Sustainable Consumption Institute

Abstract

Sustainable Production and Consumption (SPC) is both a policy area and a multi- and inter-disciplinary research agenda which seeks to address the transformation of society towards environmental and social sustainability. The SPC field encompasses diverse research topics and theoretical approaches, often characterised as falling into stronger and weaker versions, defined by commitment to more or less systemic socio-economic change. Fault lines within the field reflect fundamental controversies within the social and behavioral sciences more broadly, such as the structure-agency antinomy. Major theoretical developments within SPC include novel conceptual frameworks for production-consumption systems and re-conceptualisations of consumption.

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