Tiy Chung

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, mainly due to theoretically-flawed models. Holt’s recent work critiques these conventional strategies, points out conceptual problems, and proposes new … Read more

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 been made about the sharing economy, such as: enhancing economic opportunities, spreading wealth, introducing a fundamentally … Read more