KAN on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and ProductionDevelopment Team Meeting

December 7, 2016

I.1. Update on Status of SESNYC Grant Proposal (Maurie)

I.2: KAN Co-sponsorship of June 2018 Conference (Maurie)

I.3A: Status of Working Groups (Sylvia/Magnus)

Ecological Macroeconomics and Political Economy of a Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles

Sylvia Lorek*, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (Germany)Magnus Bengtsson*, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan)

Tim Foxon, University of Sussex (UK)Cindy Isenhour, University of Maine (USA)

Daniel O’Neil, University of Leeds (UK)Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University (USA)

* Working Group co-chair

I.3B: Status of Working Groups (Patrick)

Urban Provisioning Systems and Well-being

Patrick Schroeder*, Institute for Development Studies (UK)Halina Brown, Clark University (USA)

Anthony Chiu, De La Salle University (Philippines)Jaco Quist, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

Philip Vergragt, Tellus Institute (USA)Lei Zhang, Renmin University (China)

* Working Group co-chair

I.3C: Status of Working Groups (Anna/Maurie)

Social Change Beyond Consumerism

Halina Brown, Clark University (USA)Maurie Cohen*, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)

Anna Davies*, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)Sonali Diddi, Colorado State University (USA)

Masayo Hasegawa, International Environment and Economy Institute (Japan)Charlotte Jensen, Aalborg University (Denmark)

Steven McGreevy, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan)Lucie Middlemiss, University of Leeds (UK)

Philip Vergragt, Tellus Institute (USA)

* Working Group co-chair

I.4: Standing Committees (Hein)

I.4: Applying for EU COST Funding (Maurie/Anna)

http://www.cost.eu/

II.1: Nomination of New Development Team Members (Hein)

II.1: Nomination of Affiliated Projects/Initiatives (Maurie)

II.3: Potential KAN Activities to Pursue: What Could the KAN Do or Produce Beyond Holding Workshops?(Magnus)

• An edited book• A series of researcher-practitioner workshop with high degree of continuity in participation,

intentionally designed to identify and address knowledge gaps • An app• A co-designed list of prioritised research questions • A good practices database• A MOOC• A series of webinars• A summer school• Op-eds in mainstream media• A series of short videos• A TV documentary• A manga• A resource kit for X (X=educators, journalists, urban planners, ...) • A manifesto• A ranking of X (X=cities, retail chains, business schools, …)

II.4: Other Business (Hein)

III: Next Call