K2SP 3670 - Navigating the Anthropocene: Scenarios and Strategies for Environmental Planning

Facing the urgency of environmental challenges, this course explores the concept of planning, its utility, and its contemporary applications in addressing ecological issues.

It aims to provide students with the tools to understand, evaluate, and contribute to ecological planning processes at different geographical scales and with various public and private actors. Concrete examples will be explored to assess and measure the effects of ecological planning.

Special attention will be paid to analyzing the mechanisms of change in public action: policy innovation, agenda-setting dynamics, institutional reconfigurations and inertia, stakeholder interplay, and resistance.

Throughout the semester, this course will contrast theoretical insights with operational experiences to identify the skills needed to design and implement effective and equitable strategies.

Benoît CALATAYUD,Hugo D'ASSENZA-DAVID

Cours magistral seul

English

The workload consists of reading one to two mandatory texts before each session to fuel discussions. The main out-of-class work will be a group case study (3 to 4 students) throughout the semester, including research and potentially interviews.

No formal prerequisites. However, a strong curiosity for environmental issues, public policy, and political theory is recommended to approach the course with ease.

Autumn 2025-2026

The evaluation is based on a group case study and is broken down as follows:

1-Final written report (investigative report or op-ed format): 50%
2-Oral presentation of the case study (10 min presentation + 10 min Q&A): 40%
3-Active participation in class discussions: 10%

Each session is divided into two parts: one hour of theoretical presentation by the instructors, followed by one hour of discussion with an external speaker (researcher, think tank, company, administration). This second hour includes a presentation by the guest and a discussion led by students.