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• Conventions, cleanliness and resource consumption in everyday life
• Pufendorf ASG: How Evidence Based Practices Handle Conflicting Knowledge: the Case of Hormonal Contraceptives (CON-X) (research leader)

Main research or teaching areas:

• Sustainability
• Social practices
• Consumption

Current research and teaching:

I’m investigating why cleanliness expectations are increasing despite our raising awareness of the imperative to save water and energy. To do this I’m using domestic water and energy consumption, time use surveys, observations and interviews. This distinctly multimodal approach has piqued my interest in best methods for observing social phenomena. Subjects I’m involved in teaching include Research Methods, Sustainable Fashion and Managing Sustainability, Society and Collective Behaviour.

Books (1)

• Jack, T. (2018). Negotiating Conventions : cleanliness, sustainability and everyday life. Lund Dissertations in Sociology. Lund University. Dissertation.
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Articles (8)

• Jack, T. (2020). Sovereign dupes? Representations, conventions and (un)sustainable consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture. SAGE Publications.
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• Browne, A. L., Jack, T. & Hitchings, R. (2019). ‘Already existing’ sustainability experiments : Lessons on water demand, cleanliness practices and climate adaptation from the UK camping music festival. Geoforum, 103, 16-25. Elsevier.
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• Jack, T. (2018). Representations – A critical look at media’s role in cleanliness conventions and inconspicuous consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture. SAGE Publications.
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• Jack, T., Hitchings, R. & Browne, A. (2018). Should there be more showers at the summer music festival? : Studying the contextual dependence of resource consuming conventions and lessons for sustainable tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26, 496-514. Routledge.
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• Jack, T. (2017). Cleanliness and consumption : exploring material and social structuring of domestic cleaning practices. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 41, 70-78. Wiley-Blackwell.
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• Jack, T. (2013). Laundry routine and resource consumption in Australia. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 37, 667-674. Wiley-Blackwell.
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• Jack, T. (2013). Nobody was dirty: Cultural exhibitions as societal transition tools. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 7, 70-72. Elsevier.
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• Jack, T. (2013). Nobody was Dirty: disrupting inconspicuous consumption in laundry routines. Journal of Consumer Culture, 13, 406-421. SAGE Publications.
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Book chapters (1)

• Jack, T. (2013). Fashioning use: A polemic to provoke pro-environmental garment maintenance. In Gardetti, M. A. & Torres, A. L. (Eds.) Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles (pp. 127-133), 1. Greenleaf Publishing Ltd.
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Newspaper articles (1)

• Adman, P., Alvesson, M., Andersson, E., Barmark, M. M., Brink, E., Busch, H., Carton, W., Clough, Y., Djurfeldt, G., Gabrielsson, S., Gren, N., Guldåker, N., Hedlund, A., Hornborg, A., Isaksson, E., Islar, M., Jack, T., Johansson, B.-M., Kjellberg, A., Knaggård, Å., Krause, T., Larsson, M., Malm, A., Rydström, H., Ramasar, V., Roos, A., Rubenson, S., Rypi, A., Schmitt, I., Steen, K., Stripple, J., Thoni, T., Takedomi Karlsson, M., Thorén, H., Wahl, D., Wamsler, C., Wemrell, M. & Österman, M. (2019). 171 forskare: ”Vi vuxna bör också klimatprotestera”. Dagens nyheter (DN debatt).
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