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Module content:

This module will combine various forms of futures and transitions thinking (such as the 3H and MLP models), ideas about complexity, resilience, emergence and non-linear dynamics with approaches to knowledge rooted in pluralising and decolonising economics. These will be used to develop original ideas around the concept of natural prosperity, the ecologies of the future and how these can be co-designed with IGP’s active research partners including Prosperity Co-Labs and the Transforming Tomorrow Initiative. The module begins by critically interrogating a range of models for the future which are often implicit in global political and scientific thinking. It challenges these with newer ideas about the future of ecological systems, their inseparable entanglement with human economic, social and political systems, and processes of co- and autonomous design. IGP’s own partnerships serve as foundational models. Students will explore a range of global transition case studies embedded in IGP projects and partnerships that are actively researching and designing regenerative and adaptive socio-natural systems as the basis for prosperous people and planet. In this way, the module draws students into leading-edge research into inclusive and pluralistic forms of prosperity and their future production through inclusive co-design developed at the IGP.

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Illustrative module outline:

The module is taught through ten learning topics including asynchronous material and synchronous/live classes and five seminars. Students are expected to complete the set key readings and tasks prior to the commencement of the class session and to come ready to discuss key topics and issues arising from the reading. Methods of discussion may include the world café approach. Students may also be asked to submit basic non-assessed material for discussion in class. In addition to the standard module classes, additional departmental seminars given by leading academics and practitioners help to advance and embed students in a leading-edge academic community and culture.

Illustrative list of classes:
1. The Ecological Dynamics of Natural Prosperity
2. Visioning approaches for sustainability
3. Complexity, Emergence and Resilience
4. Decolonising the Design of ‘Good’ Ecologies.
5. Regenerating Social and Natural Prosperity: Participation, Diversity and Co-Design
6. Case 1: Science and Citizens - Inclusive Ecosystem and Scenario Modelling for the future
7. Case 2: From Green to Regenerative Energy
8. Case 3: Bio-Circular Economies and Regenerative Societies
9. Case 4: From Inclusive to Regenerative Eco-Economics
10. How do we transition to a new form of Natural Prosperity?