Search: Advanced Search
Award/Grant Name: Towards a Social Psychology of Sustainable Consumption
Award/Grant Holder: Professor Tim Jackson
Programme Name: Sustainable Technologies
Start Date: 01/01/2003 End Date: 31/03/2005
Award/Grant Description

Consumer behaviour is key to the impact that society has on its environment. The actions that people take and the choices they make – to consume certain products and services or to live in certain ways rather than others – all have direct and indirect impacts on the environment, as well as on personal (and collective) well-being. This is why the topic of ‘sustainable consumption’ has become a central focus for national and international policy.

The aim of this research fellowship is to explore the conceptual foundations for a view of human behaviour which is consistent with the goal of sustainable consumption and to examine the extent to which such a model could inform the development of a new policy agenda for sustainable consumption. The two main tasks for the fellowship are to engage in an extended critical review of the wide-ranging literature on consumption and to tease out the implications for sustainable consumption policy.

Keywords:
Award/Grant Amount ESRC Grant Number Institution Discipline Award/Grant Type
£144,276.32 RES-332-27-0001 Interdisciplinary Studies Full Research Award
Web Links
Press Kit

Award/Grant Outputs and Documents

Click on Download to download the document. Number of Documents: 17
  Title Type URL Author Published
Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Consumption Book Jackson, Tim 05/05/2006 16:43
Earthscan reader on sustainable consumption Book Jackson, Tim 05/05/2006 16:43
Plain English Summary Plain English Summary , 27/01/2006 16:16
End of Award Report Full Research Report Jackson, Tim 03/08/2005 11:22
Non-Technical Summary Research Summary Jackson, Tim 03/08/2005 11:20
Motivating sustainable consumption Pamphlet Jackson, Tim 07/07/2005 16:24
Towards an integrated regional materials flow accounting model Journal Article Philip, Sinclair 07/07/2005 16:18
Towards a Social Psychology of Sustainable Consumption Research Summary Jackson, Tim 07/07/2005 16:13
Consuming paradise : Unsustainable consumption in cultural and social-psychological context Conference Paper Jackson, Tim 07/07/2005 16:07
Models of mammon : A cross-disciplinary survey in pursuit of the sustainable consumer Conference Paper Jackson, Tim 07/07/2005 16:00

1     2      View All