How to Change the World

How to Change the World

Instructor: Michael S. Roth

Access provided by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

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3 weeks at 10 hours a week

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

279 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

3 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

96%

Most learners liked this course

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There are 6 modules in this course

How can we use the things we share in common to address some of the most challenging problems facing the world? This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to help us understand better how to initiate positive change.

Discussion about what our social good is, how we define it and how it can be sustainably used.

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7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videos Total 148 minutes

Introduction: Social Good and Tragedy of the Commons 21 minutes
Genealogy of the Idea of Social Good 23 minutes
Reciprocity and Giving Back to the Commons 19 minutes
From Legitimate Communal Regulation to Pressures for Exploitation 23 minutes
Fisheries Forests and Sustainable Productivity 22 minutes
Cultures of Trust and Reinforcing the Commons by Practicing Cooperation 22 minutes
From Copyright to Communities of Cooperative Practice 16 minutes

1 reading Total 60 minutes

Recommended Readings 60 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

What are social goods? What is the commons? 120 minutes

Discussion about poverty and the relationship of poverty to philanthropy and to foreign aid, actions taken to mitigate the effects of poverty, of major theorists and economists working in this area and , also, a new approach to this subject through randomized experimentation.

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7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videos Total 165 minutes

Extreme Poverty – Introduction 24 minutes
Varieties of Poverty and Development 23 minutes
Listening to the Poor to Find Out What Works 25 minutes
Multi-Pronged Effort: Private Enterprise, Government and Inclusive Growth 25 minutes
Systematic Efforts to Find Out What Works Best 20 minutes
Breaking out of Cycles of Suffering 24 minutes
Inclusive Economic Growth and a Global Movement to End Poverty 25 minutes

1 reading Total 60 minutes

Recommended Readings 60 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Poverty and Prosperity 120 minutes

Discussion about political and economic ramifications of climate change, including how to think big about sustainability

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 peer review

9 videos Total 196 minutes

Climate Change and Sustainability 23 minutes
Global Challenges and Local Responses 23 minutes
Making a Difference and Varied Challenges 18 minutes
Grassroots Politics and Climate Change (1) 23 minutes
Politics and the Disruption of Ecosystems 21 minutes
Conversation with a Climate Economist on Risk Management 21 minutes
Risk, Assessment and Reducing Likelihood of Disaster 17 minutes
Conversation on Energy, Sustainability and Solution Science 23 minutes
Solution Science and What We Can Do 26 minutes

1 reading Total 60 minutes

Recommended Readings 60 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Climate Change and Sustainability 120 minutes

Discussion about health care and poverty, considering major challenges that disease presents around the world and the global role of healthcare

What's included

7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videos Total 191 minutes

Disease and Global Health – Introduction 23 minutes
Democracy, Health and Engagement 20 minutes
Major Health Challenges and Responses (1) 28 minutes
Major Health Challenges and Responses (2) 32 minutes
Testing our Work to Make it Most Effective 25 minutes
Care, Organization and Making a Real Difference 39 minutes
Motivating Change and Holistic Responses to Poverty 25 minutes

1 reading Total 60 minutes

Recommended Readings 60 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Global Disease and Health 120 minutes

Discussion of gender issues and the upward mobility of women, across business and education.

What's included

8 videos1 reading1 peer review

8 videos Total 177 minutes

Introduction and Quiet Violence Against Girls and Women 20 minutes
Social Entrepreneurship and Gender Lens Investing 23 minutes
Education and Risk Taking 21 minutes
Education and Building Human Capacity 28 minutes
Malala and the Courage of Education (1) 21 minutes
Malala and the Courage of Education (2) 31 minutes
You Can Have Impact: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Part 1) 16 minutes
How We Can Change the World: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn 17 minutes

1 reading Total 60 minutes

Recommended Readings 60 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Women, Education and Social Change 120 minutes

Reflections on where we have been and where we are going

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2 videos1 peer review

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Michael S. Roth

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Reviewed on Aug 14, 2016

An inspiring course. It brings me a view from social engagement point for building a better society :))

Reviewed on Jan 7, 2021

Sure, we need to change ourselves first before changing the world. However, do not desire perfection in either of them. They go with each other like a pair.

Reviewed on Nov 22, 2017

Loved it! I learned so much, really valuable information with incredible people. I feel very lucky to have has access to all of this material.

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