Our History
20 Years of research, debate and dialogue
Retrospective
Since 2004, the Child and Teen Consumption (CTC) conference has convened biannually to address the issues, theories, research methods and practices of children and teens in relation to the consumer cultures they inhabit and co-construct. Previously held in Scandinavia, France, Italy and Scotland, CTC 2020 is being hosted by the Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, PA, USA. CTC brings scholars, practitioners and industry members together to investigate the variety of ways that commercial goods, media and new marketing technologies impact the lives of young people. The conference strives to incite dialogue and debate to yield new insights regarding the complex interactions between child and teen consumption practices, youth industries, government bodies and social action.
2020 9th International Conference (Cancelled)
Inequality and Identity in Consumer Markets, Media and Industries Rutgers, Candem College of Arts and Sciences, The State University of New Jersey, USA
2018 8th International Conference
Youth and the Creative Industries CEPE-University of Poitiers, Angoulême, France
2016 7th International Conference
Cultural Contexts, Relations and Practices Aalborg University, Denmark
2014 - 6th International Conference
Being, Becoming and Belonging University of Edinburgh Business School, United Kingdom
2012 5th International Conference
Food Consumption Communication, Life Styles and Fashion University of Milan, Italy
2010 4th International Conference
Interdisciplinary, theory and practice Linköping University, Sweden
2008 - 3rd International Conference
On Pluridisciplinary Perspectives on Child and Teen Consumption Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway
2006 - 2nd International Conference
On Pluridisciplinary Perspectives on Child and Teen Consumption Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2004 - 1st International Conference
On Pluridisciplinary Perspectives on Child and Teen Consumption CEPE-University of Poitiers, Angoulême, France