I: Key Addresses, Ageing, Children, Competition, Culture, Technology
II: Finance, Design, Family, Food, Housing,
III: Inequality, Politics, Sustainability, Innovation
IV: Ombudsman session, Special sessions, Roundtable

(Collection of special session papers, 0.5 MB)

Consumer Ombudsman Session

Conveners:
Anette Arveståhl, Head of Division, Swedish Consumer Agency
Bjørn Erik Thon, Norwegian Consumer Ombud
Gisli Tryggvason, Consumer Spokesman, Iceland
Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, Danish Consumer Ombudsman

Overview of the session

Roundtable: Nordic consumer culture? Towards a research agenda

Conveners:
Søren Askegaard, University of Southern Denmark
Dannie Kjeldgaard, University of Southern Denmark
Jacob Östberg, Stockholm University

Overview of the roundtable

Special Session: European Consumer Policies Against Childhood Obesity

Conveners:
Professor Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark
Professor Suzanne C. Beckmann, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark

Overview of the session

Beckmann, Suzanne C. (CBS), Katharina M. Keimer (BIPS) & Lucia A. Reisch (CBS): Food Based Dietary Guidelines: National differences and the challenges of developing a standardised European guideline

Billaux, Cecile (European Commission, DG SANCO, Brussels): Childhood obesity – we have the policies but do we have effective monitoring?

Grunert, Klaus (Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University (MAPP)): The role of nutrition labelling – a useful tool for consumer information?

Sjöström, Michael (Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm), Jonatan Ruiz, Fran Ortega, Toomas Veidebaum & Luis Moreno: Physical Activity, Fitness and Obesity in Childhood; Policy implications of the EU-projects HELENA and ALPHA

Special Session: Current Aspects of European Consumer Policy

Conveners:
Prof. Dr. Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Dipl. soc. oec. Sabine Bietz, University of Calw, Germany

Overview of the session

Jain, Angela, Lucia A. Reisch, Martin Schielfelbusch, Alexander Schulz & Dennis Tänzler: Sustainability as a consumer policy goal – results from an international study

Kyriacou, Akis: Evidence-based policy: Measuring consumer preferences, satisfaction and detriment

Raijas, Anu: Consumers’ subjective views of well-being (abstract also available)