News
Spotlight on the latest news from across the Institute.
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Report published on COVID-19-related change to everyday life and impacts on sustainability
22 Jan 2021
Based on an initial report published in May 2020, which gathered evidence on immediate impacts on everyday life routines right after the pandemic ...
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Manchester secures £1.5m for ‘One bin to rule them all’ project to revolutionise plastic waste streams
19 Nov 2020
A new £1.5M collaborative venture led by The University of Manchester has been awarded to enable simpler methods of recycling and eliminate plastic ...
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ESRC Grant awarded to SCI Research Associate
7 Oct 2020
The grant was awarded for the project ‘Young people at a crossroads: Negotiations of environmental knowledges, practices and subjectivities in ...
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Social significance of dining out explored in new book by Alan Warde
29 May 2020
Alan Warde is co-author of the newly published book: Alan Warde, Jessica Paddock and Jennifer Whillans, The Social Significance of Dining out: a ...
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The reshaping of city transport
26 May 2020
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has been awarded a grant by the Economic and Social Research Council to investigate how digital ...
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SCI secures PhD studentship on digital platforms and sustainability
14 May 2020
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) secured one of 10 joint University of Manchester-University of Melbourne, Global Doctoral Research ...
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Mundane Methods: Innovative ways to research the everyday
11 May 2020
Mundane Methods, written by Helen Holmes and Sarah Marie Hall, is an innovative and original collection which will make a distinctive ...
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Report published on consumption post-COVID-19
7 May 2020
As a contribution to the public debate on what the world will look like when we get through the COVID-19 pandemic, SCI members and associated ...
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Grant awarded for 'Environmental Sustainability in Immigrant Households'
6 May 2020
Sherilyn MacGregor, Catherine Walker & Tally Katz-Gerro received the grant from the Leverhulme Trust. The funding is for 39 months and will fund ...
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Available to download: The SCI Winter 2019 newsletter
4 Dec 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has launched the Winter 2019 edition of its newsletter, which is now available to download here.
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Available to download: The SCI Autumn 2019 newsletter
19 Sep 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has launched the Autumn 2019 edition of its newsletter, which is now available to download here. The ...
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Frank Geels named Researcher of the Year for Humanities
22 Jul 2019
Frank Geels, Professor of System Innovation and Sustainability at the SCI and Alliance MBS, has been named as one of The University of ...
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Manchester is part of a new global network promoting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
17 Jul 2019
The University of Manchester is part of a new network that will boost the contribution of higher education institutions to the Sustainable Development...
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Frank Boons appointed as Defra Fellow
10 May 2019
The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed six senior academic Fellows from universities across the UK to focus on...
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A new home for the SCI
22 Mar 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has moved from its two buildings in Waterloo Place to the Alliance Manchester Business School. As of ...
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Why the meat industry could win big from the switch to veggie lifestyles
7 Mar 2019
One of the largest meat processors in the UK, supplying supermarkets across the country with beef, pork, and lamb, has launched a plant-based meat ...
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