Social Movements and Sustainability

Education facts

Code: MESS46

<p>Social movements for sustainability are one type of agency striving towards sustainability.</p><p>The course aims to provide conceptual frameworks for studying and evaluating the impact that social movements for sustainability can have on the public agenda and decision-making.<br/><br/>The course is a seminar, although it starts with a few lectures on the history and various theoretical perspectives on social movements, introducing you to the relevant literature. Then, you choose a real-life case of a social movement for a sustainability issue and, adopting a theoretical perspective from the literature, present the analysis of the case in a seminar for class discussion. Depending on the number of enrolled students, seminars will be either by individuals or in small groups. The course ends with an individual term paper on one of the outstanding themes that emerge from class discussions.</p>

Entry requirements

At least 40 ECTS credits from the programme SAESS Masterprogram i Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (also called LUMES).

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Social Movements and Sustainability

  Lund University

  Lund

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %