Social Sustainability in Civil Society

The course addresses how public sociology makes it possible to critically and reflexively understand central questions in sociological research, which concerns knowledge production, societal changes and social sustainability in the civil society. The course also addresses how attempts to strengthen social sustainability in different areas in society is realized in different arenas within the organizations of civil society. The focus is on gender, ethnicity, inclusion and exclusion in public and private spaces, as well as different processes in contemporary society that create obstacles or possibilities for a socially sustainable civil society. The course also addresses questions concerning democracy, public space and citizenship, as well as the importance of conflicts and social movements for social changes.