Research Project: CONSENSUS - Consumption, Environment and Sustainability

Published on July 23, 2014

CONSENSUS: Consumption, Environment, and Sustainability CONSENSUS uses innovative social science and collaborative research methods to explore trends and solutions for sustainable household consumption in Ireland (North & South). Launched in 2009, the project involves researchers from Trinity College Dublin and the National University of Ireland, Galway. CONSENSUS is funded by the STRIVE (Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment) Programme which is administered by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency.

CONSENSUS will advance knowledge on: Drivers of and incentives for sustainable behavior change (focusing on everyday consumption practices) The measurement and evaluation of sustainable household consumption practices The links between consumption, health and wellbeing The governance of household consumption through institutional practice and participation Current: - HomeLab experiments in implementing promising consumption practices - Lifestyle segmentation analysis - Lifestage mobility biographies See: http://www.consensus.ie/papers-reports/ for full list of outputs Prof. Anna Davies: daviesa@tcd.ie