Maurie Cohen
Chair, Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts
- maurie.cohen@njit.edu
- 973-596-5281
- 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
Office Hours
Tuesday 4-5:30pm
2026 Fall Courses
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
Research Interests
Sustainable consumption, sustainable mobility, socio-technical transition management, new economics, future of work.
Journal Article
Maurie Cohen. 2025. "Editorial: Will the Trump Tariffs Accelerate the Transition to a Post-Consumer Society? (2)." Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 2496095.
Maurie Cohen. 2025. "Editorial: Will the Trump Tariffs Accelerate the Transition to a Post-Consumer Society? (1)." Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 2492495.
Joseph Sarkis, Paul Dewick, Maurie Cohen, Patrick Schroeder. 2022. "Coordinating Circular and Degrowth Systems for Strong Sustainability." Amplify, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 26-31.
Paul Dewick, Magnus Bengtsson, Maurie J Cohen, Joseph Sarkis, Patrick Schroeder. 2020. "Circular Economy Financing: Clear Winner or Risky Proposition? ." Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1192-1200.
Joseph Sarkis, Maurie Cohen, Paul Dewick, Patrick Schroeder. 2020. "A Brave New World: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Transitioning to Sustainable Supply and Production." Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, vol. 159, pp. 104894.
Maurie Cohen. 2020. "New Conceptions of Sufficient Home Size in High-Income Countries: Are We Approaching a Sustainable Consumption Transition?." Housing, Theory, and Society, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 173-203.
Maurie Cohen. 2019. "Introduction to the Special Section: Innovative Perspectives on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production." Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 7.
Patrick Schröder, Magnus Bengtsson, Maurie Cohen, Paul Dewick, Joerg Hofstetter, Joseph Sarkis. 2019. "Degrowth within – Aligning circular economy and strong sustainability narratives." Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 146, pp. 190-191.
Halina Brown, Maurie Cohen. 2019. "Climate-Governance Entrepreneurship, Higher-order Learning, and Sustainable Consumption: The Case of the State of Oregon, United States." Climate Policy, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 739-755.
Magnus Bengtsson, Eva Alfredsson, Maurie Cohen, Sylvia Lorek, Patrick Schroeder. 2018. "Transforming systems of consumption and production for achieving the sustainable development goals: moving beyond efficiency." Sustainability Science, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1533-1547.
Maurie Cohen. 2018. "Reforming Local Public Finance to Reduce Resource Consumption: The Case for Graduated Property Taxation." Sustainability Science, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 289‒301.
Magnus Bengtsson, Eva Alfredsson, Maurie Cohen, Sylvia Lorek, Patrick Schroeder. 2018. " Moving Beyond Resource Efficiency: Transforming Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability Science.
Maurie Cohen, Said Ahmad Maisam Najafizada University of Ottawa . 2017. "Social Entrepreneurship Tackling Poverty in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan." World Development Perspectives, vol. 5, pp. 24-26.
Maurie Cohen. 2016. "Frontiers in Sustainable Consumption Research ." GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, vol. TBD.
Maurie Cohen. 2015. "Eugene Memorandum: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Consumption." Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-4.
Zipori Esther . 2014. "Anticipating Post-automobility: Design Policies for Fostering Urban Mobility Transitions." International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, vol. Early View.
Maurie Cohen. 2013. "Collective Dissonance and the Transition to Post-consumerism." Futures, vol. 52, pp. 42-51.
Maurie Cohen. 2012. "Transitioning to a Postconsumerist Future." Green European Journal, vol. 3, no. 1.
Maurie Cohen. 2012. "The Future of Automobile Society; A Socio-Technical Transitions Perspective." Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 377-390.
Maurie Cohen, Halina S. Brown, Philip J. Vergragt. 2010. "Individual Consumption and Systemic Societal Transformation: Introduction to the Special Issue." Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 6-12.
Maurie Cohen. 2010. "Destination Unknown: Pursuing Sustainable Mobility in the Face of Rival Societal Aspirations." Research Policy (Elsevier), vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 459-470.
Maurie Cohen. 2010. "Is the UK Preparing for ‘War’? Military Metaphors, Personal Carbon Allowances, and Consumption Rationing in Historical Perspective." Climatic Change (Springer Netherlands), vol. Online First.
Maurie Cohen. 2010. "Editorial: Sustainable Consumption and Production (Introduction to Speical Issue)." Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-3.
Arnold Tukker, Maurie Cohen, Klaus Hubacek, Oksana Mont. 2010. "The Impacts of Household Consumption and Options for Change." Journal of Industrial Ecology (Wiley), vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 13-30.
Maurie Cohen. 2010. "The International Political Economy of (Un)sustainable Consumption and the Global Financial Collapse." Environmental Politics (Taylor and Francis), vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 108-127.
Maurie Cohen. 2009. "Transition Management, Sustainable Systems Innovation, and the Challenge of Countervailing Trends: The Case of Personal Aeromobility." Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 249-265.
Maurie Cohen. 1996. "Book Review: A New Species of Trouble: Explorations in Disaster, Trauma, and Community." Environmental Values, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 276-278.
Conference Proceeding
"Carbon Reduction and Housing Affordability: A Case Study of a Typical House from Northern New Jersey"
ACSA Press, 2023.
ACSA Press, 2023.
Chapter
Sylvia Lorek, Maurie Cohen, Eva Alfredsson. "Realizing Sustainable Consumption and Production." "The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance," pp. 246-263. Bristol University Press, 2023.
Maurie Cohen. "Is a Transition Beyond Consumer Society a Realistic Prospect?." In V. Lunov and M. Lerpskiy, eds., "Real Life and Real Economics," European Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2021.
Maurie Cohen. "From Work-time Reduction to a Post-work Future: Implications for Sustainable Consumption Governance." In Mont, Oksana, eds., pp. 185-199. Edward Elgar, 2019.
Maurie Cohen. "The relationship between science and policy in the United States." "Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development," pp. 78-83. Routledge, 2017.
Maurie Cohen. "Workers--and Consumers--of the World Unite: Opportunities for Hybrid Cooperativism." In Joseph Blasi, Carlo Borzaga, and Jonathan Michie, eds., pp. 374-385. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Maurie Cohen. "Fourteen Responses to the Degowth Debate." In Aaron Vansintjan, eds., pp. 143-144. Uneven Earth Press, 2017.
Maurie Cohen. "Toward a Post-consumerist Future? Social Innovation in an Era of Fading Economic Growth." In Lucia Resich and John Thogersen, eds., Edward Elgar, 2015.
Maurie Cohen. "The Decline and Fall of Consumer Society? Implications for Theories of Modernization." In Chuanqi He and Alberto Martinelli, eds., pp. 33-45. World Scientific Press, 2015.
Maurie Cohen. "Supplementing the Conventional 3R Waste Hierarchy: Considering the Role of Carbon Rationing ." In Karin Ekstrom, eds., pp. 214-224. Routledge, 2015.
Maurie Cohen. "The Relationship Between Science and Policy in the United States in Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development." In Andre Martinuzzi, Gerd Scholl, and Michel Sedlacko, eds., pp. 5. Greenleaf,
Maurie Cohen. "Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspects." In Maurie J. Cohen, H. Brown, and P. Vergragt, eds., pp. 1-27. Edward Elgar, 2014.
Maurie Cohen. "(Un)sustainable Consumption and the Political Economy of Economic Growth." In Karin Ekstrom and Kay Glans, eds., Beyond the Consumption Bubble, 2010.
Maurie Cohen, Aaron Comrov, Brian Hoffner. "The New Politics of Consumption: Promoting Sustainable Consumption in the American Marketplace." In William Wiist, eds., pp. 57-76. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Gert Spaargaren, Maurie Cohen. ""Greening Life Cycles and Life Styles" in The Ecological Modernization Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice." In A. Mol, D. Sonnenfeld, and G. Spaargaren, eds., pp. 257-274. Routledge, 2009.
Maurie Cohen. "Evidence of a New Environmental Ethic: Assessing the Trend towards Investor and Consumer Activism." "The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance," pp. 111-140. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1998.
Book
Maurie Cohen. "Short Introductions: Sustainability." 183 pp. Polity Press, 2020. ISBN 9781509540310.
Maurie Cohen. "The Coming of Post-consumer Society: Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications." TBD pp. Routledge, 2017.
Maurie Cohen. "The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy." 216 pp. Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780198768555.
Maurie Cohen. "Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-technical Innovations, and Social Practices." 280 pp. Edward Elgar, 2013. ISBN 978 1 78100 125 7.
Maurie Cohen, Joseph Murphy. "Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences." 262 pp. Elsevier, 2001. ISBN 978-0-08-043920-4.
Maurie Cohen. "Risk in the Modern Age: Social Theory, Science, and Environmental Decision-Making." 282 pp. St. Martin's Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-312-22216-1.
J. Steven Picou, Duane A. Gill, Maurie Cohen. "The Exxon Valdez Disaster: Readings on a Modern Social Problem." Kendall-Hunt, 1997. ISBN 0787230367.
Other
"COVID-19 as a Catalyst for a Sustainability Transition"
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy , December, 2020.
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy , December, 2020.
"Routledge Series on Sustainable Consumption"
Routledge, August, 2015.
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.