Seminar: Spezielle Themen der Soziologie: Sociology of Environment and Mental Health - Details

General information

Course name	Seminar: Spezielle Themen der Soziologie: Sociology of Environment and Mental Health
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	8
Home institute	Institut für Soziologie
Courses type	Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date	Thursday, 03.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (SR 10 im ZIRS Reichardtstraße 6, 06114 Halle)
Lehrsprache(n)	Deutsch
ECTS points	5

Lecturers

• Edit Hunyadi
• Prof. Dr. Ilkhom Soliev
• Richard Völker

Tutor

• Torsten Wähler

Rooms and times

(SR 10 im ZIRS Reichardtstraße 6, 06114 Halle)

Thursday, 03.04.2025, Thursday, 10.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00

Seminarraum 21 (Raum E.04) [LuWu 2]

Saturday, 24.05.2025 - Sunday, 25.05.2025 09:00 - 18:00

Fields of study

• Philosophische Fakultät I - Sozialwissenschaften und historische Kulturwissenschaften > Institut für Soziologie

Module assignments

• Soziologie Soziologie120, Version of accreditation valid from WS 2021/22 > Pflichtmodule > SOZ.06333.03 - Spezielle Themen der Soziologie (ST), valid from WS 2017/18 > Course 1: Seminar (Seminar)
• Politikwissenschaft/Politologie Politikwiss.Soziologie180, Version of accreditation (WS 2017/18 - SoSe 2023) > Pflichtmodule > SOZ.06333.03 - Spezielle Themen der Soziologie (ST), valid from WS 2017/18 > Course 1: Seminar (Seminar)
• Soziologie Soziologie90, Version of accreditation (WS 2017/18 - SS 2021) > Pflichtmodule > SOZ.06333.03 - Spezielle Themen der Soziologie (ST), valid from WS 2017/18 > Course 1: Seminar (Seminar)
• Soziologie Soziologie90, Version of accreditation valid from WS 2021/22 > Pflichtmodule > SOZ.06333.03 - Spezielle Themen der Soziologie (ST), valid from WS 2017/18 > Course 1: Seminar (Seminar)
• Politikwissenschaft/Politologie Politikwiss.Soziologie180, Version of accreditation valid from WS 2019/20 > Pflichtmodule > SOZ.06333.03 - Spezielle Themen der Soziologie (ST), valid from WS 2017/18 > Course 1: Seminar (Seminar)
• Soziologie Soziologie120, Version of accreditation (WS 2017/18 - SS 2021) > Pflichtmodule > SOZ.06333.03 - Spezielle Themen der Soziologie (ST), valid from WS 2017/18 > Course 1: Seminar (Seminar)

Comment/Description

This course explores how environmental and social factors intersect to shape mental well-being—and how collective psychological processes, in turn, influence the environment.
We draw on ecopsychology and critical theory to:
- Investigate how environmental crises (e.g., climate change) and mental health challenges (e.g., eco-anxiety, burnout) are intertwined.
- Examine how capitalist norms, colonial legacies, and social definitions of “normal” behavior contribute to both ecological harm and psychological distress.
- Introduce frameworks such as the ecological self and the ecological mind that offer holistic ways to understand identity, society, and nature.
- Consider personal, societal, and policy-oriented changes that could address environmental and mental health issues in tandem.