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Science for a good consumer policy: CECORE and ICCR - a North Rhine-Westphalian initiative
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Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.
Kompetenzzentrum Verbraucherforschung NRW
Abstract At the beginning of the new Millennium, the Danish consumer researcher Folke Ölander who passed away in 2013, complained about the static character of consumer research: It had no identity, missing capacities and it lacked legitimacy. But there was no reason for him to despair. Instead, he asked how... view more
At the beginning of the new Millennium, the Danish consumer researcher Folke Ölander who passed away in 2013, complained about the static character of consumer research: It had no identity, missing capacities and it lacked legitimacy. But there was no reason for him to despair. Instead, he asked how "research relevant consumer policy could be intensified" (Ölander 2005, 26). His suggestion was to found a competence center for "collection and communication" to combine and connect the research activities "of many universities" (Ölander 2005, 27). Such a competence center would foster ties between science, consumer interests and policies and, if designed accordingly, could establish certain focal points and promote projects.... view less
Keywords
consumer policy; sustainability; economic method; consumer research; consumption; consumer society; consumer
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Sociology of Economics
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Verbraucherforschung
Collection Title
The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent? ; Proceedings of the International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016
Editor
Bala, Christian; Schuldzinski, Wolfgang
Conference
2. International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR). Bonn, 2016
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Düsseldorf
Page/Pages
p. 9-16
ISBN
978-3-86336-917-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed