Entry requirements

60 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• account for ecological, economic and social conditions and foundations of a sustainable economic system;
• account for central theories and conceptsof sustainable economic systems and critically discuss their relevance for meeting contemporary and future sustainability challenges;

• apply an ethical and justice perspective on practical issues concerning the design and implementation of future sustainable economic systems;

• account for and critically relate to how different economic sustainable systems can be designed and realised at different levels and by different actors;
• evaluate and analyse the consequences of various proposals for future economic systems in a larger sustainability context.

Content

This course introduces sustainable economic systems, focusing on interdisciplinary perspectives within ecological economics, environmental economics, and nature-based solutions. Central theories and concepts are discussed to illuminate how economic systems can be designed and implemented at various levels by different actors. These issues are linked to the global sustainability goals and other sustainability frameworks, as well as ethical perspectives and equity aspects. The course then delves deeper into the discussion and highlights ecological, social, and cultural conditions for sustainable and just economic systems. This process unites systems thinking and an interdisciplinary understanding of how these conditions and foundations are interconnected and interact. Potential consequences of different future economic systems are analyzed, focusing on their ability to meet contemporary and future sustainability challenges.

Instruction

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and workshops. The lectures are given by guest lecturers from various academic disciplines and relevant areas of society. Ample opportunities are provided for active student participation and critical reflection. Non-compulsory study visits or equivalent may occur.

Assessment

The student is examined through written preparation for (4 credits) and active participation in seminars and workshops (3 credits), and through written documentation (7 credits) and oral presentation (1 credit) of a project.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other regulations

Active participation is reassessed through a re-seminar. If a student after having been offered a re-seminar still does not meet the requirements to pass the active participation elements the examiner can choose reassessment by another method.

The course cannot be included in a degree together with 1MV083 Sustainable Economic Futures - Nature, Justice, Society.