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life course and mobility cultures and urban development. She has also
made internationally recognised contributions to the conceptual and
methodological advancement of social-scientific sustainability research,
especially regarding the critical application of the ‘new mobilities paradigm’ and the investigation of household consumption practices. As a
member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative
(SCoRAI Europe) steering committee, she is actively shaping the sustainable consumption research landscape in Europe and beyond.
Inge Røpke is Professor of Ecological Economics at Aalborg University,
Copenhagen. She has published widely on ecological economics, consumption and environment, consumption in a practice theory perspective, energy use and information technology in everyday life as well as
consumers’ role within the smart grid. Her recent research has been
focused on ecological macroeconomics and issues of finance and sustainability. She was the 2014 recipient of the Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Award for Unconventional Thinking and the 2018 recipient of the
Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Award.
Marlyne Sahakian is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University
of Geneva, where she brings a sociological lens to consumption studies
in relation to sustainability themes. Her research interest is in understanding everyday social practices, in relation to environmental concerns
and social equity. Her inter- and transdisciplinary research relates to food
consumption and energy usage in urban spaces, as well as societal wellbeing, and she writes regularly on these themes. She co-founded SCoRAI
Europe in 2012—a network in the field of sustainable consumption
research and action, and is a board member of the European Sociological
Association’s Consumption Research Network.
Tomislav Tkalec is the energy programme coordinator in Focus
Association for Sustainable Development. His work is mainly focused
on topics of energy transition, energy efficiency, renewables, energy poverty, community energy projects, energy policies, and political ecology.
He is experienced in working on FP7, IEE, HoRIZoN2020 and LIFE
projects, and is coordinator of the Sustainable Energy Working Group
in the national network of environmental organisations Plan B. His
other tasks include advocacy and policy work, educational and awareness raising activities, and communication with media. His thesis Political
aspects of decentralisation of electricity generation earned him a Ph.D. in
Environment Protection at University of Ljubljana.
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life course and mobility cultures and urban development. She has also
made internationally recognised contributions to the conceptual and
methodological advancement of social-scientific sustainability research,
especially regarding the critical application of the ‘new mobilities paradigm’ and the investigation of household consumption practices. As a
member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative
(SCoRAI Europe) steering committee, she is actively shaping the sustainable consumption research landscape in Europe and beyond.
Inge Røpke is Professor of Ecological Economics at Aalborg University,
Copenhagen. She has published widely on ecological economics, consumption and environment, consumption in a practice theory perspective, energy use and information technology in everyday life as well as
consumers’ role within the smart grid. Her recent research has been
focused on ecological macroeconomics and issues of finance and sustainability. She was the 2014 recipient of the Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Award for Unconventional Thinking and the 2018 recipient of the
Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Award.
Marlyne Sahakian is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University
of Geneva, where she brings a sociological lens to consumption studies
in relation to sustainability themes. Her research interest is in understanding everyday social practices, in relation to environmental concerns
and social equity. Her inter- and transdisciplinary research relates to food
consumption and energy usage in urban spaces, as well as societal wellbeing, and she writes regularly on these themes. She co-founded SCoRAI
Europe in 2012—a network in the field of sustainable consumption
research and action, and is a board member of the European Sociological
Association’s Consumption Research Network.
Tomislav Tkalec is the energy programme coordinator in Focus
Association for Sustainable Development. His work is mainly focused
on topics of energy transition, energy efficiency, renewables, energy poverty, community energy projects, energy policies, and political ecology.
He is experienced in working on FP7, IEE, HoRIZoN2020 and LIFE
projects, and is coordinator of the Sustainable Energy Working Group
in the national network of environmental organisations Plan B. His
other tasks include advocacy and policy work, educational and awareness raising activities, and communication with media. His thesis Political
aspects of decentralisation of electricity generation earned him a Ph.D. in
Environment Protection at University of Ljubljana.