Course: Measuring and Evaluating Sustainable Development

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Course title Measuring and Evaluating Sustainable Development
Course code MRS/GUMU
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Syrovátka Miroslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Schlossarek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Coyle, D. (2025). The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters.
  • Dooley, K. et al. (2021). Ethical choices behind quantifications of fair contributions under the Paris Ag-reement.
  • Fanning, A. L., O'Neill, D. W., Hickel, J., Roux, N. (2022). The social shortfall and ecological overshoot of nations. Nature Sustainability 5.
  • Frijters, P., Krekel, C., Sanchis, R., Santini, Z. I. (2024). The WELLBY: a new measure of social value and progress.
  • Gupta, J. et al. (2023). Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries.
  • Hickel, J. (2020). The sustainable development index: measuring the ecological efficiency of human development in the anthropocene. Ecological Economics 167.
  • Jansen, A., Wang, R., Behrens, P., & Hoekstra, R. (2024). Beyond GDP: a review and conceptual framework for measuring sustainable and inclusive wellbeing.
  • McLaughlin, E., Ducoing, C., & Hanley, N. (2024). Challenges of wealth-based sustainability metrics: A critical appraisal.
  • Neumayer, E. (2025). Weak versus Strong Sustainability: Exploring the Limits of Two Opposing Paradigms.
  • Syrovátka, M. (2024). Ecological footprint, resource security and semi-autarky. Ecological Economics 222.
  • van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2022). A procedure for globally institutionalizing a 'beyond GDP' metric. Ecological Economics 192.
  • van Vuuren et al. (2022). Defining a sustainable development target space for 2030 and 2050. One Earth 5 (2), 142-156.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2026) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2026) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer