Introduction to Panel 9 Consumption and behaviour

摘要

This year’s panel on consumption and behaviour set out to cover energy (and more widely, resource consumption) and behaviour from a systemic perspective. Behavioural sciences have highlighted the following gaps in the literature:1. The need to look both at the individual level and beyond when analysing behaviour and/or social practices. This includes taking into account social groups and the wider material, social and economic context in which people live and work, which all have an impact on energy and resource consumption behaviours and the decisions taken by households and organisations.