Food System Studies

Food system studies research group explores and assesses the sustainability and resilience of food system activities. The research group utilizes a post-disciplinary approach which connects social policy, economics and business management, environmental social science and philosophy. The interests of the research group embrace a diverse range of problems related to food security, food system vulnerabilities, climate change adaptation, food poverty, food ethics, food policy, and food supply chain management.

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Tutkimuksen painoala
Kieli, kulttuuri ja yhteiskunta
Tutkimusalueet
JYU.Well
JYU.Wisdom
Kestävät yhteiskunnat
Tiedekunta
Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta
Osasto
Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos

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The capacity of global food systems to produce sustainable food security is seriously threatened by global challenges like population growth, urbanization, environmental problems, loss of farm land, resource scarcity, economic and financial concentration, inequality, and poverty. At the same time, an alarming increase in malnutrition related to overeating and unhealthy food consumption manifests itself in food-related diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Identifying and addressing these challenges requires post-disciplinary and innovative research.

Various topics of our research have included:

  • exploring the policy mismatches as dysfunctional factors in and between food system activities
  • identifying and mapping food system vulnerabilities
  • analyzing the meanings given to food security
  • evaluating the cohesion of food policies
  • ethical issues related to food system activities

Our aim is to produce research that helps decision makers understand how environmental, social and political changes impact on the food system and, hence, for the food security, health, and well-being of citizens. The goal is to foresee and develop interventions that tackle the underlying causes rather than mere symptoms of vulnerabilities, and to enable researchers and decision makers to cope with increasing eco-social changes predicted to occur in the near future.

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Tiina Silvasti

Professori

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Riikka Aro

Yliopistotutkija
Vera Kauppinen

Vera Kauppinen

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Teea Kortetmäki

Teea Kortetmäki

Apulaisprofessori (Assistant Professor)
Irene Kuhmonen

Irene Kuhmonen

Tutkijatohtori

Annika Lonkila

Tutkijatohtori
Tanja Niemi

Tanja Niemi

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Hankkeet

Hanke

Reilu ruokamurros: Eriarvoisuuksien tunnistaminen ja ratkaiseminen matkalla kestävään, terveelliseen ja ilmastoneutraaliin ruokajärjestelmään (JUST-FOOD)

Hanke rakentaa polkuja kohti oikeudenmukaista ruokajärjestelmää yhdessä yhteiskunnan eri tasoilla toimivien asianosaisten kanssa huomioiden sekä kulutuksen että tuotannon ja jalostuksen näkökulmat politiikan teosta käytäntöön.
Hanke

Ruokakansalaisuus

Hankkeessa paneudutaan pienimuotoisen viljelyn rooleihin ja mahdollisuuksiin kestävässä ja reilussa ruokamurroksessa ruokakansalaisuuden näkökulmasta.
Hanke

COHAB – Environmental Landscape Ethics: A Theory of Cohabitability

COHAB will establish environmental landscape ethics and theory of cohabitability by creating interdisciplinarily constructed, ecology-informed theoretical argumentation, methods, and conceptual tools.