Highlighted: IIS elective Rethinking Sustainable Societies: New Perspectives

A new elective on sustainability will start in September, bringing together students from all backgrounds to explore sustainability in innovative ways and from various disciplines and perspectives. Why is this important and what can students expect? Despite increasingly alarming reports about the environment, the urgency of changing people's behaviour is still not clear to everybody. The consequences of the climate crisis are not yet directly felt and are cannot be attributed to the actions of individuals. The problem is clear; however, there is no consensus on a solution yet. A redistribution is needed so that improving economic prosperity is not accompanied by an increase in climate impact - but how do we get there? Dr. Mendel Giezen , lecturer in sustainable urban development and coordinator of the course, explains: "In this course, we discuss the failure of the triple bottom line and how the current economic structure doesn't contribute to improving social and economic welfare in the broad sense. We look at sustainability from different perspectives, such as the Donut Economy, climate justice and technology." - Interactive seminars. Each lecture highlights a different perspective on sustainability, followed by a seminar in which the students will actively engage in discussion, both with each other and with the literature.