Sustainable Production and Consumption

Sustainable production and consumption (SPC) is both a policy area and a multi- and interdisciplinary research agenda that seeks to address the transformation of society toward environmental and social sustainability. The SPC field encompasses diverse research topics and theoretical approaches, often characterized as falling into stronger and weaker versions, defined by commitment to more or less systemic socioeconomic change. Fault lines within the field reflect fundamental controversies within the social and behavioral sciences more broadly, such as the structure–agency antinomy. Major theoretical developments within SPC include novel conceptual frameworks for production–consumption systems and reconceptualizations of consumption.