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Public Outreach To the young people of Fridays for Future: Science supports you!   Statement of scientists at the University of Luxembourg   22nd May 2019 The signatories, scientists at the University of Luxembourg have expressed their written support to the young people of Fridays for Future. Scientific evidence shows: The human impact on climate … Continued

Lectures "Analysis of the sustainability transition in Luxembourg’s foodscape. How the creation of infographics allows for the depiction of systemic complexity"   11th May 2021  The Sustainable Food Practices team gave a lecture as part of the Science and citizens meet challenges of sustainability (SCCS) course at the University of Luxembourg. The topics is ‘Analysis of the sustainability transition in Luxembourg’s foodscape. … Continued

Research Projects Regional Quality Canteens   The Interreg project AROMA is an innovative cross-border food supply project in the Greater Region, focussing on proximity distribution circuits. The project is intended for buyers of out-of-home catering. Twenty partners from the provinces of Luxembourg (B), Rhineland-Palatinate, Sarre (D), Lorraine (F), and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (L) are … Continued

Research Projects Sustainable Shopping App - Goodness Groceries!   To see the project home page click here The Sustainable Food Practices team has been working with specialists in the University IT services (SIU) team, in a collaboration with the supermarket chain Pall Center, on an experimental and transdisciplinary project. The objective of the project is to … Continued

Research Projects Clarifying Food Labels   Food assurance labels provide consumers and buyers in public procurement with information about the product and the conditions under which it was produced, which may be environmental, socioeconomic or technical; for example geographic origin, product quality, animal welfare, ingredients etc. Consumers and buyers make food choices according to their … Continued

Research Projects Click on the image to download it © Reckinger, R., Kapgen, D., Korjonen, M.H., Pax, A., Margue, S., Food System Synopsis - The foodscape in Luxembourg, University of Luxembourg 2022 (IG1-v.A) Visualising Foodscapes   In this project we are creating infographics to map the existing foodscape in Luxembourg and the transition processes towards … Continued

Research Projects People's Views   Throughout the entire research project duration, we keep conducting in-depth interviews with stakeholders of Luxembourg’s food system, from the spheres of production, transformation & retail, consumption as well as governance. These interviews, set up in a grounded theory approach, serve as knowledge basis for the other work packages, and equally … Continued

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