Topic outline

  • This week will give you a brief overview of global water issue, sustainability and development in general. You'll also get an introduction to using statistics. Note the week starts with a context session on group work; see previous page for more information.

    The week consists of the following submitted tasks:

      • Thematic task: SWOT analysis, group work (DL Wed 7.9. at 11:00)
      • Weekly exercise: Statistical analysis (DL Fri 16.9. at 23:59)

    General schedule for the week is shown in the figure below, while the detailed schedule can be found below the figure.

    Week 1 schedule




    • Detailed timeschedule

      Monday teaching will be live at lecture hall 215, Otakaari 4 (with option for remote participation @Teams) while Tue-Fri will be done fully remotely.

      Monday 05.09. @ water building

      09:00 - 12:00 see page Orientation and first session
      12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
      13:00 - 15:00 lecture and discussion on global water and food issues (Matti Kummu)
      15:15 - 16:00 introduction to the weekly task (Matti Kummu)

      In addition, your self-studying task is to listen Marko's online lecture on sustainability available here.

      Tuesday 06.09. @ water building

      09:00 - 10:30 Individual / group work with the thematic task
      + 9-10 help desk @Teams (Week 1 channel; Matti)
      10:30 - 12:00 Introduction to SGT and 2-3 case-studies (Julia Renko)

      12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
      13:00 - 14:00 Lecture on water & sustainable development (Olli Varis)
      14 ->      Individual / group work
      + 14-15 help desk @Teams (Week 1 channel; Matti)


      Wednesday 07.09. @ water building

      Morning:        Individual/group work
      11:00 (sharp)  DL for thematic task; SWOT analysis
      11:00 - 13:00 Lunch
      13:00 - 15:00 Weekly Task presentations & feedback session (Matti)
      15:00 - 16:00 'Wrap-up/feedback' discussion about Global week and motivation to weekly exercise (Thu-Fri) (Matti)


      Thursday 08.09. @ Y338

      9:00 - 10:00 Statistics: Lecture (Teemu)
      10:00 - 12:00 Statistics: Guided exercise workshop (Teemu, Kielo)
      12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
      13:00 - 16:00 Statistics: Guided exercise workshop (Teemu, Kielo)


      Friday 09.09. afternoon @ Y338

      9:00 - 12:00 Statistics: Individual exercise work (no IT-class room booked, take a free computer in any Aalto IT-class room or use your own)
      12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
      13:00 - 16:00 Statistics: Guided exercise workshop (@Y338: Teemu, Kielo)




    • Lecture material

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    • Exercise material

    • Reading material