Cities and Consumption: Urban Sustainability and Sharing Economy

How can we govern consumption and the sharing economy in our cities? This course explores cities, consumption and the sharing economy in Europe and around the world. We connect together the key themes of the sharing economy, cities, governance, consumption and urban sustainability. We explore how the sharing economy can contribute to increasing social, environmental and economic sustainability. And we argue that it is imperative that the sharing economy is shaped and designed to advance urban s

• Increase knowledge about cities and consumption
• Improve critical thinking on challenges of sharing economy governance
• Understand relationships among sharing economy, cities, and sustainability
• Apply systems thinking to assess urban consumption issues