On December 8th at 6pm CET, the next ENLIGHT lecture will be hosted and livestreamed online.
Our food and dietary choices do not only impact our health but are also affecting global biodiversity and our carbon footprints. On the other side, the climate change has a strong influence on local food systems. To this end, this session investigates the impact of food and dietary choices on sustainability and aims to shine light on pathways to more sustainable food production and consumption in our daily lives.
Madeleine Granvik (Uppsala University) is a Professor in landscape planning and the Director of the Baltic University Programme at the Uppsala University. In her research, she focuses on planning for sustainable development and management of urban-rural interactions. She has also a background in the field of sustainable communities and densification as a planning strategy.
Carl Lachat (Ghent University) is a Professor at the Department for Food Technology, Safety and Health and holds a PhD in applied biological sciences from Ghent University. His research is focused on food and nutrition policies, nutritional epidemiology as well as the development of effective approaches to enhance the nutritional status of vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries
Dominic Lemken (University of Göttingen) is a PostDoc researcher and lecturer at the Department for Marketing of Food and Agricultural Products. His main interest lies within consumer behaviour in relation to food choices and the adaption of innovations related to sustainability needs. He is also the project coordinator of the DFG funded project ‘Key Food Choices and Climate Change’.
Antje Risius (University of Göttingen) is a researcher in the Department for Marketing of Food and Agricultural Products with research interests in behaviour change communication and Sustainability in Food and Agricultural systems. One of her current research projects ‘AVOeL’ looks at innovative communication approaches along the product chain and in society to investigate the authenticity of and trust in organic food.
All members from the ENLIGHT community, external partners and wider public are welcome to join the lecture. You can register and participate in a Zoom Session or tune in on the ENLIGHT Youtube Channel where the lecture will be broadcasted live. Please register here for the Zoom-session.
Registration for the networking event after the lecture
Each lecture is followed by a networking event for the scientific community at 7 pm CET. The researchers from ENLIGHT universities can not only continue the discussion on the lecture`s topic but also use the opportunity to identify common research interests. This event serves as a platform for developing new ideas for future cooperation within the network. The ENLIGHT team supports this process by providing insights on funding opportunities. Researchers from all stages are more than welcome to join in! Registration for the networking event is possible until January 12 by email to enlight@uni- goettingen.de.
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The ENLIGHT lecture series takes place each semester and represents one of the flagship domains which are key determinants of societal well-being and sustainability. For our ENLIGHT lectures, scientists, and researchers from across the ENLIGHT network come together to discuss different perspectives on and approaches to combat climate change. The topics in this fall's lecture series range from food & sustainability to the impact of climate change on migration.
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