News
Spotlight on the latest news from across the Institute.
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Choosing sufficiency for greater fulfilment and satisfaction
12 Aug 2022
Thinking of goods as circular and leaving a lighter environmental footprint are ideas that are moving from niche to norm. Growing numbers of people ...
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Inaugural issue of ‘Consumption and Society’ out now
12 Aug 2022
The inaugural issue of the journal 'Consumption and Society' published by Bristol University Press is out now. SCI Lecturer Dan Welch is among the ...
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SCI workshop: Net Zero Populism
28 Jul 2022
The workshop saw academics from across the UK and the field of climate politics convene to discuss the findings of Mat Paterson’s SCI- and ...
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Putting Net Zero into Action: addressing the implementation gap
26 Jul 2022
The conference unpacked the UK Net Zero Strategy and the gap that remains between ambition and action, and covered the global energy crisis, the role...
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SCI Researcher to speak at Sustainable Futures event in September
21 Jul 2022
Catherine Walker will be speaking at a Sustainable Futures seminar alongside Jelena Ponocko, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and...
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SCI Blog: The Other Side of the Fence - Consumption, Activism, and the Owens Park Tower Occupation
18 Jul 2022
What links the University of Manchester’s library and the most notorious student halls in town, except for the high density of flared trousers and ...
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Climate Emergency: How the Inequality Crisis is Dynamically Related to the Sociogenesis of Climate Change
13 Jul 2022
The article develops the analysis of the book following the failures of COP26, and is called ‘Climate Emergency: How the Inequality Crisis is ...
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SCI workshop on climate and sustainability emergencies as socio-technical challenges
1 Jul 2022
On 30th June SCI Research Associate Torik Holmes and his collaborators Carla de Laurentis and Rebecca Windemer (University of the West of England) ...
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Performing the Circular economy: How an ambiguous discourse is managed and maintained through meetings
1 Jul 2022
Malte Roedl has co-published a new paper in the Journal of Cleaner Production entitled ‘Performing the Circular economy: How an ambiguous discourse...
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The SCI at the Manchester Histories Festival
24 Jun 2022
Mat Paterson was part of a Manchester Histories Festival and Creative Manchester event on climate histories and politics with Vlad Jankovic and ...
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Sherilyn MacGregor promoted to Professor of Environmental Politics
16 Jun 2022
We are delighted to announce that Sherilyn MacGregor has been promoted to Professor of Environmental Politics. This is a fantastic achievement and ...
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Cultural stratification in the UK: Persistent gender and class differences in cultural voraciousness
14 Jun 2022
This paper adds to the literature on cultural stratification by revisiting cultural voraciousness, nearly two decades after it was first introduced ...
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New report on local energy systems across UK
14 Jun 2022
The authors found that local energy systems are often ultimately managed by organisations outside the core energy sector, including local ...
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The government’s energy strategy: missed opportunities, false solutions, better ways forward
1 Jun 2022
The government’s ‘British Energy Security Strategy’ released on the 7th April 2022 has raised more questions than answers for those in ...
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SCI PhD student wins Make A Difference Award
26 May 2022
After two years of online celebrations, The Making a Difference Awards returned in-person, with a hybrid livestream from our Whitworth Hall. The ...
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How are digital platforms being mobilised to re-imagine the future of cities? Inaugural lecture by Mike Hodson
24 May 2022
Innovation with urban infrastructure and its social organisation has become a key strategic concern for policymakers and other stakeholders at urban ...
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New SCI report: Incorporating Food into Manchester’s Climate Change Response
20 May 2022
The report has been published through the Manchester Climate Change Agency as part of the evidence base for the inclusion of food systems in ...
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Enabling Smart Water Communities: SCI researcher win funding in Ofwat Breakthrough Challenge
20 May 2022
The researchers have identified that significant challenges to customers, communities and the environment from frequent flood events remain, which ...
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New National Trust exhibition featuring SCI research
12 May 2022
Entitled Gathering Downstream, the exhibition launches a programme of activity, called Unintended Consequences that will encourage visitors to ...
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SCI Researcher visiting the University of Melbourne
12 May 2022
After many Covid 19-related delays Catherine Walker finally embarked on a three month research visit down under at SGEAS at University of ...
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Sustainable Consumption Institute to welcome two visitors this May
26 Apr 2022
Dr Annika Lonkila works at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and researches the politics of sustainable food system transitions from different...
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Trajectories in Environmental Politics
22 Apr 2022
Environmental Politics’ new book "Trajectories in Environmental Politics" is out now. This book explores the dominant framings and paradigms of ...
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Prof Mike Hodson to host AMBS Original Thinking Lecture
20 Apr 2022
The AMBS Original Thinking Lecture will be hosted by Michael Hodson, Professor of Cities, Innovation and Society at the Sustainable Consumption ...
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SCI Director awarded Distinguished Scholar Award
19 Apr 2022
Due to COVID-19 Mat Paterson was finally awarded the ESS 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award at the International Studies Association Annual Convention ...
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Talking methods, talking about methods: Invoking the transformative potential of social methods through animals, objects and how-to instructions
19 Apr 2022
The blog post investigates if we should be spending more time talking about methods. Human Geographers are playing a key role in developing creative,...
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New Oxfam report by SCI researcher: Caring in a changing climate
7 Apr 2022
The report fills a knowledge gap by examining the points of interaction between climate change impacts and the amount, distribution, and conditions ...
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Call for participants for infrastructure workshop
7 Apr 2022
SCI Researcher Torik Holmes, Carla de Laurentis (Cardiff Metropolitan University) and Rebecca Windemer (University of the West of England) are ...
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Participants needed for project exploring inclusive environmental sustainability
4 Apr 2022
Do you currently live in Greater Manchester? Have you moved to the UK from Pakistan or Somalia in the last ten years? If yes, then researchers from ...
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Being Brave - Innovative Solutions to Public Food Procurement
21 Mar 2022
Greater Manchester has resolved to become carbon-neutral by 2038. In its ‘5 Year Environment Plan’ it also calls for: All citizens to have ...
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How Can Deconstructing 'Cities as a System' Indicate a Roadmap to Decarbonised Urban Mass Movement?
10 Mar 2022
In November 2021, SCI PhD student Danial Naqvi spoke on a panel about Systems Thinking in Transport. The event was jointly run by The Paddy Ashdown ...
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Event report: ‘In Search of Climate Politics’ book launch
10 Mar 2022
Watch a video recording of the discussion between Prof Mat Paterson, Dr Sherilyn MacGregor and Prof Rebecca Willis (Lancaster University): Mat ...
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Cottonopolis: SCI Researcher part of research collective examining the ecological legacy of Britain’s Empire of Cotton
21 Feb 2022
The researchers will reflect on legacies of Manchester’s intimate connection with cotton & ecological change by asking four main questions: ...
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First TIES Research Advisory Group meeting
21 Feb 2022
The Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES) project team held their first Research Advisory Group (RAG) meeting on Wednesday 12th ...
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Prof Mat Paterson appointed Interim Director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute
28 Jan 2022
Professor Paterson follows in the footsteps of Prof Frank Boons, who has led the SCI for two years and has returned to the Netherlands to start his ...
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New article on evidence and literature around COVID-19 and water demand
23 Jan 2022
COVID-19 has had unprecedented impacts across the international community, with complex and far-reaching consequences. Measures to prevent ...
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Book launch ‘In Search of Climate Politics’ on 8th February
23 Jan 2022
Come join us on Tuesday 8th February 2022 from 15:30 – 17:30 to discuss the new book by Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics and ...
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Digital platforms, COVID-19 and the reshaping of urban mobility
23 Jan 2022
When COVID-19 struck, it caused unprecedented disruption to urban transport systems. Stay-at-home and social distancing orders had dramatic impacts ...
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New report on the impact of digital platforms and COVID-19 on urban transport systems
12 Jan 2022
Drawing on a range of examples from around the world, the report examines how digital platforms have responded to the shock to urban mobility created...
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Discourses of sustainability and imperial modes of food provision: agri-food-businesses and consumers in Germany
12 Jan 2022
It is widely accepted that overcoming the social-ecological crises we face requires major changes to the food system. However, opinions diverge on ...
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Research partnership with Manchester Urban Diggers explores the future of grassroots green infrastructure projects.
10 Jan 2022
The interactive workshop led by Filippo explored the role of urban gardening in helping us to build safe, resilient and sustainable cities, and how ...
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Roles, responsibilities and capacities: Theorizing space, social practice, and the relational constitution of energy demand in and beyond Manchester
10 Jan 2022
Urban energy transitions have increasingly formed a central topic of research over the past two decades. This is, in part, because ‘modern ...
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GMCA Green Summit 2021: Taking people on the Journey
10 Jan 2022
On Monday 18 October the 4th Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Green Summit took place at The Lowry in Salford. The Summit, themed around ...
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Muslims in Britain and Environmental Sustainability Conference 2021
5 Jan 2022
On Monday 27th September, 2021, the Leverhulme Trust funded Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES) project hosted their first online ...
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New Report Tracks Impact of Short-Term Lets in Manchester Neighbourhoods
4 Jan 2022
A new report raises concerns about the proliferation of Airbnb and other short-term letting platforms (STLs) in the city and its effects on local ...
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Consumption Work in the Circular Economy: a research agenda
10 Dec 2021
Circular Economy frameworks have become central to debates and interventions that aim to reduce global resource use and environmental despoilment. As...
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Incorporating Food into Manchester’s Climate Change Response
10 Dec 2021
A report by Usman Aziz and Jo Mylan titled ‘Incorporating Food into Manchester’s Climate Change Response: Part 1: Why Manchester Needs a ...
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In Search of Climate Politics – new book by Prof Mat Paterson
10 Dec 2021
Prof Mat Paterson has recently published his new book ‘In Search of Climate Politics’ to answer the question of ways in which climate change is ...
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Circular Economy Systems: NICER Programme Webinar
1 Dec 2021
Professor Peter Hopkinson of the CE-Hub was joined by Professor Frank Boons (Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at Manchester, Director of ...
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An investigation of academic perspectives on the 'circular economy' using text mining and a Delphi study
1 Dec 2021
Dr Sampriti Mahanty and co-authors Prof Frank Boons, Prof Julia Handl and Dr Riza Batista Navarro have recently published a journal article titled ...
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New research calls for hybrid working to be more sustainable
12 Oct 2021
The increase in the amount of hybrid working post-pandemic - where office-based employees work remotely for part of the week - needs to be more ...
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