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Publications ‘Proposal of a Principle cum Scale Analytical Framework for Analysing Agroecological Development Projects’   12th February 2020 Dr. Diane Kapgen co-wrote ‘Proposal of a Principle cum Scale Analytical Framework for Analysing Agroecological Development Projects’, for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems with Laurence Roudart. Download the article here Abstract Because agroecology has different meanings, it … Continued

Publications ‘Converging Terroir Typicity for Political Usage and Didactic Normativity. The Metonymical Institutionalization of Wine in Luxembourg’   December 2019 Dr. Rachel Reckinger published ‘Converging Terroir Typicity for Political Usage and Didactic Normativity: The Metonymical Institutionalization of Wine in Luxembourg’ in Messina, Les Bras, Tedeschi and Vaquero’s A History of Wine in Europe, 19th to … Continued

Publications ‘Paths to Food Democracy’ (Wege zur Ernährungsdemokratie)   23rd – 24th January 2019 Dr. Rachel Reckinger and Norry Schneider co-wrote and published ‘Wege zur Ernährungsdemokratie. Rückblick auf den 2. Vernetzungskongress der Ernährungsräte in Frankfurt’ (Paths to Food Democracy: Review of the 2nd Networking Congress of Nutrition Councils in Frankfurt) in Transition Luxembourg Magazine Ö. … Continued

Publications ‘Social Change for Sustainable Localized Food Sovereignty: Convergence between Prosumers and Ethical Entrepreneurs’   1st December 2018 Dr. Rachel Reckinger published ‘Social Change for Sustainable Localized Food Sovereignty: Convergence between Prosumers and Ethical Entrepreneurs’ in Sociologica del Lavoro. Download the article here Abstract Some resourceful community-driven initiatives for local food production and retail have … Continued

Publications ‘Situative Interdisciplinarity: Empirical Reflections on Ten Years of Cross-Disciplinary Research'   November 2018 Dr. Rachel Reckinger and Dr. Christian Wille published ‘Situative Interdisciplinarity: Empirical Reflections on Ten Years of Cross-Disciplinary Research’ in the Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Download the article here Abstract Given the current call for interdisciplinarity, we reflect on pragmatic methodological … Continued

Publications 'Diet and Public Health Campaigns: Implementation and Appropriation of Nutritional Recommendations in France and Luxembourg'   1st May 2017 Dr. Rachel Reckinger and Dr. Faustine Régnier published ‘Diet and Public Health Campaigns: Implementation and Appropriation of Nutritional Recommendations in France and Luxembourg’ in Appetite journal. Access the article here Abstract Based on two surveys … Continued

Events Bio-Symposium Luxembourg: "True Cost Accounting"   Wednesday 13th November 2019 Dr. Rachel Reckinger attended the fifth Luxembourgish Bio-Symposium on the topic of ‘True Cost Accounting’, or the true cost of food. The symposium had almost 140 guests making it the most successful symposium thus far. Guest speakers Prof Dr. Hartmut Vogtmann and Volkert Engelsman … Continued

Events Conference: "Ambivalences in the Governmentality of Alternative Food Networks: convenience, social selectivity and marketability"   25th – 28th June 2019  Dr. Rachel Reckinger presented her paper ‘Ambivalences in the Governmentality of Alternative Food Networks : Convenience, Social Selectivity and Marketability’ at the XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Conference in Trondheim, Norway. The conference theme … Continued

Events XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Conference in Trondheim, Norway: "Rural Futures in a Complex World" – organization of three sessions   25th – 28th June 2019 Dr. Rachel Reckinger, Dr. Gusztav Nemes and Dr. Veronika Lajos co-organised three sessions at the XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Conference in Trondheim, Norway: ‘Rural Futures … Continued