Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will have acquired the skills to:

  • structure an action based on an interdisciplinary analysis of a concept
  •  carry out a systemic analysis of a complex situation
  •  apply the fundamental principles of project management

 

Goals

To lay the epistemic foundations of integrated health risk management, i.e. present the epistemological basis of conceptual analysis, systemic analysis of a complex situation and principles of risk management.

 

Content

Six themes are developed:

- Practical use of concepts: function, choice and analysis

- Practical use of concepts: operationalisation

- Application of conceptual analysis

- Epistemological basis for action

- Complex thinking framework and complex adaptive systems

- Adaptive management, monitoring and evaluation, impact pathways

 

Assessment method

In preparation for their dissertation, students submit a conceptual framework in line with the issues and context of their placement. The written versions, corrected by the lecturer, is then presented orally, in the form of a seminar, to which a mark is awarded.

Language of instruction

English