Imagine trying to change how a whole city eats and shops without making half the people angry. This project creates a playbook for getting regular people—especially those usually ignored—to help design these changes. It's like a community brainstorming session that actually has the power to change laws and business rules.
Companies and governments face intense public resistance when implementing sustainability mandates in food systems. There is a lack of proven methods to include diverse citizen voices to ensure these changes are actually accepted.
A set of guidelines for empirical analysis, a theoretical model for citizen engagement, and a mapping of food system arenas in 7 cities.
If you are a food distributor dealing with public backlash over sustainability mandates — this project developed guidelines for citizen engagement that help create widely supported solutions for food system changes.
If you are a software provider dealing with low user engagement in public portals — this project analyzed e-governance and deliberative processes that can be integrated into digital tools to empower citizens.
If you are a consultancy dealing with complex regulatory transitions in 7 different European countries — this project provided a comparative analysis of how different societies accept sustainability shifts.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or cost structures for the resulting tools are provided.
The project analyzes processes at micro, meso, and macro levels across 7 countries, suggesting the methods are designed for broad institutional scaling.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of patents or specific licensing agreements for the tools developed.
It provides tools for democratic governance to alleviate tensions between official climate mandates and public acceptance.
The project runs from 2024-05-01 to 2027-10-31, meaning full results will be available toward the end of 2027.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 8 universities and 3 other non-profit entities across 7 countries. With 0% industry participation and 0 SMEs, the project is currently driven by theoretical and social science research rather than commercial application.
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