About the group
The objectives of the research group are:
- Engage in groundbreaking research on sustainable consumption and energy equity
- Develop new perspectives on the gendered implications of energy policy, access and use
- Conduct research on the new geographies of consumption, including a focus on emerging middle-classes and theoretical advancements in connecting global production networks with changing patterns and practices of consumption in North and South
- Study the relationship between globalisation, consumption and environmental degradation
- Build on perspectives from the social sciences and humanities to develop new approaches to technology, practices and demand for energy
- Contribute towards innovative policymaking on sustainable consumption and equitable energy
- Study the relationship between energy- and climate policies, social conflict and minorities
We conduct research in both the Global North and South, the latter including a particular focus on emerging economies.
The group is in charge of organising the Hal Wilhite Memorial Lecture, in honour of our group founder and former group leader: Hal Wilhite Memorial Lecture - Centre for Development and the Environment (uio.no)
Academic programmes and courses
- SUM4019 - Consumption, Sustainability and Social Change
- SUM4032 - Development and Sustainability in Contemporary Asia
- ISSSUM4180 - Energy, Environment and Social Change
- SUM4502 – INCLUDE – Socially Inclusive Energy Transition
- SUM4200 - Key Issues in Development and Environment
