Climate Change and Society

The course provides an interdisciplinary and state-of-the-art perspective on climate change with a particular emphasis on its social, economic, political and cultural dimensions. As a student you will receive a close understanding of the intertwined social and biophysical dynamics of both drivers and impacts of climate change, and of the different solutions that are being proposed.

The course is structured around four key themes:

1. Drivers and dynamics of climate change
2. Politics and economics of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
3. Adaptation and loss and damage
4. Social narratives and imaginaries about climate change by different actor groups

The course also pursues a number of cross-cutting themes, for example on the unequal dimensions to both climate change responsibility and vulnerability, and a focus on questions of power for understanding the obstacles to, and opportunities for, climate action.

Literature list and schedule

Literature list, established 2024-05-31 PDF (416 kB)

The schedule is published on Canvas and made available to admitted students approx. one month before the start of the course.

Schedule autumn 2023 (currently enrolled students should check Canvas for the latest version).

Who Can Apply and Application

The course is open for everyone, students as well as practitioners. You do not need to be enrolled in a programme or have a degree from a certain academic field. Note that it’s a fulltime course that requires the student to be on campus.

International students

Full programme/course tuition fee (for non-EU/EEA citizens): SEK 31 250

If you are required to pay tuition fees, you are generally also required to pay an application fee of SEK 900 (approximately EUR 100) when you apply. You pay one application fee regardless of how many programmes or courses you apply to.

International students are strongly recommended to apply in the 'international application round' but are also welcome to apply in the 'national application round', which means that you apply through the national application page (antagning.se). If you need assistance with your application, please contact the service centre at antagning.se. Note that if you need a residence permit to be able to study in Sweden, it is probably not possible to get one in time for the start of studies if you apply in the national round.

Read more about entry requirements and how to apply at lunduniversity.lu.se. 

Exchange students

Exchange students do not apply through universityadmissions.se or antagning.se.

Once you have been selected and nominated by your home university to come on an exchange, you will receive a link to the special online application for nominated exchange students to formally apply for exchange studies. This application link will be provided either by your home university coordinator, or directly by the coordinator at Lund University.

The application period for nominated exchange students (2024) is: 1 April - 15 April for autumn semester exchange studies.

Read more about exchange studies at Lund University.