TCR Digital Outreach Committee

We are honored to announce the Dr. Hilary Downey Memorial Poetry Award, a one-time award honoring Hilary’s legacy as a beloved scholar, friend, and poet in celebration of her life and contributions to the field. The competition is open to faculty and doctoral students worldwide. We invite original poems related to consumption, Transformative Consumer Research, consumer vulnerability, social justice, or consumer well-being. Three awards will be presented at the 2027 Transformative Consumer...

In recognition of the global excitement surrounding the World Cup, we feature the article by Yuhei Inoue, Mikihiro Sato, Steve Swanson, Daniel Lock, James Du, and Daniel C. Funk, “Psychosocial resources linking consumer identification and social well-being: Integrating the social identity approach with transformative service research,” published in the Journal of Business Research. In the spirit of TCR’s newsletter, Yuhei reflects on the backstory of this article, explaining how the project...

Karen Middleton, University of Portsmouth, UK AdRegulationJA@gmail.com Kristina Auxtova, University of Edinburgh Business School, Scotland Lauren Gurrieri, RMIT University, Australia Sean Sands, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Deadline: July 31, 2026 Call link Advertising regulation is becoming increasingly important as governments, industry bodies and international organizations respond to mounting concerns over online harms, misinformation, sustainability, and consumer...