Syllabus:

Collaborative Environmental Governance in the Arctic, 15 Credits

Swedish name: Samverkan inom miljö- och naturresursförvaltning i Arktis

This syllabus is valid: 2024-03-04 and until further notice

Course code: 2SV061

Credit points: 15

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Political Science: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Political Science

Revised by: Head of Department of Political Science, 2024-02-19

The course is designed around a combination of horizontal and vertical themes. The horizontal themes include global environmental change, international conventions and European environmental politics, multilevel governance and administration, indigenous people’s rights and urban-rural dimensions. The vertical themes comprise environmental policy design and implementation within different natural resource sectors such as forests, water, wildlife, nature protection and biodiversity as well as minerals.

Expected learning outcomes

Expected study results include to:

discuss relevant political science issues concerning the governance of sustainable development within environment and natural resource management in an in-depth and critical manner,
gain in-depth knowledge within environment and natural-resource politics with special emphasis on conditions in the Arctic region,
acquire the capacity to critically assess the research and practice of environment and natural-resource governance,
portray different interest perspectives and theoretical understandings both orally and in writing,
present the student’s own analysis in a relevant and persuasive way within a given time frame,
independently perform an opposition/discussion and situate others’ work in a wider theoretical context.

Required Knowledge

90 credits in the main area Political Science or Peace and Conflict Studies or equivalent, including a thesis 15 credits, or equivalent through another education and work experience in the field. Proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies and English equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary course English A/6. Proficiency in Swedish only required where the language of instruction is Swedish.

Form of instruction

The course consists of lectures and seminars, including guest lectures by practitioners and/or invited scholars. In addition to an introduction to overall political science theory and analytical approaches within the field of collaborative governance, the course is divided into sessions that analyse governance and administration within or across the different sectors. Each of these sessions include both a lecture and a student-led seminar in the form of an article review, a role play, a poster session, a field study or a presentation for a government agency. The last ingredient of the course is a (locally arranged) international conference. Each student chooses an advanced investigation task at the beginning of the course, which later results in an examination paper (3000-4000 words excluding references). One or two individual supervisions are offered along the way. Each examination paper is presented orally at the conference with another student as opponent/commentator.

Examination modes

Presence at the course seminars and training events is compulsory and active involvement throughout the course is expected. The examination includes the student paper (70 %), and the opposition at the final seminar (10 %).
Other written assignments comprise 20 % of the total grade (two of the following which may vary over different terms: article seminar/poster/presentation for a government agency).
Active participation is required for the remaining seminars and training events.
Fulfilment of the requirements at all obligatory events is needed in order to receive a pass for the entire course. The final grade for the course are U (Fail), G (Pass) and VG (Pass with distinction).

General rules regarding examination
A student who does not meet the requirements to pass an examination can, if decided by the course instructor, be given a complementary assignment to reach the requirements to pass the examination. The complementary assignment can be individually modified to the specific requirements that the student has failed to reach, but the assignment must be of corresponding proportion to the original examination.

Ordinarily, the complementary assignment is given at the end of the course or when the grades at the original examination is announced. When the student has been given the complementary assignment, he/she should finish the assignment within ten days (not including weekends and holidays). If the student fail to finish the assignment within the required time, a new complementary assignment can only be given the next time the course is arranged, or during the two weeks of re-take exams the Department arranges every year during week 34 and 35.

If it is not possible to do complementary assignments (if so, it is stated next to each individual examination above), the student is required to do a re-take exam. The first re-take exam should be given two months after the original examination, at the latest, but no sooner than ten days after the grade on the original examination has been given (not including weekends and holidays). If the examination is given during May or June, the first re-take exam should be given no later than three months after the original examination. Two weeks of re-take exams are also arranged every year, which means complementary assignments are treated during this time independently of when the course was given. These weeks are arranged during week 34 and 35.

Students who fail an examination may retake that examination. A student has the right to request a new examiner if he/she fails two sub-course examinations (i.e. an examination and a re-take). In such cases students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies (Studierektor). Examination in accordance with the same syllabus as during the original examination can be guaranteed for up to two years after the student’s first registration.

The appointed examiner may decide to use other forms of examination if required by particular circumstances.

Transfer of Credits
Students who wish to transfer credits from other Departments or universities (Swedish or foreign) should do so in accordance to the Principal's decision “Tillgodoräknandeordning vid Umeå universitet (Dnr. 545-3317-02)”.

The application must be submitted in written form. The request should specify which module or course the request applies to. An official transcript should also be submitted. The transcript must include the following information: where and when the course was given, the discipline and level of the course, total course credits and grade received. A syllabus describing the course and a list of required readings should be submitted with the request. Where applicable, written research papers should also be submitted.

Upon completion of this course, the credits can be transferred to a selective course. However it is always the responsible Department or program that determines the possibility for credit transfers and the extent of the credit transfer. The student should therefore always contact the responsible Department or program before submitting an application for credit transfers.

Other regulations

A written and anonymous course evaluation is given at the end of the course. During the course an oral evaluation is also arranged, and the student can also anonymously submit thoughts and opinions in digital form.

Literature

Valid from: 2024 week 10

Expected readings (the student is expected to read the following titles)

Amengual Matthew
Buying stability : The distributive outcomes of private politics in the Bolivian mining industry
Included in:
World development.
Oxford : Pergamon P. : 1973- : 104 : pages 31-45 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.11.008
Mandatory

Competing pathways to sustainability? : Exploring conflicts over mine establishments in the Swedish mountain region
Beland Lindahl Karin, Johansson Andreas, Zachrisson Anna, Viklund Roine
Included in:
Journal of environmental management
London : Academic Press : 1990- : 218 : pages 402-415 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.063
Mandatory

Bjärstig T.
Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public-Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains
Included in:
Sustainability
2009- : 9 : pages 1685-1707 :
Mandatory

Butler Richard W.
Overtourism in Rural Areas
Palgrave Macmillan, Cham : 2020 :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42458-9_3
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Page 27-43

Understanding Effectiveness in its Broader Context : Assessing Case Study Methodologies for Evaluating Collaborative Conservation Governance
Clement Sarah, Guerrero Gonzalez Angela, Wyborn Carina
Included in:
Society & natural resources [Elektronisk resurs].
New York : Taylor & Francis : 1988- : 33 : pages 462-483 :
https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1556761
Mandatory

Governing dual objectives within single policy mixes : an empirical analysis of large carnivore policies in six European countries
de Boon A., Sandström C., Arbieu U., Hansen I., Lehnen L., Marino A., Pohja-Mykrä M., Risvoll C., Strand G-H., Rønningen K.
Included in:
Journal of environmental policy and planning
New York, N.Y. : John Wiley & Sons : c1999- : 23 : pages 399-413 :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1841614
Mandatory

Evaluating the outcomes of collaborative wildlife governance : The role of social-ecological system context and collaboration dynamics
Dressel S., Ericsson G., Johansson M., Kalén C., Pfeffer S.E., Sandström C.
Included in:
Land use policy
Guildford : Butterworth Scientific : 1984- : 99 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105028
Mandatory

Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance : Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management
Dressel Sabrina, Sjölander-Lindqvist Annelie, Johansson Maria, Ericsson Göran, Sandström Camilla
Included in:
Sustainability
2009- : 13 :
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042329
Mandatory

Collaborative governance regimes
Emerson Kirk, Nabatchi Tina
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press : 2015 : viii, 264 pages :
ISBN: 9781626162525
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation
Garnett S. T., et al.
Included in:
Nature sustainability
2018- : 1 : pages 369-374 :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0100-6
Mandatory

Strengthening subnational institutions for sustainable development in resource-rich states : Decentralized land-use planning in Peru
Gustafsson Maria-Therese, Scurrah Martin
Included in:
World development
Oxford : Pergamon P. : 1973- : 119 : pages 133-144 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.03.002
Mandatory

Hall Colin Michael
A typology of governance and its implications for tourism policy analysis
Included in:
Journal of sustainable tourism
Clevedon : Channel View Books : 1993- : 19 : pages 437-457 :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2011.570346
Mandatory

Governing Large Carnivores : Comparative Insights from Three Different Countries
Hansson-Forman K., Reimerson E., Sjölander-Lindqvist A., Sandström C.
Included in:
Society and natural resources
1988- : 31 : pages 837-852 :
Mandatory

Policy change implications for forest water protection in Sweden over the last 50 years
Hasselquist Eliza Maher, Mancheva Irina, Eckerberg Katarina, Laudon Hjalmar
Included in:
Ambio
Stockholm : Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien : 2000- : 49 : pages 1341-1351 :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01274-y
Mandatory

The Impact of Local Participation on Community Support for Natural Resource Management : The Case of Mining in Northern Canada and Northern Sweden
Jagers Sverker C., Matti Simon, Poelzer Greg, Yu Stan
Included in:
Arctic review on law and politics (Online)
2010- : 9 : pages 124-147 :
https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.730
Mandatory

Participation for effective environmental governance? : Evidence from Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom
Kochskämper Elisa, Challies Edward, Newig Jens, Jager Nicolas W.
Included in:
Journal of environmental management.
London : Academic Press : 1973- : 181 : pages 737-748 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.007
Mandatory

Governing Towards Sustainability: Conceptualizing Modes of Governance
Lange P., et al
Included in:
Journal of environmental policy & planning
1999- : 15 : pages 403-425 :
Mandatory

The Swedish forestry model : More of everything?
Lindahl Karin B., Sténs Anna, Sandström Camilla, Johansson Johanna, Lidskog Rolf, Ranius Thomas, Roberge Jean-Michel
Included in:
Forest policy and economics
Amsterdam : Elsevier : 2000- : 77 : pages 44-55 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2015.10.012
Mandatory

Collaborative Institutions in an Ecology of Games
Lubell Mark, Henry Adam Douglas, McCoy Mike
Included in:
American journal of political science
Oxford : Blackwell : 1973- : 54 : pages 287-300 :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00431.x
Mandatory

Arctification and the Paradox of Overtourism in Sparsely Populated Areas
Lundmark Linda, Müller Dieter K., Bohn Dorothee
Included in:
Dipping in to the north
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : [2020] : 411 pages :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6623-3_18
Mandatory

Forest governance and management across time : developing a new forest social contract
Mårald Erland, Sandström Camilla, Nordin Annika, Rist Lucy, Sténs Anna, Beland Lindahl Karin, Carlsson-Kanyama Annika, Johansson Johanna, Keskitalo Carina, Laudon Hjalmar, Lidskog Rolf, Lämås Tomas, Lundmark Tomas, Nilsson Urban, Nordström Eva-Maria, Roberge Jean-Michel, Sonesson Johan
London : Routledge : 2017 : xvi, 174 pages :
ISBN: 978-1-317-44591-3
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Reading instructions: Assigned parts.

The Environmental Performance of Participatory and Collaborative Governance : A Framework of Causal Mechanisms
Newig Jens, Challies Edward, Jager Nicolas W., Kochskaemper Elisa, Adzersen Ana
Included in:
Policy studies journal
Oxford : Blackwell : 2003- : 46 : pages 269-297 :
https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12209
Mandatory

Nuttall Mark
Arctic Environments and Peoples
Included in:
The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. :
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1480
Mandatory

Enhancing the capacity of water governance to deal with complex management challenges : A framework of analysis
Pahl-Wostl Claduia, et al.
Included in:
Environmental science & policy
Exeter : Elsevier Science : 1998-9999 : v. : 107 : pages 23-35 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.011
Mandatory

Mineral extraction in Swedish Sápmi : The regulatory gap between Sami rights and Swedens mining permitting practices
Raitio Kaisa, Allard Christina, Lawrence Rebecca
Included in:
Land use policy
Guildford : Butterworth Scientific : 1984- : 99 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105001
Mandatory

Reimerson Elsa
International arenas, local space for agency and national discourse as mediator : protected areas in Swedish and Norwegian Sápmi
London : Routledge : 2017 :
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110736
Mandatory

Policy goals and instruments for achieving a desirable future forest : Experiences from backcasting with stakeholders in Sweden
Sandström C., Kanyama A. C., Räty R., Sonnek K. M., Nordström E. M., Mossing A., Nordin A.
Included in:
Forest policy and economics
Amsterdam : Elsevier : 2000- : 111 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102051
Mandatory

The European Unions Arctic policy discourse : green by omission
Schunz Simon, De Botselier Bram, Piqueres Sofía López
Included in:
Environmental politics [Elektronisk resurs].
London : Taylor & Francis : 2001- : 30 : pages 579-599 :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1787041
Mandatory

Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance : Insights From Norway and Sweden
Sjölander-Lindqvist Annelie, Risvoll Camilla, Kaarhus Randi, Lundberg Aase Kristine, Sandström Camilla
Frontiers Media S.A. : 2020 :
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173493
Mandatory

Cornered by PAs : Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action
Tauli-Corpuz Vicky, Alcorn Janis, Molnar Augusta, Healy Christina, Barrow Edmund
Included in:
World development
Oxford : Pergamon P. : 1973- : 130 :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104923
Mandatory

The need for transformative changes in the use of Indigenous knowledge along with science for environmental decision-making in the Arctic
Wheeler Helen C., et al.
Included in:
People and nature
2019- : 2 : pages 544-556 :
https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10131
Mandatory

Political opportunity and mobilization : The evolution of a Swedish miningsceptical movement
Zachrisson Anna, Beland Lindahl Karin
2019 :
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-163591
Mandatory

Perception of Bottlenecks in the Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive
Zingraff-Hamed A., Schröter B., Schaub S., Lepenies R., Stein U., Hüesker F., Meyer C., Schleyer C., Pusch M.T.
Included in:
Water Alternatives
2008- : 13 : pages 458-483 :
https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol13/v13issue3/590-a13-3-8/file
Mandatory