Consumption and Consumerism in the Anthropocene

Thursday, 10 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES031 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English

There is a pressing need to move away from global mass consumption to more sustainable ways of living. This session welcomes papers on consumption practices, consumption trajectories and the possibilities for change.
Session Organizer:
Jo LINDSAY, Monash University, Australia
Oral Presentations
Pathways Towards a Circular Society: Connecting Consumption, Demand and Everyday Practices
Henrike RAU, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; Eoin GREALIS, Ludwigs-Maximilian-Universität (LMU), Germany; Antonia MATERN, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, Germany
Underexplored Sustainability Strategies: Sharing Goods with Friends and Family
Jo LINDSAY, Monash University, Australia; Ruth LANE, Monash University, Australia; Dharma ARUNACHALAM, Monash University, Australia
Thrift As a Sustainable Urban Practice? (Re-)Inventing Social Infrastructures and Economies
Aneta PODKALICKA, Monash University, Australia; Alexa FÄRBER, Universität Wien, Austria
A Working-Class Vegan Is Something to be: Challenging the Discourse on Dietary Dissidence.
Norman RILEY, United Kingdom
Celebrating or Consuming: Social and Ecological Implications of Public Cultural Festivals in North-East India
Rashi BHARGAVA, North-Eastern Hill University, India
Factors Affecting Meat Consumption of Social Groups and Classes
Wiesli THEA, Austria
Distributed Papers
Sustainable Consumption in the Anthropocene - Challenges and Opportunities of Individual Changes in Residential Energy Consumption
Nadine HAUFE, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
“a Newfound Sense of Agency”: Students’ Experiences of Reducing Consumption and Consumerism
Claire WAGNER, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Jeremy GIBBERD, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
A Pleasure Greater Than Myself. Consumption, Pleasure and Sustainability.
Roberta SASSATELLI, University of Bologna, Italy
How Do Consumers Handle Old Digital Devices?
Liliya KUZINA, HSE University, Russian Federation; Valentina POLYAKOVA, HSE University, Russian Federation
Purchasing Organic Food: Social Heterogeneity in the Mean Effects of Drivers
Jordi LOPEZ-SINTAS, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Giuseppe LAMBERTI, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Negin ABEDINI, University Autonoma of Barcelona, Spain
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