SCORAI-Global (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) is an
international knowledge network of researchers and practitioners committed to
building a flourishing and ecologically-sound society by changing the way we
consume
Read more about our vision
Highlight Of the Month
Common Questions About Sustainable Consumption
The project MISTRA has put together an FAQ about sustainable consumption with 24 questions and 24 short answers from their sustainability researchers. Including: ‘Isn’t the concept of sustainable consumption a contradiction?’ ‘Can we rely on technological development to reach climate goals?’ ‘How much can one fly with a clear climate conscience?’
Read moreUpcoming conferences
European conference, April 2025
“The SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 will be organised April 8-10 2025 in Lund, Sweden, together with the MISTRA Sustainable Consumption project and the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project. The conference will bring together 400-500 researchers and practitioners concerned with sustainable consumption to make progress on mainstreaming sustainable consumption.”
To the conference websiteGlobal conference 2026
“Save the date! Our next SCORAI Global Conference will be held 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil. We are planning a range of activities: paper presentations, technical visits to local sustainability initiatives, keynote speakers, early-career workshop, and post-conference publications. At the beginning of 2025, we will release the call for sessions.”
Please note, the conference website is still under development and may not yet be fully accurate.
To the conference websiteSummer school, 2025
More information is coming soon.
Coming soonCurrent research and dialogues
Project
Dialogues, networks, exchanges
How can we influence policymakers?
- Bring together researchers and practitioners
- Discuss effectiveness of policies and instruments
Communications
Here are ways to follow or join the SCORAI network.
- Newsletter
- Listserv (Google Groups mailing list)
- Blogs
- ICYMI (In Case You Missed It Summaries)
Issues on the SCORAI agenda
How does consumption affect sustainability?
- Is it related to happiness?
- What influences patterns of consumption?
- How has consumption behaviour changed over the years?
- Does consumption behaviour vary between countries and cultures?
What constitutes consumption?
- Housing
- Food
- Clothing
- Travel
- Leisure
- Shopping
How do lifestyles affect consumption?
- Changes over life cycle
- Changes with income level
- Availability of public infrastructures and services
Systems change for more sustainable lifestyles
- The limits of technology
- Preconditions for choice architecture
- Community involvement
- Social norms and practices
- External events
Join a working or regional group
Communicating
Sustainable
consumption
The working group invites the SCORAI community to contribute to our networking, informing, bridging, and learning efforts around the communication of sustainable consumption.
Join WG CoCoSpirituality and
consumption
This group explores, among others,
- The differences between attitudes, faith, beliefs, religion, and spirituality
- The nature of spiritual experiences
- Examples of spiritual experiences, practices and attitudes in our daily lives
Sister group
SCORAI Europe is an European network that brings together people from multidisciplinary backgrounds with a shared interest in research and action around sustainable consumption.
Regional groups
Latest news from the SCORAI network
Upcoming webinar, Jan 30
“Shaping Provisioning Systems for Social-Ecological Transformation.”
the ways we collectively organize our livelihoods—can enable well-being within planetary limits
Past webinar, Dec 13
We’re happy to invite you to another cross-pollination session of the Working Group on Sustainable Consumption Communication (WgCoCo).
Read morePast webinar, Nov 18
Limitations and Potentials of community gardens for food system democratization
Call for papers
Special issue on “Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption” in the journal Sustainable Production and Consumption.
It will include, but not restricted to, papers at the upcoming SCORAI Europe conference.
Deadline 30.9.25
More informationUpcoming relevant conferences
- SCORAI Europe conference, April 2025
- SCORAI-Global conference, May 2026
ERSCP Conference 2025
The 22nd European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP 2025) conference will be held in Prague from September 16-18, 2025.
The Call for Abstracts is just published at the conference website
Conference websiteReal-World Laboratories as Spaces of Sustainability Transformations
Inviting contributions to a thematic collection on:
- conceptions of space and spatial planning
- spaces to foster transformative governance
- spaces of conflict in society
- spaces for learning and relationship-building
Submit of abstract till 05thFebruary 2025 via the online submission form
Read more2025 Sustainability Pre-conference with the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
Colorado Convention Center (Denver, Colorado), Thursday, February 20th, 2025.
This year’s theme, “Building a Sustainable Future: Infrastructure, Behavior Change, and Environmental Justice,” highlights the integral roles of individual behavior, infrastructure, and policy in contributing to a sustainable future, with environmental justice at the core. Showcasing cutting-edge research, we emphasize transformative changes in infrastructure, policy, and behavior using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Click here to view the program and featured speakers, or register directly here.
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