The lecture course provides social scientific perspectives on consumption from the fields of economic sociology, sociology and social psychology. The course is intended for both MA and PhD level students at the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä.

The enrolment for this self-paced online course will be open until the first of October. 

The due data for course assignments is the 15th of December.

The course consists of following lectures:

Pekka Räsänen (UTU): Consumption from the perspective of economic sociology

Taru Lindblom(UTU): Food consumption, status struggle and  economic inequality

Atte Oksanen (UTA): Debt problems and life-course transitions

Mette Ranta(JYU): Towards youth financial independence: Psychological and societal factors

Minna Autio(HU): Sustainability in consumption: goods, services and innovations

Semi Purhonen(UTA): Cultural stratification: Starting points and recent debates

Terhi-Anna Wilska(JYU): Consumption, necessities and excess

Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen & Olli Pyyhtinen(UTA): Consumption and waste

In addition, thematic readings will be suggested for each lecture.

All the lecture videos and course readings will be available for students in Moodle platform. 

Following requirements for 5 ECTS should be returned to the course Moodle platform:

1) Lecture diaries in English or in Finnish (max 300 words/lecture, in total 2400 words)

2) Essays (max 3000 words including a reference list). Each lecture will include additional reading package (i.e. scientific articles). At least 3 articles should be used in the essay.

Kyseessä on omaan tahtiin suoritettava verkkokurssi, jolle voi ilmoittautua 1.10 asti.

Turun ja Jyväskylän yliopiston opiskelijat voivat ilmoittautua kurssille sähköpostitse: markus.kaakinen[at]uta.fi

The enrolment for this self-paced online course will be open until the first of October.

Students from university of Turku or Jyväskylä may enrol via email (markus.kaakinen[at]uta.fi