If you are interested in making a submission, please email us using enquiries [@] ethicaconsumer.org with the words Ethical Consumption review in the title. Please allow 14 days for us to respond.
Why Publish in the Ethical Consumer Review?
Dissemination on social media
Each article will be disseminated to our social media followers (Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn) if appropriate. We will also share the article in our weekly newsletter which has around 30,000 subscribers if we think it of interest to general consumers.
It always helps if you have your own or an institutional social media account (e.g. university department, organisation, etc) for copying in, and for you to share in your networks as well.
Occasionally, if we think piece might be of interested to our wider consumer readership, we might mention it in our bi-monthly print magazine Ethical Consumer.
Who is behind the ECR
Rob Harrison is currently editor of the ECR but he is receiving informal advice from JCE’s former editorial board which includes: Professor Deirdre Shaw, Dr Dan Welch and Dr Sarah Hall.
Between 2017 and 2020 Ethical Consumer trialled the idea of a formal academic journal called the Journal of Consumer Ethics.
It published four issues which are now archived here.
In 2020 Ethical Consumer decided to move to publishing shorter academic and technical articles directly on its site with less formal academic review.
Writing guidelines
Avoiding technical or specialist language where possible should help us communicate subjects more widely.
1. The word limit is 1,500 but we are happy to receive shorter articles from 750 words up to this limit.
2. We will need one-three illustrative images, graphics or photo (ideally in landscape and portrait) that are copyright enabled, with details of attribution. Or suggested themes for an image which we will find.
3. We will need a brief author bio including details of academic background or affiliations.
4. We will need a link to a/your webpage for further information.
5. References should be in the form of a hyperlink where possible.