Governing the Sustainability of Consumption and Provisioning examines foundations, prerequisites and barriers for the sustainability transformation of our societies. The seminar’s premise is that fundamental change in how we organize consumption and provisioning in our economies and societies is necessary for all humans to be able to live a good life, now and in the future. On that basis, we will investigate causes of unsustainability in terms of the ways we think of and organize consumption and provisioning at the material and ideational levels, barriers to the pursuit of necessary changes, and actors and changes in material and ideational structures that may create momentum for change after all. In the end, we hope to identify pathways to a just and democratic transition towards sustainability.

The course is built around online interactive and self-learning sessions with extensive audio-visual materials being provided for the latter.

Advance registration for the seminar at lehre.fuchs@rifs-potsdam.de is necessary!

Requirements

2) Studienleistung: Essay - All students will write a short essay in the form of a blogpoast. Details on topics and style will be provided in the course.

3) Prüfungsleistung: Oral Exam. Details on format will be provided in class.

Schedule of interactive sessions:

13.10., 4-7 pm        Introduction
24.11., 4-6 pm        Interim Meeting I
12.01., 4-6 pm        Interim Meeting II
02.02., 4-6 pm        Concluding Session

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