Sustainable Development and Sustainability Science Course 2026
Lecture presentations and filmed lectures will be published when available.
Lecture 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development
By Lars Rydén
11 February 2026
Lecture 2: Resource Flows
By Björn Frostell
18 February 2026
Lecture 3: Energy
By Mikael Höök and Laziz Saribaev
25 February 2026
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)
Sustainable Development and Sustainability Science
A university course by the Swedish Aral Sea Society in cooperation with Uzbekistan universities.