By Design or by Disaster

Teach “Eco-Social Economics” (closed)

Job advertisement: At the Faculty of Design and Art of the Free University of Bolzano we will start a Master in Eco-Social Design (Glocal Design)*  in the winter semester 2015/16. Therefor, we are looking for a specialist in Eco-Social Economics, who wants to engage in our project-oriented and multidisciplinary teaching model. Teaching languages can be English, German or Italian. The teaching will take place in Bozen-Bolzano during the winter semester 2015/16 (Oct-Jan; 30h lectures/seminar/workshops + 18h “tutoring”).

The official job offering is published here. Deadline: 14.05.2015. If you have any questions or need help to understand the bureaucratic procedure, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us

Eco-Social Economics

The course Eco-Social Economics tackles concepts, methods, instruments, practices and strategies of eco-social economies, in particular related to future viable developments, common good, management of commons, cooperative economic cultures, management for sustainable business practices, and sustainable regional and local economic cycles.

Transdisciplinary design projects play the central role the study model of the MA. Students are developing them with great autonomy related to the yearly theme (which could be “Food”, “Demographic Change”, “Tourism” or other broad topics). A part of the teaching in Eco-Social Economics consists in the discussion of the ongoing projects from the perspective of the field. Another part are seminars and lectures.

Ökosoziale Wirtschaft

Im Fach “Ökosoziale Wirtschaft” geht es um Konzepte, Methoden, Instrumente, Praktiken und Strategien des Öko-Sozialen Wirtschaftens, vor allem Hinblick auf zukunftsfähige Entwicklungen, auf Gemeinwohl, auf die Bewirtschaftung von Gemeingütern, auf kooperative Wirtschaftsformen, nachhaltiges Management von Unternehmen sowie auf nachhaltige lokale und regionale Wirtschaftskreisläufe.

Im Mittelpunkt der Lehre im Master steht die Entwicklung von transdiziplinären Designprojekten, an denen die  Studierenden arbeiten und dabei jeweils auf das übergeordnete und offen gehaltene Jahresthema Bezug nehmen (beispielsweise “Essen”, “Tourismus”, “Demografischer Wandel”, etc.). Ein Teil der Lehre im Fach “Ökosoziale Wirtschaft” besteht aus der Diskussion der laufenden Projektarbeiten aus Sicht des Faches, ein anderer Teil aus Seminaren und Vorlesungen.

Economia eco-sociale

l’insegnamento “Economia eco-sociale” introduce concetti, metodi, strumenti, pratiche e strategie dell’economia eco-sociale con particolare attenzione agli sviluppi sostenibili, al bene comune, alla gestione dei patrimoni comuni, alle forme economiche cooperative, alla gestione d’impresa sostenibile nonché ai cicli economici sostenibili a livello locale e regionale.
Fulcro dell’insegnamento nella laurea magistrale è lo sviluppo di progetti di design transdisciplinari, ai quali lavorano gli studenti tenendo in considerazione il tema annuale preposto e di ampio respiro (ad esempio “mangiare”, “turismo”, “cambiamento demografico”). L’insegnamento della materia “Moderazione e partecipazione” è formata dalla discussione dei lavori di progetto correnti dal punto di vista della materia, nonché da seminari e lezioni.

* after approval of the ministry (MIUR)