RMF2012 Abstracts
Session: Tuesday 3rd July PM (16.00 - 17.30)
Title: Researching Consumption and Sustainability
Name: Ben Anderson
Affiliation: Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation, University of Essex
Abstract Details
Substantially and significantly new ways of living are urgently required if there is to be any effective response to climate change and resource scarcity. There is growing recognition of the need for fresh ways of framing problems of consumption, demand and sustainable living to support forms of intervention capable of addressing entrenched norms, habits and practices. This session will explore a range of novel approaches to the establishment of the social science knowledge required to provide an evidence base for such interventions. It will focus on innovative approaches that can provide fresh frames and catalyse new strategies.
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Presenter: Murray Goulden
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Presenter: Joanne Parker
The challenges and value of microcomponent domestic water consumption datasets
The level of the session is: Accessible
Presentation details
Presenter 1
Start time: 16:00
Presentation title: Consumption by proxy
Author: Dr Ben Anderson
Affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Essex
Presenter 2
Start time: 16:15
Presentation title: Reading state-istics against the grain: tracing practices of bottled water consumption in food survey data
Author: Dr Adrian Evans
Affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Essex
Presenter 3
Start time: 16:30
Presentation title: Dealing the dirt: Innovating ways of disrupting cleanliness practices in peoples everyday lives
Author: Dr Alison Browne
Affiliation: Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster
Presenter 4
Start time: 16:45
Presentation title: Capturing continuity and change in everyday life using longitudinal methods.
Author: Dr Sue Venn
Affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Presenter 5
Start time: 16:45
Presentation title: Capturing continuity and change in everyday life using longitudinal methods.
Author: Dr Kate Burningham
Affiliation: University of Surrey
Presenter 6
Start time: 17:00
Presentation title: Contravisioning Technologies: Embedding the Near-Future in the Home
Author: Dr Murray Goulden
Affiliation: Horizon Research Institute, University of Nottingham
Presenter 7
Start time: 17:15
Presentation title: The value and challenges of microcomponent domestic water consumption datasets
Author: Miss Joanne Parker
Affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Lougborough