Leaving the lecture room and learning LCM: - Experiences from Aalborg University after 13 years and 1950 students on LCA and related issues

The background for the paper is a recent Danish questionnaire-based study of the reply and demand for courses and teaching in LCA. The study, commissioned by the Danish EPA, had its reply-side focusing on institutionalised courses and seminars with teachers and instructors. This paper supplements the above with focus on learning processes other than courses. The empirical data stems from 13 years experience of facilitating learning processes and a study of Aalborg University graduates with a professional career based on LCA. Besides ordinary LCA courses, this papers describes the problem-based learning model of Aalborg University and other situations and frameworks facilitating learning processes leading to life cycle management competencies.