eventSocial Ecological Sufficiency [Social Ecological Sufficiency] (S)
person Ernest Aigner, Fernanda Godoy

Next appointment: 14. October at 10:00

Dates

weekly | Wednesday | 10:00 - 12:00 | 14.10.2026 - 29.01.2027 | C 11.308 Seminarraum

Curriculum context

Combined academic performance
7 small written exams (70%)
Oral presentation (30%)
Date of assessment: Wednesday, 03.02.2027
Resit date: : Keine selbständige Anmeldung zum Wiederholungstermin möglich. info_outline
Wednesday, 28.04.2027
70% of the grade: 7 small written exams each worth 10%, at the beginning of each sessions taking about 10 minutes to answer one question about the reading of the session which will be ideally one paper. 30% Oral presentation including discussion questions of the reading of the session. | Anzeige von Anmeldebeginn und -ende systembedingt. Selbständige Anmeldung nur zum Prüfungstermin und nicht zum Wiederholungstermin möglich. | Anzeige von Anmeldebeginn und -ende systembedingt. Selbständige Anmeldung nur zum Prüfungstermin und nicht zum

Organizational information

Seminar
Full presence
2
centralized multi stage lottery procedure with cluster (with participant limit)
35

Registration

centralized multi stage lottery procedure with cluster (with participant limit)

Die Anmeldung beginnt erst am 02.10.2026 um 08:00 Uhr. Sie endet am 12.10.2026 um 23:59 Uhr.

This course belongs to the cluster "Komplementärstudium".

In this cluster, you have one choice during the lottery phases.
And in the decision phase 3 choices.

Content

Englisch
Social Ecological Sufficiency
Method-oriented - social science

Classical strategies to avert this "ecological overshoot" have largely focused on "greening" production
by reducing the material intensity (efficiency) or material throughput (consistency) of economic activity.
None of these approaches, however, addresses the question of how much economic activity is
really necessary in the face of a global ecological overload.
Here, the innovative concept of socio-ecological sufficiency - ensuring a socially satisfactory standard
of living while using natural resources in an ecologically sustainable manner - represents an important
third (integrative) strategy to achieve an economy within a "safe operating space for humanity".

The overarching goal of the course is to establish the concept of socio-ecological sufficiency as a conceptual
and empirical bridge between planetary boundaries research and sustainable production and
consumption, with far-reaching implications for sustainable resource use from a scientific and societal
perspective.

Evaluation

This course has not been registered for teaching evaluation yet.

Further information on teaching evaluation: https://www.leuphana.de/en/teaching/quality-management/evaluation/course-evaluation.html

DE | EN
IMPRINT
GET SUPPORT!