This course is part of the Sustainable Cities and Communities Specialization

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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 sustainability.

This course was launched in May 2020, and it was updated in September 2021 with new podcasts, films and publications. This course is produced by Lund University in cooperation with partners from Sharing Cities Sweden – a national program for the sharing economy in cities with a focus on governance and sustainability. It features researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs from a range organisations.

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Course 3 of 3 in the

Sustainable Cities and Communities Specialization

Beginner Level

The course is open to anyone without prerequisite.

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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What you will learn

Increased knowledge on cities and consumption.
Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for governing the sharing economy to contribute to urban sustainability.
Deeper understanding of the relationship between the sharing economy, cities, governance, consumption and urban sustainability.
Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess cities and consumption.

Skills you will gain

Systems Thinking
sustainable development
city futures

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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100% online

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Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

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Course 3 of 3 in the

Sustainable Cities and Communities Specialization

Beginner Level

The course is open to anyone without prerequisite.

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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Dr. Kes McCormick

Associate Professor

International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

123,826 Learners

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Dr. Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Associate Professor

International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

79,378 Learners

4 Courses

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Lund University

Lund University was founded in 1666 and has for a number of years been ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 47 700 students and 7 500 staff based in Lund, Sweden. Lund University unites tradition with a modern, dynamic, and highly international profile. With eight different faculties and numerous research centres and specialized institutes, Lund is the strongest research university in Sweden and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research. The university annually attracts a large number of international students and offers a wide range of courses and programmes taught in English.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Week 1 – Sharing Cities: Governing and Regulating

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 37 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

6 videos

Sharing Cities Sweden – A National Program for the Sharing Economy in Cities (Kes McCormick)2mThe Role of Municipalities in Sharing Cities – Introduction (Yuliya Voytenko)3mThe Role of Municipalities in Sharing Cities – Regulating (Yuliya Voytenko)2mSharing Cities (Harmen van Sprang)11mSharing is the new owning – part 15mSharing Futures Roundtable (Oksana Mont)11m

4 readings

Welcome to the course - start here!10mCourse readings10mCourse grading10mReadings for this week10m

1 practice exercise

Week 1 Quiz

Week2

Week 2

9 hours to complete

Week 2 – Sharing Cities: Leading and Visioning

9 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 35 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

7 videos

The Role of Municipalities in Sharing Cities –Self-governing (Yuliya Voytenko)2mTest-bed Stockholm (Örjan Svane)6mSharing Practices - The Smart Map5mSharing is the new owning – part 25mSharing Futures Roundtable (Karen Bradley)5mSharing Futures Roundtable (Anna Davies)4mSharing Futures Roundtable (Tove Lund)4m

2 readings

Readings for this week10mCourse assignment - instructions10m

1 practice exercise

Week 2 Quiz

Week3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Week 3 – Sharing Cities: Providing and Evaluating

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 24 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Week 4 – Sharing Cities: Enabling and Engaging

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 31 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CITIES AND CONSUMPTION: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND THE SHARING ECONOMY

by MCMay 18, 2020

Was an informative course and truly gives you an insight of how we will have to adapt to radical changes in future or we are going to be in a situation of true disarray.

by JSAug 12, 2020

Fantastic course, well made. I'll be doing the others offered by Lund!

by VFeb 3, 2022

This course had told me a lot of testbed in another country that realizing the sharing economy practices

by SHMay 30, 2020

i am planning to study in europe and now malmo or other scandinavian cities might be one of my locations to mov

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About the Sustainable Cities and Communities Specialization

In this specialisation you will learn how to drive change in cities and communities towards sustainable, climate friendly, just, healthy and prosperous futures, and you will boost your career with new knowledge, understanding and skills for navigating urban transformations. This specialisation brings together a series of cutting-edge courses with world-leading teachers on cities, communities, sustainability, governance and innovation.

This specialisation is offered by the IIIEE at Lund University and the City Futures Academy – an online learning community on urban transformations. Our flagship course, Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities, is ranked in the Best Online Courses of All Time by Class Central. The ranking by Class Central contains 250 courses from 100 universities based on 170,000 reviews. Our specialisation builds on the success of the Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities course. A key approach embedded in the courses in this specialisation is the role of experimentation in urban transformations. In particular, urban living labs are highlighted as a means for catalysing change in cities and communities towards sustainable, climate friendly, just, healthy and prosperous futures. The experimentation within urban living labs offers the potential for accelerating transformations and systematic learning across urban and national contexts.

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