Understanding of consumers’ behaviours towards ecodesigned products and services

This document provides an overview of a thesis aiming to understand consumers' behaviours towards ecodesigned products and services. After relevance and contribution of the thesis are discussed, a short literature review is performed. Contributions of scientific community about notions of consumer, sustainable development, strong sustainability and ecodesign as well as their interrelationships are exposed to better understand consumer's implications in sustainable development and ecodesign approaches. Then, the qualitative methodology followed in the early stages of the thesis, consisting in group meetings for an exploratory study; as well as the methodology planned for experts' interviews, participatory observation and individual and group interviews are addressed. Finally, a model details expected empirical results of the research