ESRC Seminar Series “Ethical Consumption in the UK and Europe: New Developments and New Challenges for Research, Policy and Practice”
Beyond Individual Consumer Choice: Institutionalising Fair Trade and Public Procurement
19th April 2010 – Kings College London (Strand Campus)
As more and more cities and institutions are accredited Fairtrade status and some supermarkets have removed certain non-fairtrade options from the shelves: What are the consequences if ethical consumption is increasingly subject to political and administrative decisions, rather than consumer choice? What roles will different distribution networks, alternative trading organisations, governments, commercial companies and individual consumers have in the future? Does the institutionalisation of fair trade constitute a re-politicisation of fair trade?
This second event in the ESRC funded [log in to unmask]"
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"Ethical Consumption in the UK and Europe: New
Developments and New Challenges for Research, Policy and Practice" will focus on
issues around Fairtrade accreditation of institutions like cities, universities
and schools, and public procurement. The event will address academics,
practitioners and policy makers.
Confirmed speakers so far
are
- Professor Paul Cloke (University of
Exeter)
- Dr Ronan LeVelly (Supagro, Montpellier)
- Alastair Smith (University of Cardiff, and FairnessUK)
Attendance is free of charge. Please register with Matthias Varul ([log in to unmask])
We also invite two 15-minutes presentations by postgraduate and early career researchers (travel expenses will be reimbursed). Please send abstracts (max 300 words) to [log in to unmask]
For a report on the previous seminar in the series see here