Blog archive
Browse our extensive range of blog posts from previous years.
2024
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We all have to become better economists by Caroline Cornier (22 April)
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Energy consumption behaviour change: is the UK strategy of ‘leaving it to the market’ a busted flush? by Noel Cass (23 April)
2023
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Central banking, climate finance, and contemporary crises by Mat Paterson and Jacqueline Best (6 March)
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Learning the ABC of resilient and convivial land use: The nexus of Agriculture, Biosafety, and Conservation by Steffen Hirth and Dan Welch (31 May)
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Resilient or environmentally friendly? Both are possible when seafood businesses prepare for long-term risks by Maria Sharmina (21 June)
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Anti-Net Zero Populism and the future of British climate policy by Mat Paterson, Stanley Wilshire and Paul Tobin (30 August)
2022
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The other side of the fence: Consumption, activism, and the Owens Park tower occupation by Anna-Maria Köhnke (15 July)
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Hidden infrastructures of decarbonisation by Mat Paterson and Charlotte Weatherill (14 September)
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(Re)making infrastructures in response to sustainability and climate emergencies: Challenges, strategies, and opportunities by Torik Holmes, Carla de Laurentis and Rebecce Windemer (5 October)
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Water for Peace and Development: SCI PhD student at World Water Forum in Dakar by Chantal V. Bright (20 October)
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Creative, sensitive and grounded in diverse perspectives: Why we need inclusive climate change education by Catherine Walker, Kit Marie Rackley and Nerida Jolley (9 November)
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Should we abandon agriculture altogether? by Steffen Hirth, Ulrike Ehgartner and Ivan Drlička (5 December)
2021
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Why the success of a green recovery requires engaging with – and learning from – minority communities by Sherilyn MacGregor and Nafhesa Ali (19 July)
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Citizen Food Futures – event report by Jo Mylan (25 November)
2020
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How coronavirus reveals our unbreakable bond with single use plastic by Helen Holmes and Mike Shaver (27 April)
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Changing behaviours, transforming society by Frank Boons (21 May)
- Lockdown and eating out by Jennifer Whillans, Jessica Paddock and Alan Warde (26 May)
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COVID-19, ecological justice, and veganism by Hannah Battersby (29 May)
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It’s time to talk about a feminist green new deal by Sherilyn MacGregor and Maeve Cohen (3 June)
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Food support provision in Covid-19 times: Preliminary results from a study based in GM by Filippo Oncini (30 June)
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Waste management and COVID-19 – What have we learnt so far? by Mariel Vilella (30 June)
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SCI PhD Alice Swift reports on a recent action by the German climate activist group ‘Ende Gelände’ by Alice Swift (30 October)
2019
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Meat-free alternatives are dull – we need exciting vegan Christmas dinner ideas by Malte Rödl (9 January)
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Gilets jaunes, Extinction Rebellion and neoliberal climate policy by Mat Paterson (4 February)
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Victims, saviours or villains? Children in popular climate imaginaries by Catherine Walker (15 February)
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School climate strikes: What next for the latest generation of activists? by Marc Hudson (22 February)
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Everyday thriftiness: Austerity and sustainability by Helen Holmes (5 March)
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Why the meat industry could win big from the switch to veggie lifestyles by Malte Rödl (27 March)
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Education for sustainability, action-oriented research and the value of building bridges by Catherine Walker, Rachel Trajber and Rachael Lock (24 April)
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Dr Alison Browne presents to Defra’s Joint Water Evidence Programme ‘Grand Challenges’ policy workshop by Alison Browne (5 June)
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New net zero emissions target won’t end UK’s contribution to global warming – here’s why by Joe Blakey and Marc Hudson (2 July)
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Vegan is the new vegetarian – why supermarkets need to go ‘plant-based’ to help save the planet by Ulrike Ehgartner (17 September)
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A vegan meat revolution is coming to global fast food chains – and it could help save the planet by Malte Rödl (17 September)
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What the Amazon fires tell us about the geopolitics of the climate emergency by Mark Harvey (23 September)
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Don’t bet on the UN to fix climate change by Marc Hudson (3 October)
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The Green New Deal’s contradiction by Mat Paterson (3 October)
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International Repair Day – the right to repair and the politics of practice by Ulrike Ehgartner, Steffen Hirth and Dan Welch (21 October)
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Inequalities and climate change by Mark Harvey (14 November)
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The Sustainable Consumption Institute at the European Sociological Association Conference 2019 by SCI (18 November)
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Can we reduce water demand to 80 litres a day? And what can the government do to support it? Claire Hoolohan and Alison Browne (25 November)
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All food is “plant-based” – particularly meat and dairy by Steffen Hirth (25 November)
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Imagined futures of consumption: Lay expectations and speculations by Dan Welch and Ulrike Ehgartner (25 November)
2018
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Environmental feminists taking up space at Conference of Parties (COP) by Joanna Wilson (8 January)
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On the ‘meat edge’? Meat consumption and reduction in middle class urban China by Alison Browne, Jo Mylan and Zhu Di (2 March)
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Planet 50:50? Linking labour and environment this International Women’s Day by SCI (8 March)
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The SCI organised a workshop on the topic of meat consumption, non-meat consumption and sustainability as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences by Steffen Hirth, Ema Johnson and Malte Rödl (9 April)
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Greater Manchester’s Green Charter: The responsibility of whom? by Julia Kasmire (16 April)
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Can a city ever be truly ‘carbon neutral’? by Sherilyn MacGregor and Joe Blakey (17 April)
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Why France banned meat names for vegetarian alternatives by Malte Rödl (14 May)
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To tackle inequality, we must first understand the exploitation that creates it by Mark Harvey (3 July)
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Professor Mark Harvey – a political and intellectual trajectory by SCI (26 November)
2017
- Turning climate governance upside down by Joe Blakey (12 January)
- Overcoming ‘speciesism’: how to include other living beings by Steffen Hirth and Anna Wienhues (30 March)
- Following the action: An approach for studying the coordination of practice by Dale Southerton and Josephine Mylan (19 May)
- Divestment, destabilisation, decarbonisation? by Victoria Johnson (19 May)
- From meat-free days to meat-free diets? by Josephine Mylan and Nicklas Neumann (15 June)
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Re-making Greater Manchester sustainably by Joe Blakey (23 June)
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Small steps for creating community resilience – The Make Do and Mend Expo by Helen Holmes (12 July)
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Sustainability: The new alchemy? by Julia Kasmire (26 July)
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The European Sociological Association 2017 by SCI (29 September)
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The SCI at the GRF: ‘Sustainable lifestyles, livelihoods, and the circular economy’ by SCI (29 September)
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The International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2017 by SCI (29 September)
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SCI at the British Sociological Association Conference 2017 by SCI (29 September)
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The real story behind the huge crowds gathered at iPhone launches by Harals Wieser (6 November)
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How to solve the ‘monster’ fatberg problem by Ali Browne, Mike Foden, David Evans, Liz Sharp and Matt Watson (27 November)
2016
- How is ‘Devo Manc’ reshaping Greater Manchester’s transport infrastructure and who is doing it? by Mike Hodson and Andrew McMeekin (6 October)
- Could smart cities be smarter about inequality? by Joe Blakey (16 May)
- Go ask ‘Gladys’: Why gender matters in energy consumption research by Sherilyn MacGregor (8 March)
- SCI workshop with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences by Dan Welch (18 January)
- Let’s eat out more! Re-configuring a feminist vision for a sustainable future by Luke Yates (5 January)
- The environmental threat of small households: six reasons to think again by Jessica Paddock and Alan Warde (5 January)
- Citizens arrests and 7-metre dinosaurs: The history of UN climate summit protests by Marc Hudson (4 January)
2015
- Talking and laughing together about the sensitive dynamics of mundane everyday practices by Alison Browne (10 December)
- Managing water demand by Alison Browne (2 September)
- Osborne’s long-game? The politics behind the down-scaling of low-carbon policies by Frank Geels with Victoria Johnson (27 July)
- Food waste transitions by Dan Welch (6 July)
- Tales from a well-wrapped historian: smart meters and the management of heating by Anna Carlsson-Hyslop (17 March)
- Distributing power: Can the UK transition to a 50% distributed low carbon electricity system? by Victoria Johnson (26 February)
2014
- ‘Food for thought’ workshop by Dan Welch (10 December)
- Sustainable consumption and behaviour change by Alan Warde (6 November)
- Efficiency in washing machines mask laundry’s continuing sustainability problem by Luke Yates and David Evans (9 October)
- The food waste crisis by Joanne Swaffield (25 June )
- Give local authorities more freedom to deliver sustainable cities by Sally Gee and Elvira Uyarra (21 May)
- Towards sustainable consumption: Start by reframing the questions by Daniel Welch and Nicola Spurling (22 April)
- Back to the future; the recurring patterns of flooding in the UK by Anna Carlsson-Hyslop (16 April)
- Pressure to cook and ‘eat properly’ leads to more food waste than Bogofs by David Evans and Daniel Welch (10 April)
- Fast water versus slow water: Fragmentation in adaptation and resilience to flooding and water scarcity in Somerset UK by Alison Browne (4 February)
2013
- ‘We just need a really good drought’ – The difficulty of adaptation in the context of extremes by Alison Browne (3 October)
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