by SCORAI | Jan 25, 2017 | Announcements
Title of the new book: Social Change and the Coming of Post-consumer Society: Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications Authors: Halina Szejnwald Brown, Clark University, USA, Maurie Cohen, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, Philip Vergragt, Clark...
by SCORAI | Dec 14, 2016 | Announcements
The SCORAI Board and Tellus Institute are pleased to announce plans to host a Winter/Spring Mini-Colloquium Series on Post-work/Post-consumer Futures that will delve into issues at the interface of digital automation, technological unemployment, worktime reduction,...
by Halina Brown | Feb 7, 2016 | Announcements, Blog, News
The other day I went to a local pharmacy to buy a package of my favorite facial soap bars. This was no easy task. In the section for personal cleaning products the top four shelves were filled with dozens of plastic bottles full of various liquid-washing agents, with...
by SCORAI | Jan 10, 2016 | Announcements
The 2016 SCORAI conference will be host to researchers around the world, with many of these expected to come from developing countries with limited budgets. With the intention of genuine solidarity, the SCORAI networks wants to support participants with limited travel...
by Tally Katz-Gerro | Dec 20, 2015 | Announcements, News
אודות SCORAI Israel היא רשת של חוקרים ובעלי עניין שעוסקים בממשק שבין צריכה חומרית, שינויים טכנולוגיים ותרבותיים ורווחת האדם. מטרתנו לקדם מחקר מדעי ולהעלות על סדר היום הציבורי את המאפיינים וההשלכות של חברת הצריכה שתופסת מקום מרכזי בחיינו כיום. אנו שואפים לאפשר מקום...
by SCORAI | Dec 10, 2015 | Announcements
SCORAI members Philip J. Vergragt and Halina Szejnwald Brown contributed a chapter on “Beyond the split incentive: Governing socio-technical relations in private rental housing retrofit” in the recently published book Retrofitting...
