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What are transformations and how can you make them happen? How can professionals like you develop the judgment skills required for ethical decision-making in times of transformation? In this interdisciplinary, two-week Certificate Programme, participants answer these questions in an interactive way and develop necessary skills for contemporary global leaders tackling global challenges.

The Global Transformations and Ethical Judgment Certificate Programme provides participants a broad vision that includes comparative and interdisciplinary education from global perspectives in order to achieve transformative solutions to today’s most pressing challenges. Moreover, participants will learn how to ethically resolve professional dilemmas, take into account the interests of all stakeholders, and communicate decisions to superiors, colleagues and stakeholders. Importantly, this course provides plentiful opportunities for networking with other professionals and experts in your field.  

The first week aims to generate a critical understanding of global challenges and the notion of transformations and systems change. It addresses questions such as: why are transformations necessary and helpful to address global challenges? How can a systems change perspective be used for transformations? It also develops an understanding of the different perspectives in which transformations are being approached, its commonalities, differences and best practices. It draws on a variety of disciplines such as global history, law, political science, sustainability transitions studies, science and technology studies and development economics. It begins by examining the notion of transformation in various discourses and connections with societal change and globalization, what do transformations imply from a systems perspective, and how transformations are understood and implemented in different organizations.

The second week provides professionals with theoretical and practical tools to understand the ethical dilemmas posed by global transformations to their professional decision-making. The approach taken is interdisciplinary and will combine philosophical ethics with insights from law, business, history and decision-making studies. The professionals will leave this course equipped with the professional ethical judgment skills necessary to address those dilemmas.

This two-week, comprehensive, in-depth Certificate Programme is offered by the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s Centre for Global Challenges (CfGC), a joint initiative of the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Governance. The Centre promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and experimentation between Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers, its students, and societal stakeholders from across the globe. Our aim is to critically understand and confront in transformative ways those global challenges that intersect human rights, conflict & security, sustainability, and equity.

It is also possible to sign up for one week: (05 July 2021 - 9 July 2021) or (12 July 2021 - 16 July 2021). 

 'Global Transformations': 1 June 2021

 â€˜Professional Ethical Judgment for Global Transformations’: 15 June 2021