Daniel Fischer

I am Associate Professor for Consumer Communication and Sustainability at the Strategic Communication Group (COM) at Wageningen University and Research. In my research and teaching, I explore how more sustainable ways of living and consuming can be facilitated through communication and learning. I use inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to understand how consumption patterns evolve and change over time and in different cultural settings, and what role communication processes play in this.

My strong interest is in intervention research. In recent research projects I studied how innovative practices like mindfulness, storytelling, or citizen science can disrupt consumption routines and increase reflexivity in individuals. My work in Sustainable Consumption Communication aims, in an educational tradition, to empower people to re-shape their relationships with the consumer societies into which they have been born, encultured and socialized in the industrialized world.

Recent blog posts featuring Daniel

Mindfulness as self-confirmation?

In a new paper in the Journal of Environmental Education, SuCo2’s Pascal Frank and Daniel…

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Writing a research proposal

Writing a research proposal can be a daunting task for students. To help with that, SuCo2 has created a new document that provides a rough structure with some guidelines on what to write in the different parts of the proposal. Students will also find in it some pieces of advice that we share based on our experience.

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Pluralism beyond relativism in sustainability education

How do we ensure pluralism, but avoid relativism in thinking about sustainable futures in sustainability education? In a recent blog post, Jordan King, Daniel Fischer and Molly Cashion summarize key insights from a session facilitated at the CIES 2021 conference on those questions.

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