Successful Sustainable Consumption Workshop at Shanghai University, China

生态文明、可持续消费与社会治理研讨会在上海大学召开

2016101517日,由上海大学社会学院、国际可持续消费研究和行动倡议组织(SCORAI)、英国曼彻斯特可持续消费研究所、荷兰瓦赫宁根大学环境政策系和中国社会学会消费社会学委员会联合主办的生态文明、可持续消费与社会治理工作坊在上海大学嘉定校区召开。此次国际学术研讨会的承办方为上海大学社会学院,核心召集人为上海大学社会学系张敦福教授。荷兰瓦赫宁根大学教授GertSpaargaren、英国曼彻斯特大学教授Dale Southerton、美国新泽西州科技学院教授Maurie Cohen、中山大学王宁教授、中国人民大学张磊博士、英国曼彻斯特大学Alison Browne博士等40余位国内外专家学者出席了本次会议,并与当地非政府组织代表和上海大学师生进行了对话与交流。

本次工作坊中,共有28组学者向参会者展示了他们的最新研究成果,内容广泛,讨论深入,涉及议题覆盖了可持续消费研究前沿理论、中国生态文明建设实践、食品的生产与消费、生活垃圾处理、生活能源使用、日常出行等。在17日下午的东亚可持续消费和环境问题圆桌会议上,与会人员还就如何进一步促进可持续消费研究的国际合作、可持续消费的概念和框架、中国消费的可持续性以及可持续转型中社会技术革新的角色等议题展开了热烈讨论。详细信息,请联系:llllei63@hotmail.com

(中国人民大学社会学系范叶超)

附:会议日程安排

Successful Sustainable Consumption Workshop at Shanghai University, China

From 15-17 October 2016, the workshop on Ecological Civilization, Sustainable Consumption: Insights for Social Governance’ was successfully taken place in Jiading Campus of Shanghai University, jointly held by Schoolof Sociology and PoliticalScience at Shanghai University in China, Sustainable ConsumptionResearch and Action InitiativeSCORAI, Sustainable Consumption Institute at The University of Manchester in the UK, Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and Sociology of Consumption Sectional Committee of Chinese Sociological Association. The secretariat institute of the workshop was Schoolof Sociology and Political Science at Shanghai University, and Professor Dunfu Zhang (Shanghai University) acted as the primary convener of the workshop. More than 40 domestic and oversea scholarsattended the workshop, including Professor GertSpaargaren (Wageningen University in the Netherlands), Professor Dale Southerton (The University of Manchester in the UK), Professor Maurie Cohen (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Professor Ning Wang (Zhongshan University), Dr. Lei Zhang (Renmin University of China), Dr. Alison Browne (The University of Manchester in the UK), etc. Apart from their presentations, the scholars also had some meaningful dialogues and communications with representatives of some local NGOs and staffs and students of Shanghai University.

In this workshop, 28 groups of scholars presented their recent research, whichencompassed a variety of topics, including advanced approached to sustainable consumption, Chinas practice in constructing Ecological Civilization, productionandconsumption of food, domestic waste disposal, household energy use, mobility, etc. On the round table discussion in 17thafternoon, the conference participants had heated discussions on topics across establishing further international researcher networks of sustainable consumption, the definition and frameworks of sustainable consumption, sustainability of Chinas consumption, the role of social-technical innovations in sustainable transition, etc. See more details in the workshop program attached below. Further information, please contact: llllei63@hotmail.com

(Reported by Yechao Fan, PhD candidate at Renmin University of China)

Workshop Program

October 15

Registration and Accommodation:

Jinjiang Inn Hotel

Address: No.35, Chengzhong Street, Jiading District; Tel: +86 021-6993-1399(in Chinese: 锦江之星嘉定上海大学店,嘉定区城中路35号,近沙霞路).

All breakfasts during the workshop will be at first floor, the Jinjiang Inn Hotel.Please Show your room card before breakfast.

All sessions of the workshop stay in the same conference room.

17:40-18:30

Dinner 嘉定校区教授餐厅二楼(follow local student assistants and scholars)

October 16

Venue: International Conference Centre of Wende    Building, Jiading Campus. Shanghai University

8:40-9:00

Warming up and Remaining Registration

9:00—9:10

Welcome Address: (2 Minutes Per Speech)

Professor Dunfu Zhang

School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University.

Prof. dr. ir.GertSpaargaren

Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Professor Dale Southerton

Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute, the University of Manchester

Professor Maurie J. Cohen

Director, Science, Technology, and Society Program, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Co-founder and Executive Board Member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI)

Professor Ning Wang

School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yet-sen University and Director, Sociology of Consumption Sectional Committee of the Chinese Sociological Association

9:11—10:30

Session 1 (15 Minutes Per Speech)

Session Chair

Lui Tai-luk

The Education University of Hong Kong 

Title 1: Histories, Trajectories and Patterns of Cleanliness, Energy and Water Consumption: Reflections on China

Presenter:Alison L Browne, Geography/Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

Title 2: Environmental efficiency evaluation of China’s industrial system considering the learning effects

Presenter:KangjuanLv, SILC Business School,Shanghai University

Title 3:Developing sustainable food consumption: A case study of localized food supply in Beijing

Presenter: Liu Shuo, Department of Sociology,  Hong Kong Shue Yan University.

Title 4: Sustainable consumption practices of the middle class in metropolitan China

Presenter: Zhu Di, Associate Professor, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

10:30—10:50

Coffee Break

10:50-12:10

Session 2 (15 Minutes Per Speech)

Session Chair

Alison L Browne, Geography/Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

Title 1: Promoting Sustainable Consumption: A Social Practice Approach

Presenters:

Yechao  Fan, Research Institute of Environmental Sociology , RenminUniversity of China;

GertSpaargaren, Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Title 2: Ecological Civilization Building Performance Assessment Based on Level, Progress and Distance

Presenter :BaoCunkuan, Fudan University.

Title 3: Agricultural Consumption Culture and Ecological Transformation: Bangladesh Perspective

Presetner: K. M. AtikurRahman, PhD Student, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai Univeristy

Title 4:Emergent questions, challenges and opportunities for the sociology of sustainable consumption.

Presenter:DaleSoutherton, School of Social Sciences. Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute ,The University of Manchester

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

12:10—13:10

Lunch Break嘉定校区教授餐厅二楼(follow local student assistants and scholars)

13:10—14:30

Session 3 (15 Minutes Per Speech)

Session Chair

Zhang Yinong, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University

Title 1:Convenient Food, Inconvenient Waste: Systems of provision meet social practices in Seoul

Presenter:Keith Lee, Department of City and Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley

Title 2:Food Consumption and Food Waste in Japan – Current status, trends, and practices

Presenter:Liu Chen, Sustainable Consumption and Production Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Title 3:Demographic Contraction and Sustainable Consumption in High-Consuming Countries: An Assessment of OECD Members

Presenter:Maurie J. Cohen, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Title 4:Promoting sustainable consumption in China: a conceptual framework and research review

Presenter:LiuWenling, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

14:30—14:50

Coffee Break

14:50—16:10

Session 4  (15 Minutes Per Speech)

Session Chair:

YingchunJi

Professor, School of Sociology and Political Sciences, Shanghai University

Title 1: Sustainable development or unsustainable: the rural homestay in Mogan Mountain

Presenter: Wang Lingping , Changzhou University

Title 2:Beyond consumerism:The culture of autonomous and connected vehicles

Presenter: Liqiao Wang,Peter Wells,Cardiff Business School Cardiff University

Title 3: Debating on “The Increasing Needs “

Presenter:WangJunmin,School of Social Sciences, Suzhou University

Title 4:Local foods and Meanings in Contemporary China: the case of southwest Hubei

Presenter: Wu Xu, East China Normal University

 

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

17:00—19:30

Dinner (follow local student assistants and scholars)

 

 

October 17, 2016

Venue: International Conference Centre of Wende    Building, Jiading Campus. Shanghai University

9:00—10:20

Session 5 (15 Minutes Per Speech)

 Ning Wang

School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yet-sen University and Director, Sociology of Consumption Sectional Committee of the Chinese Sociological Association

Title 1: Governing environmental flows via communities: community-based municipal solid waste management models in Beijing

Presenter: Zhang Lei, Yuan Donghui, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China

Title 2:Study on the Rise of Sustainable Consumption in China

Presenter:DuanYuanyuan, Department of Social Management, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

 Title 3:Status and Outlook of Potatoes Consumption in China

Presenter: Wang Xiuli, Institute of  Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture

Title 4:Practice, motivations and normalisation: Exploring consumption of organic food in Shanghai

Presenters:

Zhang Chao, Tongji University

Cao Danyi, Tongji University

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

10:20—10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-12:00

Session 6

GertSpaargaren

Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Title 1:Cultural Embeddedness of Sharing Economy

Presenter:WangNing, Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU

Title 2: Inconspicuous Consumption In China: A Comparative Study Between Normal Households and Inhabitants of Rented Accommodations

Presenter: CaiChujia, PhD student, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University

 (Special)Title 3:Community Based Environmental Action

Presenter:XiaojingFei, Impact Hub Shanghai Candidate

(Special)Title 4:Tackling over-consumption: Bluesky4children’s campaign for simple life

Presenter:Lingling Zhang, Managing director, Bluesky4children’s campaign for simple life

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

12:00—13:00

Lunch Break嘉定校区教授餐二楼(follow local student assistants and scholars)

13:00—14:20

Session 7 (15 Minutes Per Speech)

Session Chair:

Dale Southerton,Professor

School of Social Sciences

Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute

Title 1: Reuse and Recycle in Boston: 2007-2008 fieldwork

Presenter: Zhang Dunfu, School of Sociology and Political Sciences, Shanghai University

Title 2: A Rediscovery of Family Values: How Does Thrifty  Formed  iPhones’ Intergenerational Transmission in China

Presenter: Jiao Ruoshui, School of Philosophy and Sociology, Lanzhou University

Title 3: Field Study of Electricity conservation in College Dormitory

Presenter: Li Xuan, Department of Sociology/MSW Education Center, Hohai University

Title 4: Environmental and Social Risks Evaluation of Overseas Investment under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Presenter: Shi Guoqing, College of Public Administration, Hohai University

Questions and Comments (20 minutes)

14:20—14:40

Coffee break

14:40—15:40

(Special )Session 8

Session Chair:

Zhang Lei, Renmin University of China

SCORAI CHINA Coordinator

Round Table: Sustainable Consumption and Environmental Problems in Asia

(Please include Additional 8-min Talk by Maurie Cohen: Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production. Major time open to the floor)

17:00-19:00

Fairwelldinner(follow local student assistants and scholars)

Oct 18

Check out better before 15:00and end of the workshop