Contemporary Collaborative Consumption

Isabel Cruz, Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto.Rafaela Ganga, Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.Stefan Wahlen, Assistant Professor for "Consumption Governance" at the Sociology of Consumption and Households group at Wageningen University.

• Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms.- Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms.- “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organization.- Riding free-riders? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy.- The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project.-Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy.- Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit.