UWFMT 16 - Society, community & individual: concepts & methods

Learning outcomes:
Students will be familiar with the basic principles of social science theory formation using analytical concepts. They know the basic methods of social empirical research for data collection and analysis. Based on a research-oriented approach, students are able to record and analyse individual units of social systems related to forests worldwide, such as societies, interest groups, communities, organizations, institutions, households, and individuals. They are able to apply these in a differentiated way in the context of tropical forestry and land use. Students are able to apply social science survey and analysis methods to specific issues of tropical forestry and land use.

Contents of the module are:
- Basic theories and selected concepts of management-oriented social sciences with reference to tropical forestry and land use,
- Survey methods of empirical social research, in particular interviews, written surveys, group discussions, observation, participant observation, content analysis, experiment, and secondary analyses as well as
- application of selected methods to issues of tropical forestry and land use.