The scientific mission of Home Economics is to make the case for a sustainable, responsible requirement-orientated everyday culture of solidarity of the genders and generations. These innate value concepts for research and teaching serve to define its disciplinary competence and lay the foundation for meaningful inter- and trans-disciplinary research and teaching. The «Personal and Social Systems Theory of Household Activities» is conceived as a self-contained scientific theory and methodology for university home economics research and education. As an applied science of great varieties of practice-oriented professions it offers the essential common foundation.

The Author: Rosemarie von Schweitzer gained practical experience in her field as teacher and counselor. From 1968 until her retirement, she was Professor of Home Economics at the University of Gießen, where she also directed the Institute of Home Economics and Consumer Research. She has been an advisor to various German ministries for more than thirty years and received several awards for her work.