Maurie Cohen
Maurie Cohen
Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
433 Cullimore Hall (CULM)
About Me
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and (joint appointment) the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Editor, Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Management Team Member, Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Editor, Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Management Team Member, Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
Education
Ph.D.; University of Pennsylvania; ; 1993
M.S.; Columbia University in the City of New York; ; 1987
B.S.; New York University; ; 1984
M.S.; Columbia University in the City of New York; ; 1987
B.S.; New York University; ; 1984
Office Hours
Tuesday 4-5:30pm
2024 Fall Courses
STS 301 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
STS 403 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
STS 303 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
STS 363 - SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363 - SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES - HONORS
STS 403 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
STS 303 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
STS 363 - SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363 - SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES - HONORS
Teaching Interests
Sustainability policy, environmental social science
Past Courses
ARCH 662: ST:ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STUDIES
EPS 202: SOCIETY TECHN & ENVIRONMNT HON
EPS 202: SOCIETY TECHN & ENVR - HONORS
EPS 202: SOCIETY, TECH & ENRONMNT-HONORS
EPS 202: SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMN
EPS 612: POLICY & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPS 622: SUSTAINABILITY POLITICS&POLICY
EPS 622: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EPS 698: SPECIAL TOPICS ENVIR POL
EPS 698: ST:
EPS 712: ADV STUDIES ENV&SUSTAINABILITY
HSS 408: STS SEM:SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL AUTOMATION
MIP 612: ENVIRONMT POLICY STUDIES
STS 308: TECH & GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
STS 308: TECH & GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HON
STS 325: ST:
STS 325: ST: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL AUTOMATION
STS 325: ST:SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL AUTOMATION
STS 363: INTRO SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363: INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITYSTUDIES
STS 363: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363: SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363: SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES - HONORS
STS 364: SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PRACTICE
STS 364: SUSTAINABILITY POLICY&PRACTICE
STS 364: SUSTAINABILITY POLICY&PRACTICE - HONORS
STS 490: PROJECT & SEMINAR I
STS 491: PROJECT & SEMINAR II
EPS 202: SOCIETY TECHN & ENVIRONMNT HON
EPS 202: SOCIETY TECHN & ENVR - HONORS
EPS 202: SOCIETY, TECH & ENRONMNT-HONORS
EPS 202: SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMN
EPS 612: POLICY & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPS 622: SUSTAINABILITY POLITICS&POLICY
EPS 622: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EPS 698: SPECIAL TOPICS ENVIR POL
EPS 698: ST:
EPS 712: ADV STUDIES ENV&SUSTAINABILITY
HSS 408: STS SEM:SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL AUTOMATION
MIP 612: ENVIRONMT POLICY STUDIES
STS 308: TECH & GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
STS 308: TECH & GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HON
STS 325: ST:
STS 325: ST: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL AUTOMATION
STS 325: ST:SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL AUTOMATION
STS 363: INTRO SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363: INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITYSTUDIES
STS 363: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363: SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
STS 363: SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES - HONORS
STS 364: SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PRACTICE
STS 364: SUSTAINABILITY POLICY&PRACTICE
STS 364: SUSTAINABILITY POLICY&PRACTICE - HONORS
STS 490: PROJECT & SEMINAR I
STS 491: PROJECT & SEMINAR II
Research Interests
Sustainable consumption, sustainable mobility, socio-technical transition management, new economics, future of work.
Chapter
Cohen, Maurie (2023). Realising Sustainable Consumption and Production, Lena Partzsch (Ed.), Policy Press. Bristol: Policy Press
Cohen, Maurie (2021). Is a Transition Beyond Consumer Society a Realistic Prospect?, V. Lunov and M. Lerpskiy (Eds.), European Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Odessa: European Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cohen, Maurie (2019). From Work-time Reduction to a Post-work Future: Implications for Sustainable Consumption Governance, Mont, Oksana (Eds.), Edward Elgar. (pp. 185-199). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie (2017). Workers--and Consumers--of the World Unite: Opportunities for Hybrid Cooperativism, Joseph Blasi, Carlo Borzaga, and Jonathan Michie (Eds.), Oxford University Press. (pp. 374-385). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cohen, Maurie (2017). Fourteen Responses to the Degowth Debate, Aaron Vansintjan (Ed.), Uneven Earth Press. (pp. 143-144). Brussels: Uneven Earth Press
Cohen, Maurie (2021). Is a Transition Beyond Consumer Society a Realistic Prospect?, V. Lunov and M. Lerpskiy (Eds.), European Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Odessa: European Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cohen, Maurie (2019). From Work-time Reduction to a Post-work Future: Implications for Sustainable Consumption Governance, Mont, Oksana (Eds.), Edward Elgar. (pp. 185-199). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie (2017). Workers--and Consumers--of the World Unite: Opportunities for Hybrid Cooperativism, Joseph Blasi, Carlo Borzaga, and Jonathan Michie (Eds.), Oxford University Press. (pp. 374-385). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cohen, Maurie (2017). Fourteen Responses to the Degowth Debate, Aaron Vansintjan (Ed.), Uneven Earth Press. (pp. 143-144). Brussels: Uneven Earth Press
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Cohen, Maurie (2015). Toward a Post-consumerist Future? Social Innovation in an Era of Fading Economic Growth, Lucia Resich and John Thogersen (Eds.), Edward Elgar. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie (2015). The Decline and Fall of Consumer Society? Implications for Theories of Modernization, Chuanqi He and Alberto Martinelli (Eds.), World Scientific Press. (pp. 33-45). London: World Scientific Press
Cohen, Maurie (2015). Supplementing the Conventional 3R Waste Hierarchy: Considering the Role of Carbon Rationing , Karin Ekstrom (Ed.), Routledge. (pp. 214-224). New York: Routledge
Cohen, Maurie The Relationship Between Science and Policy in the United States in Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development, Andre Martinuzzi, Gerd Scholl, and Michel Sedlacko (Eds.), Greenleaf. (pp. 5). Sheffield: Greenleaf
Cohen, Maurie (2014). Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspects, Maurie J. Cohen, H. Brown, and P. Vergragt (Eds.), Edward Elgar. (pp. 1-27). Northampton: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie (2010). (Un)sustainable Consumption and the Political Economy of Economic Growth, Karin Ekstrom and Kay Glans (Eds.), Beyond the Consumption Bubble. Routledge (New York/London): Beyond the Consumption Bubble
Cohen, Maurie, & Comrov, Aaron, & Hoffner, Brian (2010). The New Politics of Consumption: Promoting Sustainable Consumption in the American Marketplace, William Wiist (Ed.), Oxford University Press. (pp. 57-76). New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press
Spaargaren, Gert, & Cohen, Maurie (2009). "Greening Life Cycles and Life Styles" in The Ecological Modernization Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice, A. Mol, D. Sonnenfeld, and G. Spaargaren (Eds.), Routledge. (pp. 257-274). New York/London: Routledge
Cohen, Maurie (2015). The Decline and Fall of Consumer Society? Implications for Theories of Modernization, Chuanqi He and Alberto Martinelli (Eds.), World Scientific Press. (pp. 33-45). London: World Scientific Press
Cohen, Maurie (2015). Supplementing the Conventional 3R Waste Hierarchy: Considering the Role of Carbon Rationing , Karin Ekstrom (Ed.), Routledge. (pp. 214-224). New York: Routledge
Cohen, Maurie The Relationship Between Science and Policy in the United States in Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development, Andre Martinuzzi, Gerd Scholl, and Michel Sedlacko (Eds.), Greenleaf. (pp. 5). Sheffield: Greenleaf
Cohen, Maurie (2014). Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspects, Maurie J. Cohen, H. Brown, and P. Vergragt (Eds.), Edward Elgar. (pp. 1-27). Northampton: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie (2010). (Un)sustainable Consumption and the Political Economy of Economic Growth, Karin Ekstrom and Kay Glans (Eds.), Beyond the Consumption Bubble. Routledge (New York/London): Beyond the Consumption Bubble
Cohen, Maurie, & Comrov, Aaron, & Hoffner, Brian (2010). The New Politics of Consumption: Promoting Sustainable Consumption in the American Marketplace, William Wiist (Ed.), Oxford University Press. (pp. 57-76). New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press
Spaargaren, Gert, & Cohen, Maurie (2009). "Greening Life Cycles and Life Styles" in The Ecological Modernization Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice, A. Mol, D. Sonnenfeld, and G. Spaargaren (Eds.), Routledge. (pp. 257-274). New York/London: Routledge
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Journal Article
Sarkis, Joseph, & Dewick, Paul, & Cohen, Maurie, & Schroeder, Patrick (2022). Coordinating Circular and Degrowth Systems for Strong Sustainability. Amplify, 35(5), 26-31.
Dewick, Paul, & Bengtsson, Magnus, & Cohen, Maurie J, & Sarkis, Joseph, & Schroeder, Patrick (2020). Circular Economy Financing: Clear Winner or Risky Proposition? . Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(6), 1192-1200.
Sarkis, Joseph, & Cohen, Maurie, & Dewick, Paul, & Schroeder, Patrick (2020). A Brave New World: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Transitioning to Sustainable Supply and Production. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 159, 104894.
Cohen, Maurie (2020). New Conceptions of Sufficient Home Size in High-Income Countries: Are We Approaching a Sustainable Consumption Transition?. Housing, Theory, and Society, 38(2), 173-203.
Cohen, Maurie (2019). Introduction to the Special Section: Innovative Perspectives on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 15(1), 7.
Dewick, Paul, & Bengtsson, Magnus, & Cohen, Maurie J, & Sarkis, Joseph, & Schroeder, Patrick (2020). Circular Economy Financing: Clear Winner or Risky Proposition? . Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(6), 1192-1200.
Sarkis, Joseph, & Cohen, Maurie, & Dewick, Paul, & Schroeder, Patrick (2020). A Brave New World: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Transitioning to Sustainable Supply and Production. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 159, 104894.
Cohen, Maurie (2020). New Conceptions of Sufficient Home Size in High-Income Countries: Are We Approaching a Sustainable Consumption Transition?. Housing, Theory, and Society, 38(2), 173-203.
Cohen, Maurie (2019). Introduction to the Special Section: Innovative Perspectives on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 15(1), 7.
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Schroeder, Patrick, & Bengtsson, Magnus, & Cohen, Maurie, & Dewick, Paul, & Hofstetter, Joerg, & Sarkis, Joseph (2019). Degrowth Within: Aligning Circular Economy and Strong Sustainability Narratives. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling , 146, 190-191.
Brown, Halina, & Cohen, Maurie (2019). Climate-Governance Entrepreneurship, Higher-order Learning, and Sustainable Consumption: The Case of the State of Oregon, United States. Climate Policy, 19(6), 739-755.
Cohen, Maurie (2018). Reforming Local Public Finance to Reduce Resource Consumption: The Case for Graduated Property Taxation. Sustainability Science, 14(2), 289‒301.
Bengtsson, Magnus, & Alfredsson, Eva, & Cohen, Maurie, & Lorek, Sylvia, & Schroeder, Patrick (2018). Moving Beyond Resource Efficiency: Transforming Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science,
Cohen, Maurie (2017). Social Entrepreneurship Tackling Poverty in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. World Development Perspectives, 5, 24-26.
Cohen, Maurie (2016). Frontiers in Sustainable Consumption Research . GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, TBD,
Cohen, Maurie (2015). Eugene Memorandum: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Consumption. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 11(1), 1-4.
(2014). Anticipating Post-automobility: Design Policies for Fostering Urban Mobility Transitions. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Early View,
Cohen, Maurie (2013). Collective Dissonance and the Transition to Post-consumerism. Futures, 52, 42-51.
Cohen, Maurie (2012). Transitioning to a Postconsumerist Future. Green European Journal, 3(1),
Cohen, Maurie (2012). The Future of Automobile Society; A Socio-Technical Transitions Perspective. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 24(4), 377-390.
Cohen, Maurie, & Brown, Halina S. , & Vergragt, Philip J. (2010). Individual Consumption and Systemic Societal Transformation: Introduction to the Special Issue. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 6(2), 6-12.
Cohen, Maurie (2010). Destination Unknown: Pursuing Sustainable Mobility in the Face of Rival Societal Aspirations. Research Policy (Elsevier), 39(4), 459-470.
Cohen, Maurie (2010). Is the UK Preparing for ‘War’? Military Metaphors, Personal Carbon Allowances, and Consumption Rationing in Historical Perspective. Climatic Change (Springer Netherlands), Online First,
Cohen, Maurie (2010). Editorial: Sustainable Consumption and Production (Introduction to Speical Issue). Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), 14(1), 1-3.
Tukker, Arnold, & Cohen, Maurie, & Hubacek, Klaus, & Mont, Oksana (2010). The Impacts of Household Consumption and Options for Change. Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), 14(1), 13-30.
Cohen, Maurie (2010). The International Political Economy of (Un)sustainable Consumption and the Global Financial Collapse. Environmental Politics (Taylor and Francis), 19(1), 108-127.
Cohen, Maurie (2009). Transition Management, Sustainable Systems Innovation, and the Challenge of Countervailing Trends: The Case of Personal Aeromobility. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 21(2), 249-265.
Brown, Halina, & Cohen, Maurie (2019). Climate-Governance Entrepreneurship, Higher-order Learning, and Sustainable Consumption: The Case of the State of Oregon, United States. Climate Policy, 19(6), 739-755.
Cohen, Maurie (2018). Reforming Local Public Finance to Reduce Resource Consumption: The Case for Graduated Property Taxation. Sustainability Science, 14(2), 289‒301.
Bengtsson, Magnus, & Alfredsson, Eva, & Cohen, Maurie, & Lorek, Sylvia, & Schroeder, Patrick (2018). Moving Beyond Resource Efficiency: Transforming Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science,
Cohen, Maurie (2017). Social Entrepreneurship Tackling Poverty in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. World Development Perspectives, 5, 24-26.
Cohen, Maurie (2016). Frontiers in Sustainable Consumption Research . GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, TBD,
Cohen, Maurie (2015). Eugene Memorandum: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Consumption. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 11(1), 1-4.
(2014). Anticipating Post-automobility: Design Policies for Fostering Urban Mobility Transitions. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Early View,
Cohen, Maurie (2013). Collective Dissonance and the Transition to Post-consumerism. Futures, 52, 42-51.
Cohen, Maurie (2012). Transitioning to a Postconsumerist Future. Green European Journal, 3(1),
Cohen, Maurie (2012). The Future of Automobile Society; A Socio-Technical Transitions Perspective. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 24(4), 377-390.
Cohen, Maurie, & Brown, Halina S. , & Vergragt, Philip J. (2010). Individual Consumption and Systemic Societal Transformation: Introduction to the Special Issue. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 6(2), 6-12.
Cohen, Maurie (2010). Destination Unknown: Pursuing Sustainable Mobility in the Face of Rival Societal Aspirations. Research Policy (Elsevier), 39(4), 459-470.
Cohen, Maurie (2010). Is the UK Preparing for ‘War’? Military Metaphors, Personal Carbon Allowances, and Consumption Rationing in Historical Perspective. Climatic Change (Springer Netherlands), Online First,
Cohen, Maurie (2010). Editorial: Sustainable Consumption and Production (Introduction to Speical Issue). Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), 14(1), 1-3.
Tukker, Arnold, & Cohen, Maurie, & Hubacek, Klaus, & Mont, Oksana (2010). The Impacts of Household Consumption and Options for Change. Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), 14(1), 13-30.
Cohen, Maurie (2010). The International Political Economy of (Un)sustainable Consumption and the Global Financial Collapse. Environmental Politics (Taylor and Francis), 19(1), 108-127.
Cohen, Maurie (2009). Transition Management, Sustainable Systems Innovation, and the Challenge of Countervailing Trends: The Case of Personal Aeromobility. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 21(2), 249-265.
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Book
Cohen, Maurie (2020). Short Introductions: Sustainability. Cambridge: Polity Press
Cohen, Maurie (2017). The Coming of Post-consumer Society: Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications. London: Routledge
Cohen, Maurie (2016). The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cohen, Maurie (2013). Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-technical Innovations, and Social Practices. Northampton, MA/Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie, & Murphy, Joseph (2001). Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences. New York: Elsevier
Cohen, Maurie (1999). Risk in the Modern Age: Social Theory, Science, and Environmental Decision-Making. New York: St. Martin's Press
Picou, J. Steven, & Gill, Duane A. , & Cohen, Maurie (1997). The Exxon Valdez Disaster: Readings on a Modern Social Problem. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt
Cohen, Maurie (2017). The Coming of Post-consumer Society: Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications. London: Routledge
Cohen, Maurie (2016). The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cohen, Maurie (2013). Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-technical Innovations, and Social Practices. Northampton, MA/Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
Cohen, Maurie, & Murphy, Joseph (2001). Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences. New York: Elsevier
Cohen, Maurie (1999). Risk in the Modern Age: Social Theory, Science, and Environmental Decision-Making. New York: St. Martin's Press
Picou, J. Steven, & Gill, Duane A. , & Cohen, Maurie (1997). The Exxon Valdez Disaster: Readings on a Modern Social Problem. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt
Other
COVID-19 as a Catalyst for a Sustainability Transition
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy , December 2020
Routledge Series on Sustainable Consumption
Routledge, August 2015
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy , December 2020
Routledge Series on Sustainable Consumption
Routledge, August 2015
Monograph
Putting Sustainable Consumption into Practice: Applications and Advances in Social Practice Theories
Edward Elgar, June 2015
Edward Elgar, June 2015
Book Review
Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are: by Rob Walker
Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), February 2010
Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), February 2010