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授課內容 |
| 第1週 |
The Talk of Governance and Sustainability: What is it?
Dresner, Simon. “Introduction” in The principles of sustainability. Routledge, 2012.
Palumbo, Antonino. “Introduction: Governance: Meanings, Themes, Narratives and Questions.” In From Government to Governance, edited by Richard Bellamy and Antonino Palumbo, xi–xxvii. Surrey: Ashgate, 2010
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| 第2週 |
The Governance at the Global Level: A Background
Lopez-Claros, Augusto, Arthur L. Dahl, and Maja Groff. “The Challenges of the 21st Century” Part. In Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century, 3-29. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Lopez-Claros, Augusto, Arthur L. Dahl, and Maja Groff. “A History of Global Governance” Part. In Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century, 30-64. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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| 第3週 |
Climate Governance: The Protocols
Falkner, Robert. "The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics." International Affairs 92, no. 5 (2016): 1107-1125.
Armstrong, Chris, and Duncan McLaren. "Which net zero? Climate justice and net zero emissions." Ethics & International Affairs 36, no. 4 (2022): 505-526.
Schneider, Lambert, and Stephanie La Hoz Theuer. "Environmental integrity of international carbon market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement." Climate Policy 19, no. 3 (2019): 386-400.
Why carbon offsets are worse than you think?
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| 第4週 |
Climate Governance: The State Compliance
Fünfgeld, Anna. "Coal vs Climate: Indonesia's energy policy contradicts its climate goals." (2020): 12.
Milkoreit, Manjana. "The Paris agreement on climate change—made in USA?." Perspectives on Politics 17, no. 4 (2019): 1019-1037.
Xiaolong, Zou. "Institutional Deficiencies of the Paris Agreement and China's Compliance Capacity: An Evaluation after US Withdrawal." China: An International Journal 19, no. 2 (2021): 164-177.
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| 第5週 |
Nuclear Energy: Climate Savior or Silent Threat? Documentary (Screening and Discussion)
Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (2026) Directed by James Jones and Megumi Inman
Running Time: 90 minutes
Discussion:
1- Can nuclear power still be considered a “climate savior” after the risks and consequences shown in Fukushima, or do the potential harms outweigh the benefits?
2- How should governments balance the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions with the potential human and environmental risks of nuclear accidents?
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| 第6週 |
Circular Economy: Sustainable Solution or Recycling Myth?
Guest Lecture
林俊旭 研究員/主任
中華經濟研究院 綠色經濟研究中心
Chun-hsu Lin, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Green Economy (CGE)
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER)
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| 第7週 |
Field Visit: NGOs and Migration Integration (Tentative)
1095（壹零玖伍文史工作室）
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| 第8週 |
Education and Inter-Cultural Understanding
Guest Lecture
Satoshi Kato
Specially Appointed Lecturer
Global Initiative Center
Kagoshima University
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| 第9週 |
Mid-Semester Assignment
Supply Chain Mapping Project (Group Project)
It is a group assignment. Each group will trace and analyze the supply chain of an everyday product (such as coffee, cloth, smart phone etc.) to understand its environmental, social, and economic impacts.
PS: Choose something easy to observe locally.
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| 第10週 |
Governing AI: What does it entail?
Ebers, Martin. "Truly risk-based regulation of artificial intelligence how to implement the EU’s AI Act." European Journal of Risk Regulation 16, no. 2 (2025): 684-703.
Von Eschenbach, Warren J. "Transparency and the black box problem: Why we do not trust AI." Philosophy & technology 34, no. 4 (2021): 1607-1622.
Dafoe, Allan. "AI governance: a research agenda." Governance of AI Program, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford: Oxford, UK 1442 (2018): 1443.
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| 第11週 |
AI and Ethics: The Future of “Ethical AI”
Guest Lecture
Dr Bianca Baggiarini
Lecturer, International Relations
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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| 第12週 |
Generative AI, Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
Guest Lecture
Dr Leechin Heng
Postdoctoral Scholar
The School of Learning Informatics
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| 第13週 |
AI needs Infrastructure: The Question of Environment Sustainability
Morrison, Jacob, Clara Na, Jared Fernandez, Tim Dettmers, Emma Strubell, and Jesse Dodge. "Holistically evaluating the environmental impact of creating language models." arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.05804 (2025).
The Real Story on AI’s Water Use–and How to Tackle It
Han, Yuelin, Pengfei Li, Adam Wierman, and Shaolei Ren. "Small Bottle, Big Pipe: Quantifying and Addressing the Impact of Data Centers on Public Water Systems." arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02705 (2026).
Cecilia Biancalana, 2025. "Environmental Challenges in the Platform Society: Insights From Mobilisations Against Data Centres", Mapping the Evolution of Platform Society: Multidisciplinary Insights from Social and Political Sciences, Valentina Goglio, Cecilia Biancalana
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| 第14週 |
Supply Chains and Geopolitics
Ernst, Dieter. Supply chain regulation in the service of geopolitics: What's happening in semiconductors?. No. 256. CIGI Papers, 2021.
Andrews, Nathan, Paul Bowles, and Jing Vivian Zhan. "Transforming global critical minerals governance: is a green new international economic order possible?." Third World Quarterly (2025): 1-20.
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| 第15週 |
Simulation Exercise / Board Game (Diplomacy/ The King's Dilemma) |
| 第16週 |
Final Assignment
(The Instructions would be provided during the class) |
自主學習
內容 |
01.參與專業論壇、講座、企業分享等產官學研相關交流活動
02.閱覽產業及學術相關多媒體資料
05.參與本校各單位舉辦之各類工作坊活動
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