevant announcement for the examination of the course.