Image: Cover of thesis and Vishal Parekh.
Welcome to Vishal Parekh’s PhD defense “Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption – Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food” at Friday, September 26th.
The thesis aims to explore the potential roles and perspectives of different societal actors in processes of making sustainable consumption the mainstream in Sweden, especially when it comes to eating practices. Based on the notion that a sustainable consumption meets everyone’s needs without exceeding ecological boundaries, the theoretical approach is grounded in social practice theory and concepts of power and recognitional justice.
A general conclusion is that to challenge dominant narratives of what sustainable consumption is and should be in the future, careful attention needs to be paid to issues of recognitional justice and power in how sustainable consumption is conceptualized and envisioned.
Date & time: Friday, September 26th, at 14:00 (2 pm)
Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan Campus, Stockholm
Watch the PhD defense:
Zoom-link here.
Read the thesis:
The whole thesis here.
Principal supervisor: Associate Professor Åsa Svenfelt at Linköpings universitet (& docent at KTH)
Co-supervisors: Docent Greger Henriksson at KTH and formerly Annika Carlsson Kanyama retired docent at Kungliga Tekniska högskolan and Affiliated Researcher at SEI – Stockholm Environment Institute
Chair: Professor Karin Bradley at KTH
Opponent: Professor Anna Davies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Grading committee: Professor Magnus Boström at Örebro universitet, Docent Annelise De Jong at IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet, Professor Christian Fuentes at Lunds universitet , and Professor Mattias Höjer at KTH