Seminar: 2.12.010 Happiness without growth - discussion of well-being concepts as foundations for a degrowth society - Details

Seminar: 2.12.010 Happiness without growth - discussion of well-being concepts as foundations for a degrowth society - Details

General information

Course name Seminar: 2.12.010 Happiness without growth - discussion of well-being concepts as foundations for a degrowth society
Subtitle
Course number 2.12.010
Semester WiSe18/19
Current number of participants 3
expected number of participants 15
Home institute Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law
Associated institutions Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Economics)
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Thursday, 18.10.18, 16:00 - 18:00 o'clock S 2-204
Type/Form Seminar
Performance record Portfolio:
o (1) discussion contributions during sessions (ungraded)
o (2) Critical review of one paper in the form of an critical review or scientific essay (max 5 pages)
Lehrsprache englisch
ECTS points 3

Topics

Introduction: Structure of the seminar, an overview of well-being theories & scientific reading methods, personal reading time, critical reviews / essays, critical reviews, Layard (2002). Happiness: Has social science a clue?, Crash course in Degrowth, Max-Neef et al. (1989). Human Scale Development: Fundamental Human Needs, Input: How to think critically, Ryan & Deci (2000). Self-Determination Theory, Boehm & Lyubomirsky (2009). The Promise of Sustainable Happiness., Robeyns (2003). Sen's Capability Approach., Zamagni et al. (2006). The Economics of Human Relationships., Brown & Kasser (2005). Are Psychological and Ecological Well-being compatible?

Rooms and times

S 2-204

  • Thursday, 16:00 - 18:00, Weekly (from 18.10.18)

A05 1-159

  • Thursday, 21.02.19, 16:15 - 17:45 o'clock

Module assignments

Comment/Description

reading seminar discussing well-being theories and their contributions for a degrowth society

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Anmeldung gesperrt (global)".
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The following rules apply for the admission:
  • Admission locked.