Dan Welch
drdjwelch.bsky.social
Dan Welch
@drdjwelch.bsky.social
Research Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute | Co-editor, Consumption and Society | Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester
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An excellent campaign from @ethical-consumer.bsky.social discussing:

- ditching for-profit companies
- imagining a world without corporate power
- the fight against the far-right
- converting businesses to co-ops and social enterprises
- challenging tech monopolies

+ loads more!
Challenging corporate power | Ethical Consumer
Discussing the ethics of companies and brands is now pretty mainstream. But with the state of the world as it is, it is time to think outside the box and imagine a different economy. One not based on ...
www.ethicalconsumer.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Issue 216 is out now!

In this guide we take a look at ethical energy suppliers, heat pumps, solar panels and boilers.

We also have a featured article on Amazon's links to Trump.

Find out more here:

bit.ly/4hNJhvW
August 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Drawing on our research for the @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded After Last Orders project, @robertdeakin.bsky.social and I share some insights into the impact of pub closures in this new article for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/consolation-...
Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved
The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically.
theconversation.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Want to know what articles our editors are recommending? Read our brand new Editors Choice Collection for Consumption and Society, free to access until January 2026! 📖 🌟
Editors' Choice Collection Consumption and Society
Editors' Choice Collection Consumption and Society
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Delighted to announce “Consumption and Society” has been awarded its first Journal Impact Factor in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), achieving a score of 3.0 and top quartile ranking of 22/219 in Sociology and 93/191 (second quartile) in Environmental Studies.
We are proud to share our 2024 citation metrics!
11 journals are now in the 1st or 2nd quartile for their JCR categories!

We also had some truly fantastic 1st Impact Factors for @gscjournal.bsky.social & Consumption & Society
Learn more bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/celebrating-...
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Hey are you doing anything tomorrow afternoon? Why not join us for a webinar on everyday circularities?
#CircularEconomy #SocSky #SustainableLiving
‪@marlynesahakian.bsky.social‬
Want to learn more about everyday practices in the #CircularEconomy? Join us on 21 May for the webinar ‘Everyday circularities: rethinking consumption in circular transformations’
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConSoc #ConsumptionStudies
May 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM