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FOCUS: UK’s first migrant camps – hope and hate waiting by the gates

  • November 04, 2020

Viewpoint: FESTIVAL OF DISTURBANCES – An Independent, artist-led review Prevent Strategy

  • November 04, 2020

On the Frontline: What does the decision of the Constitutional Court mean for women’s human rights in Poland?

  • November 04, 2020

Policy and Politics: Beyond nudge: advancing the state-of-the-art of behavioural public policy and administration

  • November 04, 2020
Let’s Eat Out More! Re-configuring a feminist vision for a sustainable future

Let’s Eat Out More! Re-configuring a feminist vision for a sustainable future

  • January 05, 2016

Jessica Paddock and Alan Warde The challenges associated with mitigating climate change make us ever more aware [...]

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The Environmental Threat of Small Households: Six Reasons to Think Again

The Environmental Threat of Small Households: Six Reasons to Think Again

  • January 05, 2016

Luke Yates Household sizes are diminishing over most of the world, and the number of people living alone [...]

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Struggling for Consumer Competence in Media-Saturated Everyday Life

Struggling for Consumer Competence in Media-Saturated Everyday Life

  • January 05, 2016

Margit Keller and Bente Halkier   Browsing the news on a smartphone app before dozing off at midnight [...]

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Why do sustainable transport innovations flourish in some places and not in others?

Why do sustainable transport innovations flourish in some places and not in others?

  • January 05, 2016

Mike Hodson and Andrew McMeekin The current organisation of transport systems in the UK, as in many [...]

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Understanding the Diffusion of Low Carbon Systems: Lessons for Policy

Understanding the Diffusion of Low Carbon Systems: Lessons for Policy

  • January 05, 2016

Victoria Johnson and Frank Geels In 1979, an Austrian sawmill owner installed the country’s first biomass district [...]

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The Rise of Chinese Consumer Society: Emerging challenges and opportunities for sustainable consumption and production

The Rise of Chinese Consumer Society: Emerging challenges and opportunities for sustainable consumption and production

  • January 05, 2016

Alison Browne, Leonie Dendler, Zhu Di, and Dunfu Zhang China has rapidly developed a notion of the consumer [...]

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Sustainable Consumption in the Context of India

Sustainable Consumption in the Context of India

  • January 05, 2016

Harold Wilhite Consumption in India has been growing rapidly for three decades, putting enormous pressure on local [...]

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Are We Too Busy to Be Sustainable?

Are We Too Busy to Be Sustainable?

  • January 05, 2016

Dale Southerton and Jo Mylan As preparation for the UK Government’s ‘Green Deal’ programme a series of [...]

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Time, meal leftovers, and food waste in the home

Time, meal leftovers, and food waste in the home

  • January 01, 2016

Jennifer Whillans In the UK around 15 million tonnes of food is wasted annually, equivalent to around [...]

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Blind Pessimism and the Sociology of Hope

Blind Pessimism and the Sociology of Hope

  • December 01, 2015

Les Back Our commitment to social criticism means that the tone of sociological writing is often in a [...]

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