Main research areas
- Environmental and social sustainability
- Sustainable consumption
- Societal engagement for/with sustainability
Current research
My current project is situated in the cross-university programme MISTRA Sustainable Consumption. The aim of the project is to understand how sustainability is interpreted, used and communicated within initiatives aiming to influence or facilitate sustainable consumption patterns, specifically within tourism/leisure, as well as food.
My previous research has focused on community initiatives for waste reduction, alternative organisational formats for sustainability, and impacts of Covid-19 on sustainable travelling. I hold a PhD in environmental social science from University of East Anglia, UK.
Publications
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Exploring pandemic holiday practices: Meaning, experience and aspiration
Sara Skarp, Claire Hoolohan
(2024) Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 5
Journal articleA speculative conversation on climate change and sociology
Mikael Linnell, Sara Skarp, Lea Fuenfschilling, Mikael Klintman
(2023) Sociologisk Forskning, 60 p.401-410
Journal article (comment)Local initiatives and their chances to drive socioecological change: Social cooperatives on the Greek island of Samothraki
Sara Skarp, Stefanie Maria Wagner, Angelos Varvarousis, Panos Petridis
(2016) Sustainable Mediterranean , p.36-38
Report chapter
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sustainability, sustainable consumption, societal/community engagement for sustainability
Research project
MISTRA SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION: From niche to mainstream (Phases 1 & 2)