Ethical and Sustainable Consumption An increasing proportion of the population say they care about sustainable and ethical issues. The number of shoppers translating this to ethical purchases in the UK has grown rapidly in the last decade – in 2018, Ethical Consumer valued the UK ethical market at over £83bn. Our research in this area … Read more
Do only affluent consumers buy green labelled products? Combining sales and demographic data can provide better insight into consumer behaviour. The current evidence on consumer buying behaviour and sustainability issues relies on attitudinal, self-reported or national sales data. This is often not close enough to real behaviour nor helpful at a company level. With access … Read more
Tackling Food Waste with Asda It is estimated that one-third of edible food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally each year. In the UK, food waste derived from households accounts for 7.3 million tonnes of total food and drink wasted annually. UK households throw away approximately a third of the food they … Read more
Retail Analysing retail consumer data can help us to better understand the industry in terms of business resilience, customer mobility and changing buying habits. Our researchers work in collaboration with leading retailers to produce a highly detailed picture of patterns of consumer behaviour that is relevant to businesses, academia and wider society. Improving access to … Read more
Senior Management Team Professor Mark Birkin Director & Principal Investigator (Leeds) E: m.h.birkin@leeds.ac.uk Professor Paul Longley Director & Principal Investigator (UCL/Liverpool/Oxford) E: p.longley@ucl.ac.uk Professor James Cheshire Deputy Director & Co-Investigator (UCL) E: james.cheshire@ucl.ac.uk Professor Nik Lomax Co-Director & Co-Investigator (Leeds) E: N.M.Lomax@leeds.ac.uk Professor Ed Manley Co-Director & Co-Investigator (Leeds) E: E.J.Manley@leeds.ac.uk Dr Jonathan Reynolds Deputy … Read more
After the 22nd February Tableau Workshop, hosted by the CDRC at Leeds, we invited Dr Phani Kumar Chintakayala to share his perspective on the training and Tableau version 10.3 … “It was back in 2015 that I first heard about Tableau visualization software – it was version 9.0 at this point, and I tried out … Read more
The Waterloo Institute for Complexity & Innovation (WICI) has announced the theme of this year’s Specialist Conference: “Modelling complex urban environments”. The conference takes place on the 21st-22nd July 2018 at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) with the intention of bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines with experience and interest in modelling complex environments, … Read more
The 13th annual Corporate Responsibility & Research Conference takes place on the 11th-12th September 2018 with the theme “Engaging Business and Consumers for Sustainable Change”. The conference is being hosted by the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) and Business and Organisations for Sustainable Societies research group (BOSS) at the University of Leeds and promises a rigorously dynamic environment … Read more
Two papers on food waste by Professor William Young, Co-Investigator of the Consumer Data Research Centre, were among the most downloaded from Resources, Conservation and Recycling Journal at the end of 2017, suggesting a renewed interest in issues surrounding sustainability and responsible consumption among food industry customers. The result of a collaboration with supermarket giant Asda … Read more
It is estimated that one-third of edible food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally each year. In the UK, food waste derived from households accounts for 7.3 million tonnes of total food and drink wasted annually. UK households throw away approximately a third of the food they purchase for consumption. In a … Read more