Internationell referensgrupp

The members of the board are well-renowned researchers within the field of sustainable consumption and transitions.

Lewis Akenji

Lewis Akinji. Managing director of the Hot or Cool Institute which is a public interest think tank aiming to support organisations, policy makers, and communities in the sustainability transition. He has previously co-lead the United Nations One Planet programme on Sustainable Lifestyles and Education. He has a Ph.D. in Political Economy and publishes regularly in scientific journals, mainly on topics relating to the potential contribution of lifestyle changes for reaching the Paris Agreement. 

 

Frank Boons. Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester, where he seeks to provide a deeper understanding of processes of innovation of where sustainability is contested. Frank has worked as an economic sociologist in the field of environmental sciences for over 20 years, and is currently associate editor of the Journal of Industrial Ecology (for the topic Business and Environment), as well as subject editor for the Journal of Cleaner Production (for the topic Governance of material and energy flows).

Angela Druckman. Director of the Centre for Environment & Sustainability at the University of Surrey where she is Professor of Sustainable Consumption and Production. She is also co-investigator at CUSP, Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity. She is a Chartered Engineer, having read Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Angela’s research focuses on synthesising and analysing narratives of sustainable prosperity and how niche innovations might be ‘scaled up’ to produce transformational change.

Steffen Kallbekken Research Director for the climate economics group at the center for international climate research (Cicero) in Oslo. He is an economist which not only focuses on the efficiency of policy instruments but also on the public acceptance of policies such as environmental taxes and regulations. He is leading research projects on the role of aviation in a low-carbon society and on enabling the green transition in Norway.

Marlyne Sahakian. Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Geneva, where she brings a sociological lens to consumption studies and sustainability. Her research interest is in understanding everyday practices in relation to environmental promotion, social equity and social change. She is a co-founder of SCORAI Europe, a network for sustainable consumption research and action, and a member of ENOUGH, a network focused on sufficiency.