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Gert Spaargaren

Professor Environmental Policy for Sustainable Lifestyles and Consumption at Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research

Areas of expertise

  • - Consumer studies
  • - Environmental policy
  • - Environmental sociology
  • - Political processes
  • - Social sciences
  • - Sociological schools
  • - Government policy
  • - Household behaviour
  • - Social interaction
  • - Consumer behaviour
  • - Sociology

Major works

Courses and Programs taught by prof.dr.ir. G (Gert) Spaargaren

Publications by prof.dr.ir. G (Gert) Spaargaren

Practice Theory and Research; exploring the dynamics of social life. Gert Spaargaren , Don Weenink and Machiel Lamers (2016). Routledge

Food Practices in Transition; Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity. Gert Spaargaren , Peter Oosterveer en Anne Loeber (eds.) (2012). Routledge

Consumer Responses to the Carbon Labelling of Food: a real life experiment in a Canteen Practice. Spaargaren Gert, Kris van Koppen, Anke Janssen, Astrid Hendrikse (2013). Sociologia Ruralis, Vol 53, Number 4, October 2013, pp. 432 - 453

Carbon flows, carbon markets, and low-carbon lifestyles: Reflecting on the role of markets in climate governance. Gert Spaargaren and Arthur P.J. Mol (2013). Environmental Politics, 22 (1), pp. 174 - 193

Theories of practices: Agency, technology, and culture. Gert Spaargaren (2011). Global Environmental Change

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About me

Gert Spaargaren is professor of "Environmental Policy for Sustainable Lifestyles and Consumption" in the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University. His main research interests are in environmental sociology, sustainable consumption and behavior, and globalization of environmental reform.

Courses and Programs taught by Gert Spaargaren