SCORAI Europe aims to support a community that contributes forward-thinking, innovative research in the area of sustainable consumption, while also bridging academic research with mainstream thinking and policy making. SCORAI Europe cooperates closely with GRF-SPC, the European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) and our sister SCORAI organization in North America, as well as other research networks that are focused on the challenges of addressing the society-environment nexus from a consumption perspective.
SCORAI Europe 2013
Bregenz Workshop
The Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) convened a one-day workshop, prior to the 2012 European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP). The workshop was held on May 1, 2012 in Bregenz, Austria with the theme “Sustainable Consumption During Times of Crisis.” This workshop was the first Trans-Atlantic SCORAI workshop. Proceedings of the workshop can be found here: http://scorai.org/wp-content/uploads/SCORAI-20Europe-20-20Proceedings-20Bregenz-20May-2020121.pdf
The Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) convened a one-day workshop, prior to the 2012 European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP). The workshop was held on May 1, 2012 in Bregenz, Austria with the theme “Sustainable Consumption During Times of Crisis.” This workshop was the first Trans-Atlantic SCORAI workshop. Proceedings of the workshop can be found here: http://scorai.org/wp-content/uploads/SCORAI-20Europe-20-20Proceedings-20Bregenz-20May-2020121.pdf
Münster Workshop
An international workshop on “Structural Prerequisites for Sustainable Societies and the Good Life – Taking the Sustainable Consumption Lens Seriously” took place at the University of Muenster on March 21-22, 2013. The workshop inquired into the possibilities and conditions of a common vision of a Good Life, the structural changes needed to allow the societal development and pursuit of such a vision, and the most promising political intervention points on behalf of a societal transformation towards sustainable consumption and the Good Life. Debate centred also especially on the relevance of power in sustainable consumption research and governance and the potential and limits for a diffusion and main-streaming of local or regional sustainable initiatives. A summary of the workshop’s results will be published here soon. Please see here for more information.
An international workshop on “Structural Prerequisites for Sustainable Societies and the Good Life – Taking the Sustainable Consumption Lens Seriously” took place at the University of Muenster on March 21-22, 2013. The workshop inquired into the possibilities and conditions of a common vision of a Good Life, the structural changes needed to allow the societal development and pursuit of such a vision, and the most promising political intervention points on behalf of a societal transformation towards sustainable consumption and the Good Life. Debate centred also especially on the relevance of power in sustainable consumption research and governance and the potential and limits for a diffusion and main-streaming of local or regional sustainable initiatives. A summary of the workshop’s results will be published here soon. Please see here for more information.
Istanbul Workshop
SCORAI Europe convened a one-day workshop titled “Bridging Across Communities and Cultures Towards Sustainable Consumption”, taking place directly before the 2013 ERSCP-EMSU at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. In paper submissions and lively discussions participants explored how we can better comprehend existing changes towards more sustainable forms of consumption, as well as how such efforts could be replicated across different communities and cultures. We took a broad reading of “communities and cultures” to include varying geographic and social contexts, but also different types of interest groups, from the business community to civil society, from households to the public sector. Proceedings of the workshop can be found here: http://scorai.org/wp-content/uploads/SCORAI-Europe_Istanbul-Workshop_Proceedings_July2013.pdf
SCORAI Europe convened a one-day workshop titled “Bridging Across Communities and Cultures Towards Sustainable Consumption”, taking place directly before the 2013 ERSCP-EMSU at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. In paper submissions and lively discussions participants explored how we can better comprehend existing changes towards more sustainable forms of consumption, as well as how such efforts could be replicated across different communities and cultures. We took a broad reading of “communities and cultures” to include varying geographic and social contexts, but also different types of interest groups, from the business community to civil society, from households to the public sector. Proceedings of the workshop can be found here: http://scorai.org/wp-content/uploads/SCORAI-Europe_Istanbul-Workshop_Proceedings_July2013.pdf
Forthcoming SCOARI Europe Events
September, 2014 SCORAI workshop, London
Indicative title/content: Interaction between Sustainable Consumption and Production. Co-design, interaction between sustainable consumption and production, user innovation, methodological developments, new roles for researchers and activists
Primary organiser: Audley Genus, Kingston University
Date tbc 2014 SCORAI Europe workshop, University of Lausanne and University of Berne SwitzerlandIndicative title/content: Can we be Interdisciplinary and do we truly want to be? ‘Sustainable Consumption’ at the nexus of Social and Environmental sciences
Primary organisers: Marlyne Sahakian at UNIL Industrial Ecology Group and others
Date tbc 2014/15 SCORAI workshop, at a sustainable village initiative in Northern Hungary
Indicative title/content: Equity within Limits and the Good Life. The discussion and evaluation of already existing initiatives, tools, methods, and solutions, both top-down and bottom-up
Primary organisers: GreenDependent, Resource Cap Coalition (RCC), Corvinus University of Budapest
Indicative title/content: Interaction between Sustainable Consumption and Production. Co-design, interaction between sustainable consumption and production, user innovation, methodological developments, new roles for researchers and activists
Primary organiser: Audley Genus, Kingston University
Date tbc 2014 SCORAI Europe workshop, University of Lausanne and University of Berne SwitzerlandIndicative title/content: Can we be Interdisciplinary and do we truly want to be? ‘Sustainable Consumption’ at the nexus of Social and Environmental sciences
Primary organisers: Marlyne Sahakian at UNIL Industrial Ecology Group and others
Date tbc 2014/15 SCORAI workshop, at a sustainable village initiative in Northern Hungary
Indicative title/content: Equity within Limits and the Good Life. The discussion and evaluation of already existing initiatives, tools, methods, and solutions, both top-down and bottom-up
Primary organisers: GreenDependent, Resource Cap Coalition (RCC), Corvinus University of Budapest