https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4157?type=COREThis course pursues a dual aim. On the one hand, we will tackle current research on global resource use patterns, including the differences and inequalities therein, and how these relate to the ongoing climate crisis. On the other hand, we will critically examine the stories told about these patterns and this crisis, including through quantitative and qualitative data. In a process consisting of several manageable steps, the students will develop their own story on a topic of particular interest to them and related to resource use and/or the climate crisis.Topics we will address, when it comes to resource use patterns and the climate crisis, include (economic) growth, green growth, and degrowth, inequality, energy transitions, green colonialism and international trade, the role of agriculture and forestry (biomass resources) as well as of construction and material stocks (metals and non-metallic minerals). In terms of the stories that are told and their impact, we will consider how important it is to tell these stories from different perspectives, but also how difficult to tell simple stories about complex problems. We will investigate quantitative and qualitative story telling as well as manipulative stories. Additionally, we will consider the special role of emotions (from eco grief to climate anxiety) for the stories we might tell when it comes to resource use and the climate crisis. Throughout the term, students will work towards their own super short, a special presentation format that may not be longer that five minutes and that challenges some of the conventions of academic communication.A previous background in environmental sciences is not needed to be able to successfully complete this course.