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Research

Engaging in interdisciplinary research projects during and after my doctoral studies, my primary focus has been on exploring various aspects of retail and consumption within the context of the service society, from a sociocultural perspective. During these investigations, I have particularly recognized the significance of the dimensions of temporality, spatiality, materiality, and sensoriality, establishing mutually constitutive interrelationships with consumption practices. Employing a Practice Theory perspective, often combined with Actor Network Theory, Affect Theory, Phenomenology, and Feminist Theory, and utilizing visual ethnographic methods, I have conceptualized and empirically examined how retail, consumption, and service practices, in alliance with various technologies and devices, influence society, cities, and the environment at large, leading to the emergence and maintenance of interpersonal relations, commonalities, distinctions, tensions, cultural identities, and inequalities.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

UKÄ subject classification

  • Social Sciences

Free keywords

  • Consumer Research
  • Consumption Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Migrant Entrepreneurship
  • Visual Anthropology
  • Retail Geography
  • Practice Theory
  • Video Ethnography

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