Consumer Culture Researcher and Marketing Academic
Assistant Professor
of Marketing
Radboud University
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
PhD in Marketing
The University of
Melbourne
🇦🇺 Australia
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I note which have been published open access.
These are free to download without a university or library account.
Featured Publications
Further Publications
Selected Recent
Focused Forum Panel
“Charting the Past, Present, and Futures of Epistemic (In)Justice in CCT”
Chairs: Ai Ming Chow, Paolo Franco, and Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani
Discussants: Roua Alhanouti, Samuelson Appau, Tonya Williams Bradford, Angela Cruz, Yannick Gibson, Andrew Lindridge, Marian Makkar, Yuko Minowa, Ateeq Abdul Rauf, Pilar Rojas Gaviria
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan, July 2026
Paolo Franco, Adam Slobodzian, Amber Epp, and Tandy Thomas
“Shhhh!-arenting Practices: How Parents Manage Online Sharing Tensions”
Special Session: Reimagining Family Practices: Navigating Tensions, Expectations, and Market Chaos
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom, June 2025
Marcus Phipps and Paolo Franco
“Same but Different: The Legitimacy Paradox of Affordable Housing”
Special Session: Navigating the Precarious Access and Stability of Affordable Housing
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom, June 2025
Tom van Laer and Paolo Franco
“Generational Story Wars: A Cultural Discourse Analysis of Narrative Identity Work in Participatory Culture”
Working Paper
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom, June 2025
Paolo Franco, Paul Driessen, Marleen Hermans, and Csilla Horváth
“The (De)Romanticized Multiplicity of Local Food”
Competitive Paper
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
🇺🇸 San Diego, United States, July 2024
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