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Economic Growth: Measuring GDP, GPI, and Tertiarisation of Economy

Explores Swiss GDP decomposition, savings dynamics, GPI as an alternative to GDP, and challenges in using GDP as a welfare indicator.

Emergence of Informal Initiatives

Explores the emergence of informal transportation initiatives and challenges in African urban mobility.

The Globotics Upheaval

Explores the impact of AI and robotics on service jobs and income distribution.

Environmental Legislation and Waste Management

Explores environmental legislation, waste management, and the concept of waste disposal.

Forecasting Methods: Expert Approaches and Professional Predictions

Explores forecasting methods, professional predictions for the Swiss economy, and the quality of anticipations in real estate and economic sectors.

Investigating Technologies for Humankind

Serves as a bridge between previous modules, investigating technologies for humankind.

Energy Demand Modeling: Service Sector

Explores modeling energy demand in the service sector and its implications on building characteristics, technologies, and long-term forecasts.

Urban Mobility in Africa

Discusses informal transportation, rapid automobile growth, congestion, insecurity, and a new economic sector in African urban mobility.

Economic Growth: Slowdown and Innovation Failure

Explores the slowdown of economic growth, innovation failure, and challenges in measuring modern economic activity.

Economic Growth: Components of GDP

Explores the main components of GDP, inflation, sustainable development, and the evolution of the services sector.

Innovation Fundamentals

Delves into the economic fundamentals of innovation, exploring historical context, entrepreneurial risk, societal challenges, and the role of private entrepreneurs.

Infrastructure Project Consultancy MOOC: Building expertise on developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure

Guides students on completing the final graded assignment as a consultant for a municipal infrastructure project.

Principles of Sustainable Procurement MOOC: Building expertise on developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure

Covers the integration of sustainability into procurement processes in public and private sectors.

Tramway d'Alger: Mobility and Urbanism MOOC: Mobility and urban planning

Explores tramway adhesion in Algiers, covering spatial, usage, organizational aspects, and stakeholder involvement in urban transport.

Energy Demand Modeling: Industry Sector

Explores energy demand modeling in the industry sector and the use of techno-economic models for forecasting.

The Economy of Switzerland: The Rise of a Small Economic Power

Explores the economic success story of Switzerland, covering its diversified economic structure and the important role of migrants.

Energy Systems Modeling

Explores energy systems modeling, focusing on general equilibrium models and the dual nature of energy in the economy.

A Model of Sustainable Development: Economic Challenges in China

Explores economic challenges in China, focusing on sustainable development, growth sources, and reform processes.

African Urban Potential MOOC: African Cities III, urban planning and management

Explores the potential of African cities and their role in economic transformation and poverty reduction.

Input-Output Analysis: Simplified Economy

Explores the input-output analysis of a simplified economy and its environmental implications.