Sustainable Development and Sustainability Science Course 2026

Lecture 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development

By Lars Rydén
11 February 2026

Lecture 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development (mp4)
Lecture 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development (pdf)

Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in Building Sustainable Societies (pdf)

Lecture 2: Resource Flows

By Björn Frostell
18 February 2026

Lecture 2a: Resource Flows and Stocks in the Form of Energy and Materials (mp4)

Lecture 2b: Resource Flows and Stocks in the Form of Energy and Materials (mp4)

Lecture 2: Resource Flows and Stocks in the Form of Energy and Materials (pdf)

Read Chapter 2, pp 26-45 and Chapter 11, pp 189-207 in Sustainable Use and Management of Natural Resources.

Lecture 3: Energy

By Mikael Höök and Eshquvvat Arziqulov
25 February 2026

Lecture 3a: Energy, Systems and Future Sustainability Challenges, part 1 (mp4)

Lecture 3b: Energy, Systems and Future Sustainability Challenges, part 2 (mp4)

Lecture 3a+b: Energy, Systems and Future Sustainability Challenges (pdf)

Lecture 3c: Energy in Uzbekistan: Natural and Renewable Resources and Their Use (mp4)

Lecture 3c: Energy in Uzbekistan: Natural and Renewable Resources and Their Use (pdf)

Lecture 4: Climate Change

By Lars Rydén and Viktor Novikov (TBC)
4 March 2026

Lecture 5: Ecosystems, Land Use, Agriculture, Forestry, Biodiversity

By Lars Rydén and Farhod Akhrorov
11 March 2026

Lecture 6: Quantification of Sustainability, Basic Approaches

By Björn Frostell
25 March 2026

Lecture 7: Global Water Policies — Water and Water Cooperation in Central Asia

By Bo Libert, Abror Gadaev and Rashid Kulmatov
18 March 2026

Lecture 8: Water Use and Management — Agriculture and Sanitation

By Björn Vinnerås and Husniddin Pardaev
1 April 2026

Lecture 9: The Aral Sea

By Yusup Kamalov and Vadim Sokolov
8 April 2026

Lecture 10: Urbanization; The Sustainable City

By Lars Rydén, Rustam Eshniyazov and Lovisa Lingfors
15 April 2026

Lecture 11: A Culture of Mobility; Means of Mobility; Energy of Mobility

By Björn Frostell
22 April 2026

Lecture 12: Economics and Economy of Sustainable Development

By Lars Rydén
29 April 2026

Lecture 13: Environmental Decision-making From the Individual to the Global Level

By Björn Frostell
6 May 2026

Lecture 14: Transition to a Sustainable Society, Policies, and Practices

By Lars Rydén and Rakhmatulla Nurimbetov
13 May 2026

Lecture 15: A. Final Comments and, B. Discussion and Conclusion

By Lars Rydén and all teachers and students
21 May 2026
(Thursday)