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Module Number:
| 13925
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| Module Title: | Alternative Economies |
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Alternative Ökonomien
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| Department: |
Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
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| Responsible Staff Member: | -
Prof. Dr. phil. Jaeger-Erben, Melanie
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: |
Every summer semester
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| Credits: |
6
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| Learning Outcome: | Upon successful completion students will have a comprehensive understanding of the concept of alternative economies and its role in transformation processes. They have acquired critical reflection skills and will be able to navigate through diverse debate and discourse formats. The module will provide them with know-how on specific formats of field research as well as scenario development. Students acquire inter- and transdisciplinary research competencies. |
| Contents: | Alternative economies refer to all economic views that deal with other possibilities to the private-industrial economy. In a series of guest lectures, students will learn about different approaches, such as care economy, solidarity economy, resource-based economy, donut economy, complementary currencies, etc., and critically reflect and discuss their role in transformation processes. In excursions and case studies, students will visit places where alternative economies are being tested. Different approaches will be elaborated in scenario workshops. |
| Recommended Prerequisites: | Knowledge of the contents of module
- 13922 Introduction to Transformation Studies
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| Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
| Forms of Teaching and Proportion: | -
Lecture
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Seminar
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Self organised studies
/ 120 Hours
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | - Chang, H.-J. (2014). Economics: The User's Guide. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Bauhardt, C. (2014). Solutions to the crisis? The Green New Deal, Degrowth, and the Solidarity Economy: Alternatives to the capitalist growth economy from an ecofeminist economics perspective. Ecological Economics 102, 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.03.015
- The Foundational Economy Collective (2022). Foundational Economy. The infrastructure of everyday life. Manchester University Press.
- Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut economics: seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist. London: Random House Business Books.
- Wellbeing Economy Alliance (2020). Wellbeing Economics for the COVID-19 recovery. Ten principles to build back better. Briefing Paper,https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_C2D492EC73DF.P001/REF.
- Kallis, G. et al. (2018). Research on Degrowth. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 43:4.1–4.26.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025941
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| Module Examination: | Continuous Assessment (MCA) |
| Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | - paper review, 1500-2000 words (20%)
- 3 reflections of Guest Lectures, 1500-2000 words each (30%)
- 2 reflections from field trips, approx. 5000 characters each (20%)
- Written test, 20 minutes (multiple choice) (30%)
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| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
| Part of the Study Programme: | -
Master (research-oriented) /
Transformation Studies /
PO 2024
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| Remarks: | None |
| Module Components: | None |
| Components to be offered in the Current Semester: | |
