by Tiy Chung | Nov 19, 2014 | SCORAI Colloquium Series on Consumption & Social Change
In his presentation ‘New Great Transition Strategies’ Douglas Holt argues that despite civil society and government devoting huge amounts of resources toward sustainable consumption and sustainable economy, their efforts over the last 25 years have failed,...
by Tiy Chung | Oct 15, 2014 | SCORAI Colloquium Series on Consumption & Social Change
Professor of Sociology at Boston College, Juliet Schor, discusses her research into what has become known as the sharing economy. In her presentation, The Sharing Economy:Paradoxes of openness and distinction, Professor Schor addresses some of the claims that have...
by Tiy Chung | Sep 4, 2014 | SCORAI Colloquium Series on Consumption & Social Change
In his presentation ‘Cultural Change to Sustainable Consumption: A dynamic systems perspective’, John Sterman, the Jay Forrester Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, spoke about the cultural shift toward sustainable consumption...