POLITICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES: TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN TEACHING PROCESS

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2022-2-123-126

Keywords:

environmental policy; public policy; public ecology; environmental GR; environmental agenda; master program; political science

Abstract

The transformation of the understanding and implementation of environmental policy in modern Russia brings the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the training of specialists working in this field to the forefront. Civil society is actively involved in the decision-making process on environmental protection. As a unifying principle for politics and ecology, the public ecology that is still being formed in Russia has been chosen. It actively involves society in generating, solving and evaluating these decisions in the political, social and environmental spheres. In the Perm Region, there are frequent cases of integration of experts from the field of ecology and politics to initiate and make management decisions on the environmental agenda and within the framework of sustainable development. This expert community decided to join forces and develop a joint master program "Public Ecology and Public Policy". Graduates of the program will be able to work in state and local authorities responsible for the environmental situation. They will become versatile specialists and will influence management decision-making, justifying them in a reasoned manner. In addition, they will be able to apply their knowledge in the field of environmental consulting, marketing and communications, as well as journalism that reveals the environmental problems of modern society.

Author Biography

K. A. Punina, Perm State University

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

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Published

2022-07-11

How to Cite

Punina К. А. (2022). POLITICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES: TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN TEACHING PROCESS. Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2022-2-123-126