Unsustainable consumption patterns and the upwards spiraling resource use embedded in these are at the core of the world’s sustainability challenges. And while overconsumption has been on political ...

This course studies a selection of advanced techniques in Natural Language Processing (NLP), with particular emphasis on modern research findings. The focus of the course is on "deep learning", a type ...

This course focuses on one or more central topics in the field of contemporary Chinese society and politics. It is closely related to ongoing research of the teacher(s), and topics, or at least the ...

The course provides an introduction to modern Middle Eastern literature and cultural conditions in a historical comparative perspective. A selection of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish literature ...

The course covers central fields of inorganic geochemistry, focusing on the use of the major element, trace element, radiometric, radiogenic and stable isotope data to understand the evolution of the ...

Why did so many people throughout history decide that political power should be exercised democratically? Is democracy actually the best form of government? If so, which type of democracy? For ...

The course examines the competition rules of the European Union; particularly the competition rules concerning undertakings in Articles 101-106 TFEU. Competition law is the rules which regulate ...

This course gives a basic introduction to machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Through an algorithmic approach, the students are given a practical understanding of the methods being ...

This course provides an overview of behavioral economics. Behavioral economics incorporates descriptively accurate assumptions about cognitive ability, social interaction, moral motivation, and ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has risen to global power status over the past two decades. This rise is not only noticeable in the classic areas of geopolitics, which typically include ...

This course aims to explore challenges and policies related to urban sustainability transformations. Emphasis is placed on the social, cultural and spatial aspects of these challenges and policies.

The focus in this course is on how economic aggregates evolve over time and on how this evolution is shaped by economic agents who are taking account of how their present decisions will affect their ...