Search result: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017
Agroecosystem Sciences Master  | ||||||
 Master Studies (Programme Regulations 2011) | ||||||
| Majors | ||||||
| Major in Food and Resource Use Economics | ||||||
| Disciplinary Competences | ||||||
| Decision Making in Food Value Chains | ||||||
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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| 752-2122-00L | Food and Consumer Behaviour | W+ | 2 credits | 2V | M. Siegrist, C. Hartmann | |
| Abstract | This course focuses on food consumer behavior, consumer's decision-making processes and consumer's attitudes towards food products. | |||||
| Learning objective | The course provides an overview about the following topics: Factors influencing consumer's food choice, food and health, attitudes towards new foods and food technologies, labeling and food policy issues | |||||
| 751-2205-00L | Advanced Management in the Agri-Food-Chain | W+ | 2 credits | 2G | M. Weber | |
| Abstract | Advanced Management in the Agri-Food-Chain (Vorlesung wird in deutscher Sprache abgehalten.) | |||||
| Learning objective | After the lecture the students ... ... know the characteristics and consequences of complexity in the organizational world, ... know and can apply selected comprehensive models for managing in complex situations, ... know possible practical applications and examples of the treated contents to organizations in the Agri-Food Chain and ... are able to deepen the relevant topics in an autonomous way. | |||||
| Content | In the lecture the following contents will be treated: - State, reasons and effects of complexity in the organizational world. - A basic framework for shaping and governing intelligent organizations. - Selected contemporary models for managing in the complex organizational world. - Transfer and adaption of the models to organizations in the Agri-Food Chain. | |||||
| Lecture notes | Reader with selected contents. | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | - Vorlesung "Management in the Agri-Food Chain" in D-USYS | |||||
| 363-0403-00L | Introduction to Marketing | W+ | 3 credits | 2G | F. von Wangenheim | |
| Abstract | The course is designed to convey a profound understanding of marketing's role in modern firms, its interactions and interfaces with other disciplines, its main instruments and recent trends. Particular attention is given to emerging marketing concepts and instruments, and the role of marketing in technology firms. | |||||
| Learning objective | After taking the lecture, students should have knowledge about 1) The definition and role of marketing (marketing basics) 2) Creating marketing insights - understanding customer behavior - Theoretical concepts in customer behavior (customer behavior) - Analytical means to extend knowledge on customer behavior (marketing research) - Strategic tools to quantify customer behavior (CLV, CE) 3) Strategic marketing - translating marketing insights into actionable marketing strategies - Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning - Attracting customers (marketing mix, 4Ps) - Maintaining profitable customer relations (CRM) | |||||
| Content | The course is designed to convey a profound understanding of marketing's role in modern firms, its interactions and interfaces with other disciplines, its main instruments and recent trends. Particular attention is given to emerging marketing concepts and instruments, and the role of marketing in technology firms. The lecture features tutorial sessions that are held at irregularly spaced intervals throughout the semester (approximately every third week). The tutorial sessions take place at the same time and location as the main lecture. It serves to illustrate theoretical and methodological concepts from the lecture by walking students through the analysis of real-world data from the telecommunications industry. The case data will be provided so that students practice and apply the concepts of the lecture on their own. The tutorial is held jointly by two Teaching Assistants (Zhiying Cui and Jana Gross) and the professor (Prof. F. von Wangenheim). | |||||
| Literature | Kotler, P./Armstrong, G.: Principles of Marketing, 17th edition, Pearson 2017. Weekly readings, distributed in class (via Moodle) | |||||
| Environmental and Resource Use Economics | ||||||
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
| 701-1651-00L | Environmental Governance  Number of participants limited to 30. | W+ | 3 credits | 2G | E. Lieberherr, G. de Buren, R. Schweizer | |
| Abstract | The course addresses environmental policies, focusing on new steering approaches, which are generally summarized as environmental governance. The course also provides students with tools to analyze environmental policy processes and assesses the key features of environmental governance by examining various practical environmental policy examples. | |||||
| Learning objective | To understand how an environmental problem may (not) become a policy and explain political processes, using basic concepts and techniques from political science. To analyze the evolution as well as the key elements of environmental governance. To be able to identify the main challenges and opportunities for environmental governance and to critically discuss them with reference to various practical policy examples. | |||||
| Content | Improvements in environmental quality and sustainable management of natural resources cannot be achieved through technical solutions alone. The quality of the environment and the achievement of sustainable development strongly depend on human behavior and specifically the human uses of nature. To influence human behavior, we rely on public policies and other societal rules, which aim to steer the way humans use natural resources and their effects on the environment. Such steering can take place through government intervention alone. However, this often also involves governance, which includes the interplay between governmental and non-governmental actors, the use of diverse tools such as emission standards or financial incentives to steer actors' behavior and can occur at the local, regional, national or international level. In this course, we will address both the practical aspects of as well as the scientific debate on environmental governance. The course gives future environmental experts a strong basis to position themselves in the governance debate, which does not preclude government but rather involves a spectrum from government to governance. Key questions that this course seeks to answer: What are the core characteristics of environmental challenges from a policy perspective? What are key elements of 'environmental governance' and how legitimate and effective are these approaches in addressing persistent environmental challenges? | |||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture slides and additional course material will be provided on Moodle. | |||||
| Literature | We will mostly work with readings from the following books: - Carter, N. (2007). The politics of the environment: Ideas, activism, policy (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Hogl, K., Kvarda, E., Nordbeck, R., Pregernig, M. (Eds) (2012): Environmental Governance: The Challenge of Legitimacy and Effectiveness. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | A detailed course schedule will be made available at the beginning of the semester. During the lecture we will work with Moodle. We ask that all students register themselves on this platform before the lecture and to bring a laptop, tablet or smartphone to class, so that you can complete exercises using Moodle. We recommend that students have (a) three-years BSc education of a (technical) university; (b) successfully completed Bachelor introductory course to environmental policy (Entwicklungen nationaler Umweltpolitik (or equivalent)) and (c) familiarity with key issues in environmental policy and some fundamental knowledge of one social science or humanities discipline (political science, economics, sociology, history, psychology, philosophy) | |||||
| 751-2103-00L | Socioeconomics of Agriculture | W+ | 2 credits | 2V | S. Mann | |
| Abstract | The main part of this lecture will examine constellations where hierarchies, markets or cooperation have been observed and described in the agricultural sector. On a more aggregated level, different agricultural systems will be evaluated in terms of main socioeconomic parameters like social capital or perceptions. | |||||
| Learning objective | Students should be able to describe the dynamics of hierarchies, markets and cooperation in an agricultural context. | |||||
| Content | Introduction to Sociology Introduction to Socioeconomics Agricultural Administration: Path dependencies and efficiency issues Power in the Chain The farming family Occupational Choices Consumption Choices Locational Choices Common Resource Management in Alpine Farming Agricultural Cooperatives Societal perceptions of agriculture Perceptions of farming from within Varieties of agricultural systems and policies | |||||
| Lecture notes | Link | |||||
| Literature | see script | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Basic economic knowledge is expected. | |||||
| 860-0023-00L | International Environmental Politics Particularly suitable for students of D-ITET, D-USYS | W | 3 credits | 2V | T. Bernauer | |
| Abstract | This course focuses on the conditions under which cooperation in international environmental politics emerges and the conditions under which such cooperation and the respective public policies are effective and/or efficient. | |||||
| Learning objective | The objectives of this course are to (1) gain an overview of relevant questions in the area of international environmental politics from a social sciences viewpoint; (2) learn how to identify interesting/innovative questions concerning this policy area and how to answer them in a methodologically sophisticated way; (3) gain an overview of important global and regional environmental problems. | |||||
| Content | This course deals with how and why international cooperation in environmental politics emerges, and under what circumstances such cooperation is effective and efficient. Based on theories of international political economy and theories of government regulation various examples of international environmental politics are discussed: the management of international water resources, the problem of unsafe nuclear power plants in eastern Europe, political responses to global warming, the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer, the reduction of long-range transboundary air pollution in Europe, the prevention of pollution of the oceans, etc. The course is open to all ETH students. Participation does not require previous coursework in the social sciences. After passing an end-of-semester test (requirement: grade 4.0 or higher) students will receive 3 ECTS credit points. The workload is around 90 hours (meetings, reading assignments, preparation of test). Visiting students (e.g., from the University of Zurich) are subject to the same conditions. Registration of visiting students in the web-based system of ETH is compulsory. | |||||
| Lecture notes | Assigned reading materials and slides will be available at http://www.ib.ethz.ch/teaching.html (select link 'Registered students, please click here for course materials' at top of that page). Log in with your nethz name and password. Questions concerning access to course materials can be addressed to Dennis Atzenhofer at dennis.atzenhofer@ir.gess.ethz.ch). All assigned papers must be read ahead of the respective meeting. Following the course on the basis of on-line slides and papers alone is not sufficient. Physical presence in the classroom is essential. Many books and journals covering international environmental policy issues can be found at the D-GESS library at the IFW building, Haldeneggsteig 4, B-floor, or in the library of D-USYS. | |||||
| Literature | Assigned reading materials and slides will be available at http://www.ib.ethz.ch/teaching.html (select link -Registered students, please click here for course materials- at top of that page). Log in with your nethz name and password. Questions concerning access to course materials can be addressed to dennis.atzenhofer@ir.gess.ethz.ch). | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | None | |||||
| Agricultural Trade and Policies | ||||||
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
| 751-2903-00L | Evaluation of Agricultural Policies | W+ | 3 credits | 2G | M. Stolze, S. Mann | |
| Abstract | The course focuses on agricultural eeconomic research with particular focus on policy evaluation. We impart insights in the issue of policy evaluation as part of agricultural economics research. | |||||
| Learning objective | Focus: Policy Evaluation ------------------------------------------- The students are to... - have a critical look at different angles of agri-economic research - study scientific literature of the focus theme - consider strengths, weaknesses and the application of research approaches - apply knowledge gained from other courses with respect to the focus theme - get insights in agricultural economic research of the national research institutions by visiting Agroscope and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) - be capable to conduct evaluations and critically reflect evaluation results | |||||
| Content | Unit: Subject ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01: Introduction 02: The normative frame for policy evaluation 03: Excursion to Frick 04: Public Politics for Evaluation 05: Application of Evaluations 06: Quantitive Methods 07: Excursion to Tänikon 08: Qualitative Methods 09: Case Study 10: Examination | |||||
| Lecture notes | Handouts (power point presentations) | |||||
| Literature | 1) Bussmann Werner, Klöti Ulrich und Knoepfel Peter, 2004 (Hrsg). Einführung in die Politikevaluation. Helbling&Lichtenhahn. In German language. Will be privided by the lectures in unit 01. 2) Vedung Evert, 2000. Public Policy and Program Evaluation. ISBN 0-7658-0687-8. | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Unit 03: 1 day course at FiBL in 5070 Frick, www.fibl.org Unit 09: 1 day course at Agroscope in Tänikon, 8356 Ettenhausen, www.agroscope.admin.ch | |||||
| 851-0626-01L | International Aid and Development Number of participants limited to 40 Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of economics | W | 2 credits | 2V | I. Günther | |
| Abstract | The course gives economic and empirical foundations for a sound understanding of the instruments, prospects and limitations of international development aid. | |||||
| Learning objective | Students have a theoretically and empirically sound understanding of the prospects and limitations of international development aid. Students are able to critically discuss the various aid instruments of bi-and multilateral donors and NGOs. | |||||
| Content | Introduction to the Determinants of Underdevelopment; History of Aid; Aid and Development: Theories and Empirics; Political Economy of Aid; Experience and Impact of Aid; New Instruments of Aid: e.g. Micro-Finance, Budget-Support; Fair-Trade. | |||||
| Literature | Articles and book abstracts will be uploaded to a course website. | |||||
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