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General Description Sustainable Food Practices   A systemic analysis of Luxembourg’s dynamic foodscape Contemporary food systems in developed countries have proven to be largely unsustainable: apart from providing food security and food safety to their national populations, they entail considerable negative environmental and health externalities, fail to address rural poverty throughout the world and create … Continued

General Description   The research project Sustainable Food Practices aims to strengthen sustainable perceptions and practices within the foodscape, with a particular sensitivity for social inequalities and everyday subjectivations. We undertake a deep analysis Luxembourg’s food system and its current transitions to discover the challenges and opportunities within governance, production, retail and consumption. We adopt … Continued

Team Profile Sophie Margue   I studied media and communication design (BA) at the MHMK in Munich and focused on photography during my studies (MA) at the Masterstudio Design HGK in Basel. After my studies, I worked in many different fields - as a junior art director in a premium branding agency in Paris, a … Continued

Team Profile Anna Caitriona Pax   While pursuing my Bachelor degree in Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, and Master of Anthropology of Food at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London), my passion for sustainable food and its essential role in tackling both environmental and social issues were nurtured … Continued

Team Profile Sylvie Nicolay-Hoffmann   After having worked many years in the financial sector, I was looking for a new challenge. In 2017, I successfully completed the “Formation Continue Lëtzebuerger Sprooch a Kultur” (the focus lying on Luxembourgish as a foreign language) and after my training, I started carrying out transcription tasks of sociological interviews … Continued

Team Profile Ariane Fragnon   I followed a multidisciplinary study program between Paris and Leipzig, focusing on humanities, as well as on management and sustainable development. I am currently preparing a doctoral thesis in sociology, under the supervision of Dr. Rachel Reckinger. My research focuses on the analysis of the Interreg AROMA project (Cross-Border Organisation … Continued

Team Profile Dr. Helena Korjonen   I studied International Studies (BSc Hons) with emphasis on Geography and European studies, followed by Library, Archives and Information Studies (MA University College London). I completed a cross-disciplinary PhD (University College London) examining the information dissemination in clinical trials and making recommendations to improve transparency. I have worked on … Continued

Team Profile Dr. Diane Kapgen   I studied African Development Studies in Geography, and Culture and Society in Africa at the University of Bayreuth. I obtained my Master in Population and Development Sciences at the University of Brussels, which provided me with a combined geography, anthropology, sociology, and agricultural sciences background. For my PhD research, … Continued