Welcome to SCORAI!

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

Highlight Of the Month

Compass to Reducing Consumption

A practical guide to freeing yourself from excess

Is it possible to use decluttering as an opportunity to accumulate fewer things in the long term? Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin and ConPolicy – Institute for Consumer Policy have developed a practical guide with exercises suitable for everyday use, which aim to promote a sustainable, resource-light lifestyle through reflective decluttering.

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Upcoming 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.”

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Global conference, May 2026

“Save the date! Our next SCORAI Global Conference will be held on May 27-29, 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.

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Summer school, 2025

More information is coming soon.

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Current research and dialogues

Dialogues, networks, exchanges

How can you join in our discussions?

  • Hear about the latest research
  • Hear from leading experts
  • Ask questions
  • Contribute knowledge and opinions
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Conferences

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.

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

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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.

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Spirituality and
consumption

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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
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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, Dec 13

We’re happy to invite you to another cross-pollination session of the Working Group on Sustainable Consumption Communication (WgCoCo).

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Past webinar, Nov 18

Limitations and Potentials of community gardens for food system democratization

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Upcoming relevant conferences

Submit your Environmental and Conservation Psychology work at APA 2025!

Submit proposals on all topics from scholars of all stages related to (but not limited to):

a) climate mitigation
b) climate adaptation
c) resilience
d) impacts of climate change on mental health
e) environmental justice

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