News
Spotlight on the latest news from across the Institute.
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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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Report published on new business models that cut back on single-use plastic
30 Jun 2021
Research conducted at the SCI by Mariel Vilella, Director of Global Strategy at Zero Waste Europe, in collaboration with the Global Alliance for ...
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SCI annual lecture: Material participation and sustainable practice
14 Jun 2021
In May 2021 we hosted David Schlosberg as a virtual visiting professor to SCI. In the course of this two-week ‘visit’ we held four events: ...
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New paper advises seafood business models incorporate circular economy principles
1 Jun 2021
Seafood is expected to become increasingly important in future food systems and healthy diets. This transition will require the seafood sector to...
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That’s how the light gets in: In conversation with Sherilyn MacGregor and David Schlosberg
5 May 2021
In Sherilyn MacGregor's recent article, ‘Making matter great again? Ecofeminism, new materialism and the everyday turn in environmental ...
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Report published on use of corporate-funded citizen lobbying in the new digital economy
7 Apr 2021
Based on a report published in March 2021 in collaboration with Manchester-based NGO Ethical Consumer, the study explores the relationship between ...
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Why the new Green New Deal must be feminist
25 Mar 2021
Dr Sherilyn MacGregor has been working with the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) and the Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) over the past year on a ...
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Dr Maria Sharmina publishes research on the UK's local energy business sector
25 Mar 2021
Dr Maria Sharmina and colleagues at Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde have published new research about the UK's smart and local energy ...
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Webinar series – Reconfiguring Urban Infrastructure
25 Mar 2021
In collaboration with Professor Kevin Ward of the Manchester Urban Institute, an application was successfully submitted to the University of ...
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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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