“Sustainability concepts in science and practice”, Munster University of Applied Sciences (since 2014)

• Lecturer: Sylvia Lorek
• Program: Masters degree in home economics; Non-mandatory
• Focus: Overview of sustainable consumption literature, politics and levels of activity, and gaining an understanding on the role home economists (Oecotrophologen) can play in the context of sustainability.
• Class size: up to 20 students
• Content:
• Recognizing core elements in different concepts of sustainability like:
  • Integrated Product Policy
  • Industrial Ecology
  • Political ecology
  • Environmental Economics
  • Ecological Economics
  • Degrowth
  • Sufficiency
• Evaluation process:
  • Oral presentation and essay – agreement on topics based on group interests developed during the kick-off session