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Sharing Cities Sweden offers a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on sharing cities that combines together key insights, knowledge and outputs from the test-beds, strategic projects and national node.


Sharing Cities Sweden designed and developed a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on sharing cities. The MOOC is available for free and contains a collection of diverse short films and key short readings on sharing cities as well as interactive forums and a practical assignment to create an online learning community. It is a source of a diversity of key examples of the emerging sharing economy in cities.

  • Increase your knowledge on the sharing economy in cities connecting to the role of governance and urban sustainability.

  • Develop your critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for governing sharing cities to contribute to urban sustainability.

  • Exapnd your understanding of the relationship between the sharing economy, cities, governance and urban sustainability.

How can we govern the sharing economy in our cities? This course connects the sharing economy, cities, governance and urban sustainability to provide unique knowledge and insights into sharing cities. We utilize a diversity of leading examples of the emerging sharing economy in cities to bring this course to life.
— Dr. Kes McCormick, course teacher
The sharing economy can contribute to social, environmental and economic sustainability, and sharing cities can unlock new opportunities and solve urban challenges by facilitating and applying the sharing economy in urban contexts. But it is imperative that the sharing economy is shaped and designed to advance urban sustainability.
— Dr. Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, course teacher