Učni načrt predmeta

Predmet:

Ekonomika in družba

Course:

Economics and Society

Študijski program in stopnja / Study programme and level	Študijska smer / Study field	Letnik / Academic year	Semester / Semester
Nanoznanosti in nanotehnologije, Informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije, Ekotehnologije, Senzorske tehnologije, 3. stopnja	/	1	1
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, Information and Communication Technologies, Ecotechnologies, Sensor Technologies, 3rd cycle	/	1	1

Vrsta predmeta / Course type

Izbirni / Elective

Univerzitetna koda predmeta / University course code:

SPL-875

Predavanja Lectures	Seminar Seminar	Vaje Tutorial	Klinične vaje work	Druge oblike študija	Samost. delo Individ. work	ECTS
15	15			15	105	5

*Navedena porazdelitev ur velja, če je vpisanih vsaj 15 študentov. Drugače se obseg izvedbe kontaktnih ur sorazmerno zmanjša in prenese v samostojno delo. / This distribution of hours is valid if at least 15 students are enrolled. Otherwise the contact hours are linearly reduced and transfered to individual work.

Nosilec predmeta / Course leader:

prof. dr. Aleksander Zidanšek

Sodelavci / Lecturers:

izr. prof. dr. Tomaž Grušovnik , prof. dr. Tjaša Redek , prof. dr. Peter Stanovnik

Jeziki / Languages:

Predavanja / Lectures:

slovenščina, angleščina / Slovenian, English

Vaje / Tutorial:

Pogoji za vključitev v delo oz. za opravljanje študijskih obveznosti:

Prerequisites:

Zaključen študij druge stopnje naravoslovne ali tehniške smeri ali zaključen študij z drugih področi z dokazanim poznavanjem osnov področja predmeta (pisna dokazila, pogovor).

Completed second level studies in natural sciences j or engineering or completed studies in other fields with proven knowledge of fundamentals in the field of this course (certificates, interview).

Vsebina:

Content (Syllabus outline):

Lastnosti sodobnega sveta:
- globalizacija
- povezanost
- hitre spremembe
- negotovost in nestabilnost
- tehnološka singularnost

Okolje in koncept trajnostnega razvoja:
- naravni in človeški viri
- blagostanje in družbene razmere
- cilji in indikatorji trajnostnega razvoja
- odziv na izzive trajnostnega razvoja

Ekonomika za raziskovalce:
- trg, ponudba in povpraševanje
- davki in subvencije
- finančna analiza projektov (presoja investicij v pogojih gotovosti in negotovosti)

Features of the modern world:
- globalisation
- interdependence
- fast-changing
- uncertainty and instability
- technological singularity

Environment and the concept of sustainable development:
- natural and human resources
- well-being and social conditions
- sustainable development goals and indicators
- response to sustainable development challenges

Economics for researchers:
- Market, supply and demand
- Taxes and grants
- Financial analysis of projects (assessment of investments under conditions of certainty and uncertainty)

Temeljna literatura in viri / Readings:

Izbrani novejši članki iz znanstvenih revij s tega področja in izbrana poglavja iz / Selected recent articles
from scientific journals in this field and selected chapters from:
- S. Dixson-Decleve: Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity. New Society Publishers, 2022. ISBN 978-0865719866
- E. von Weizsaecker: Factor 5: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Increase in Resource Productivity, Earthscan, UK and Droemer, Germany, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84407-591-1
- D. H. Meadows et al.: Limits to Growth The 30-Year Update, Chelsea Green Publ, 2004, ISBN: 9781931498586
- Y.N. Harari, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, Random House, 2024, ISBN 978-593-73422-3
- H.M. Markowitz & K. Blay, Risk-Return Analysis: The Theory and Practice of Rational Investing, McGraw-Hill
Education, 2013, ISBN 978-0071817936
- P. Swann, The Economics of Innovation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2009, ISBN 978-1848440272
- D. Audretsch et al., Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2016, ISBN: 978 1 78347 418 9

Cilji in kompetence:

Objectives and competences:

Pripraviti študente za reševanje kritičnih izzivov trajnostnega razvoja na lokalnem in globalnem nivoju.

Splošne kompetence:
- sposobnost za samostojno in skupinsko raziskovalno in razvojno delo,
- sposobnost uporabe znanja v praksi,
- delno tudi razvoj integralnega načina mišljenja ter sposobnost za komunikacijo s strokovnjaki drugih disciplin in področij.

Predmetnospecifične kompetence:
- obvladovanje metod in tehnik znanstvenega raziskovanja s področja trajnostnega razvoja, ekonomike, nacionalnega in podjetniškega inovacijskega managementa.

To prepare the students for solving the critical challenges of sustainable development both at the local and global level.

General competences:
- ability to carry out independent as well as team R&D work,
- ability to use the knowledge in practice,
- and partially also to the development of an integral way of thinking and the ability to communicate with experts from other disciplines and fields.

Course specific competences:
- mastering of methods and techniques of scientific research work in the field of sustainable development, economics, national and business innovation management.

Predvideni študijski rezultati:

Intendeded learning outcomes:

Znanje in razumevanje:
- Razumevanje koncepta trajnostnega razvoja
- Razumevanje sodobnih tehnoloških sprememb v mednarodnem okolju

Vrednotenje in sinteza:
- vzpostaviti model trajnostnega razvoja za izbran interdisciplinarni problem,
- ovrednotiti možne rešitve izbranega problema s stališča trajnostnega razvoja,
- sposobnost finančne analize projektov,
- vrednotenje in ocenjevanje nacionalnega R&R ter inovacijskega sistema,
- vzpostaviti sposobnost komunikacije v angleškem jeziku na področju trajnostnega razvoja, ekonomike in inovacijskega managementa.

Knowledge and Understanding
- Understanding the concept of sustainable development
- Understanding contemporary technological changes in the global/international context

Evaluation and synthesis:
- Establish a sustainable development model for a selected interdisciplinary problem
- Evaluate possible solutions of a selected problem from the sustainable point of view
- Ability for financial assessment of projects
- Evaluate national R&D and innovation system
- Establish the ability to communicate in English in the field of sustainable development, economics and innovation management

Metode poučevanja in učenja:

Learning and teaching methods:

Predavanja, seminarji, konzultacije, praktično delo, individualno delo

Lectures, seminars, consultations, field work, individual work

Načini ocenjevanja:

Delež v % / Weight in %

Assesment:

Seminarska naloga

30 %

Seminar work

Ustni zagovor seminarske naloge

30 %

Oral defense of seminar work

Ustni ali pisni izpit

40 %

Written or oral exam

Reference nosilca / Lecturer's references:

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5.	SHVALYA, Vasyl, MODIC, Martina, SKUBIC, Cene, NADIŽAR, Nejc, ZAVAŠNIK, Janez, VENGUST, Damjan, ZIDANŠEK, Aleksander, ROZMAN, Damjana, CVELBAR, Uroš, et al. Bacterial DNA recognition by SERS active plasma-coupled nanogold. Nano letters. Dec. 2022, vol. 22, iss. 23, str. 9757-9765, ilustr. ISSN 1530-6992