News
Spotlight on the latest news from across the Institute.
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New article on evidence and literature around COVID-19 and water demand
12 Jan 2022
This movement of activity has had profound impacts on daily practices, affecting the consumption of resources including water. Likewise, Water, ...
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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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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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