Events

• Convened international conferences in 2013 (Clark University, USA) and 2016 (University of Maine, USA) and currently planning the third event to be held in 2018 (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
• Organized workshop on “Bridging Research and Action and Policy” in May 2017 (Washington, DC, USA)
• Organized workshop on “Consumption and Social Change” in November 2015 (Boston, MA, USA)
• Organized workshop (in collaboration with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network) on “Sustainable Consumption and the City” in October 2014 (Eugene, OR, USA)
• Coordinated two colloquium series on “Consumption and Social Change” (2014–2015) and “The Future of Work” (2016–2017) (funded by the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation)
• Designed and facilitated several sessions at the Third International Conference of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption in June 2017 at the University of Sussex (Brighton, UK)

Publications

• Publication of book entitled Social Change and the Coming of Post-consumer Society: Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications (Routledge, 2017)
• Publication of report entitled Fostering and Communicating Sustainable Lifestyles: Principles and Emerging Practices (United Nations Environment Program, 2017)
• Publication of book entitled Putting Sustainability into Practice: Applications and Advances in Research on Sustainable Consumption (Edward Elgar, 2015)
• Co-management of Routledge–SCORAI Book Series on Sustainable Consumption
• Forthcoming publication of new book in the Routledge–SCORAI series entitled Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption: Research and Action for Societal Change (Routledge, 2017)
• Publication of The Eugene Memorandum on Sustainable Consumption and Cities (a derivative of the workshop on Sustainable Consumption and Cities in October 2014 in Eugene, OR, USA.
• Publication of book entitled Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-technical Transitions, and Social Practices (Edward Elgar, 2013)

Other Activities

• Ongoing operation of SCORAI website
• Ongoing operation of SCORAI YouTube channel (with recordings of prominent lectures, instructional videos, and other materials)
• Ongoing operation of SCORAI listserv
• Distribution of monthly newsletter to approximately 1000 SCORAI affiliates
• Development and distribution of teaching materials and related resources
• Ongoing collaboration with sister SCORAI networks in Europe, China, and Israel
• Ongoing collaboration with the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
• Ongoing collaboration with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) including development of a web-based toolkit for urban planners and sustainability directors on operationalizing sustainable consumption
• Ongoing partnership with the journal Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy (SSPP)

Invitations to SCORAI Board Members for Public Lectures and Conference Keynote Presentations

• Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, September 2017 (Philip Vergragt)
• Centre for the Study of Cooperatives, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 2017 (Maurie Cohen)
• United Nations Luncheon Hosted by President of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, NY, USA, March 2017 (Halina Brown)
• Research Institute for Environment and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, March 2017 (Philip Vergragt)
• Mid-Year Fellows Workshop in Honor of Louis O. Kelso, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, January 2017 (Maurie Cohen)
• United Nations Youth Assembly, New York, NY, USA, January 2017 (Halina Brown)
• Mistra Centre for Sustainable Markets, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2016 (Maurie Cohen)
• National University of Singapore, Singapore, November 2015 (Philip Vergragt)
• Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria, September 2015 (Maurie Cohen)