The Social Practices and Sustainable Consumption (SPSC) is a transdisciplinary network that aims to co-design and implement sustainable consumption actions and strategies using a social practices approach.
The Network's purpose is to shape policy and societal change by drawing on an established body of existing interdisciplinary RMIT research and expertise, as well as research translation/policy and practice development work done using theories of social practice in Australia and globally. It will strategically translate and facilitate the implementation of the recommendations.
Rather than focusing on change generation through individual behaviour or purely technological solutions, social change based on the relational and socio-material ontologies of social practices will shift action towards collective sustainable practices.
The following themes overlap and will work together in different combinations and as required.
This theme aims to help industry and policymakers understand households’ daily consumption practices and the complexities involved in changing these.
This theme explores the way that social practices play a critical role in shaping our experiences of health and our bodies, advocating for a combined individual and social approach to health strategies.
This theme highlights practice-oriented design and production as a social change strategy, giving insights into how materials as a part of everyday life can enhance well-being and reduce environmental impacts.
This theme works closely with industry partners and interdisciplinary collaborators to co-design implementation-ready policies, policy briefs, and other resources that can be tailored for specific sites of consumption in homes, cities and target settings or sectors, including universities.
Dr Bhavna Middha
School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
Professor Cecily Maller
School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
Dr Tamzin Rollason
School of Fashion & Textiles
Dr Bhavna Middha
School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
Dr Natalie Jovanovski
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Tamzin Rollason
School of Fashion & Textiles
Professor Cecily Maller
School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
Get in touch with Dr Bhavna Middha (bhavna.middha@rmit.edu.au) or Tamzin Rollason (tamzin.rollason@rmit.edu.au) to find out more.
SPSC is supported by the following Enabling Impact Platforms:
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| Urban Futures | Researching how cities can be more resilient, sustainable and regenerative. |
| Design and Creative Practice | Applying an inventive, exploratory approach to real-world problems through interdisciplinary research, within and beyond design and creative practice. |
| Social Change | Focuses on transformative research in the areas of digital society, quality of life, global mobility and research practice for social change. |
| Sustainable Technologies and Systems | Leveraging sustainable technologies and systems to solve national and global environmental, social and economic challenges in the areas of energy, water, food and circular economy. |
EIPs enable economic, environmental, societal, health and cultural impact with government, business and the community through research and innovation.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
