Academic Journal
Q1Consumption and Society
About Consumption and Society
Consumption and Society is a scholarly journal published by Bristol University Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.632 and H-index of 12.
Coverage: 2022-2026. Research categories: Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1); Global and Planetary Change (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Organic Food and Agriculture; Geographies of human-animal interactions; Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability; Environmental Sustainability in Business; Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact; Culinary Culture and Tourism.
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Recent Research Articles
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On practice theory and embodiment: an empirical exploration of social class logics in sustainable consumption practices
Robbe Geerts, Frédéric Vandermoere, Stijn Oosterlynck
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000083Experimenting for sustainable futures: potentials, challenges and trade-offs in real-world laboratories
Antonietta Di Giulio, Rico Defila
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000093Railway tracks for more democratic food systems: insights from three Living Labs
Ewa Kopczyńska, Francesca Forno, Stefan Wahlen
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000080Consumption, Living Labs and transformative change
Julien Forbat, Marlyne Sahakian
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000090‘The experience is just a flight away’: problematising discursive representations of air travel in Norwegian newspapers
Anna Przybyszewska
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000075Reconsidering convenience: domestication of on-demand digital services in everyday consumption
Felippa A. Amanta, Emilie Vrain, Charlie Wilson
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000074Who can afford the effort? How everyday time constraints affect the likelihood of reduced meat consumption
Alicia Dunker
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000076From trial runs to tough times: how experimentation in a Living Lab setting can build household energy resilience
Véronique Vasseur, Kaisa Matschoss, Julia Backhaus, Senja Laakso et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000088Future directions for sustainable consumption research and action
Henrike Rau, Marlyne Sahakian, Felippa Amanta, Manisha Anantharaman et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000092From hand wash to machine reliance: tracing the ‘unfolding effect’ in migrants’ laundry adaptation stories
Gabriel Henrique Pimenta Isboli, Lucie Middlemiss
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000078Capabilities and practices: performing ‘proper’ food practices from a deprived social position
Lotte Holm, Bente Halkier, Kia Ditlevsen
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000079Embodiment as an uncharted territory of consumption: a roundtable
Stefan Wahlen, Roberta Sassatelli, Bas Spierings, Paul Eisewicht et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000073Participatory Action Research with people experiencing food poverty: methodological reflections from two studies
Yassir Sefu, Evelyn Markoni, Sara Smaal, Esther J. Veen et al.
2026-08-19 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000084Postphenomenological perspectives on design, technology and consumption: mediative properties of speculative artefacts
James Duncan Lowley, Nenad Pavel, Alex Taylor, Haizea Perez et al.
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000082From more and bigger to less and better? Finnish news media discussion on sufficiency in consumption
Senja Laakso
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000091Relational ownership in the sharing economy
Diana Ivanova, Milena Büchs, Tullia Jack
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000085Reconceptualising sufficiency-oriented consumption: a framework to understand the de-intensification of everyday practices
Emmelina Eriksson, Christian Fuentes
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000086Algorithmic curation and the persistence of cultural distinction
Riie Heikkilä
2026-08-03 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000089Hacking sufficiency: bridging personal action and systemic barriers through design
Raz Godelnik
2026-08-03 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000087Affect in dietary change: a longitudinal study of the role of affect in sustaining plant-rich eating
Sara Vincentzen Kondrup, Thomas Bøker Lund, Peter Sandøe, Lotte Holm et al.
2026-07-09 · DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000081Reviews
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