Strengthening youth participation in policy consulting
ConPolicy starts consulting project for the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The project 'Strengthening Youth Participation in BMEL Policy Consulting' aims to support the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) in raising its youth policy profile and strengthening consultative youth participation in policy consulting.
The 11-month project will start in September 2022 and will be implemented by ConPolicy – Institute for Consumer Policy and nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research. To ensure that the youth participation approach is effective and well manageable for BMEL's organizational units, this project is based on a mix of methods and stakeholder involvement. The project is implemented in two work steps - development of a concept as well as a manual.
Further information on the project can be found here.
Citizen Science project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Scientific publication on decluttering as household work and potentials for sustainable consumption published
In a newly published research article in the journal Frontiers in Sustainability, Viola Muster, Samira Iran and Marlene Münsch discuss the extent to which decluttering can contribute to sustainable consumption. After conceptually situating lifestyle minimalism and decluttering in the context of homemaking and self-care, potentials and limitations for promoting sustainable consumption are outlined. Initial empirical findings from the project are then presented.
More information about the project can be found here.
Event of the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration Rhineland-Palatinate
Invitation to the Consumer Protection at Noon event on the topic of 'Right to repair'
Current consumer policy topics are regularly discussed as part of the digital event series 'Consumer Protection at Noon' organized by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Family Affairs, Women, Culture and Integration with the support of ConPolicy. In the next event on Friday, September 23, from 12:00 to 13:00, experts will engage in conversation on the topic of 'Right to repair'.
It is not only at EU and federal level that the topic of 'reparability' is high on the political agenda. However, the concrete implementation and design of a 'right to repair' has many facets and challenges. Lack of financial resources, different responsibilities and viable concepts of how cooperation can work are just a few examples.
The virtual panel will include Katharina Binz (Consumer Protection Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate), Anna Cavazzini (European Parliament), Tom Hansing ('Runder Tisch Reparatur e.V.') Christoph Tochtrop (Wuppertal Institute), Elke Salzmann (Federation of German Consumer Organizations) and Werner Scholz (German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) e.V.). The event will be moderated by ConPolicy Managing Director Prof. Dr. Christian Thorun.
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