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Cities and Consumption: Urban Sustainability and the 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 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.

Status: Stakeholder Engagement
Status: Case Studies
BeginnerCourse14 hours

Featured reviews

MC

4.0Reviewed May 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.

NM

5.0Reviewed May 14, 2020

All of the Lund Univ. MOOCs have been great - I wish they had more online MS programs :)

JS

5.0Reviewed Aug 12, 2020

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

MA

5.0Reviewed Aug 19, 2020

I thank the instructors for keeping the videos entertaining while assuring that the learner has greater insight into sustainability.

MO

5.0Reviewed Jan 18, 2021

VERY INTERSTING COURSE WHERE IT SPOTTED NEW CONCEPTS THAT I DID NOT THINK ABOUT EARLIER.

LM

4.0Reviewed Mar 16, 2025

This course was very helpful to enhance my knowledge on sustainability.

FI

5.0Reviewed Apr 3, 2021

This course was helpful and I hope it will be useful for my future career.

AK

5.0Reviewed Jun 4, 2020

Excellent course with concrete examples and cases !

KT

5.0Reviewed May 20, 2020

It was a very good experience i have learned so many things and iam greatful to b a part of Coursera course.

JC

5.0Reviewed Nov 6, 2020

Learn so much on this course. Thanks for the opportunity of learning.

NS

5.0Reviewed Jul 14, 2020

Great Introduction to this topic, and builds up a strong base and understanding.

DS

5.0Reviewed Oct 25, 2020

The course is dynamic and very useful. Expanded my knowledge about sharing economy with interesting videos, podcasts and readings. I'm fascinated for what I've learned here! Thanks Lund University!

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