Call for papers: EADI Prize for Development Studies 2012

The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) announces the 13th edition of the prize for excellence in development research. The prize, worth €1 000, will be awarded for an essay on an issue of development studies in any field of the social sciences submitted and written by a postgraduate student from an [...]

Learning on Food Security from a regional systems perspective

The ETC Foundation is looking for a volunteer; this may well be the start of an intersting career! You can also contact our education people if you would like to do your master thesis on this topic. Food Security (FS) is a hot topic in the Dutch and international development debate today. Therefore, learning about FS [...]

Science Shop project Participand- Meetings for people involved in international development cooperation

In December we announced the kick-off meeting of the Participand project. Participand is for people who live in the Wageningen area and are involved or interested in international development cooperation. Together with these people (You?) we would like to build a network platform where you can exchange knowledge and experiences, get involved, find partners to [...]

Food Film Festival 2012, March 16-18

The Food Film Festival 2012, March 16 – 18 in Amsterdam, is an event initaited and organised by the Dutch branch of the Youth Food Movement. It promises an interesting mix of films, workshops, events and even a specific food festival for kids. See the programme at the website or the pdf here. Tim Lang will close the festival with a key note. [...]

Next period the course Understanding Rural Development starts again!

On March 12th 2012 the Rural Sociology Course Understanding Rural Development starts. There is still room for new students to attend this course. The course aims to provide a theoretical, empirical and methodological understanding of rural and regional development processes in Europe, with emphasis on agro-food, rural and regional dynamics in metropolitan landscapes. It builds [...]

Insect food taboo?

Just like last year, the first week of the course Food Culture and Customs deals with what a food taboo is and discusses theories on how a food taboo comes into existence. These theories inform an assignment where students question people for their opinion on insects as food. Clearly, insects are a food taboo in Western countries, [...]

Origin Food: a market for identity – course starts again March 12

The course Origin Food: a market for identity will start again on Monday, March 12. The course is obligatory in the specialization Gastronomy of the Master Food Technology, but open to students from other masters as well. Last two years students from various masters and nationalities and an interest in food products with a Geographical Indication attended [...]

Duurzaam? Ondernemend? Creatief?

Creative City Lab zoekt deelnemers voor de Business Course ‘Food Center Amsterdam’! Voor het Food Center Amsterdam zoekt Creative City Lab 10 toptalenten die een bijdrage willen leveren aan een nieuwe duurzame wereld. Het mini-lab is een vijfdaagse business course die eind maart in samenwerking met het Food Center Amsterdam wordt georganiseerd en in het [...]

Grassroots Science course with Boerengroep and St Otherwise

Last year’s Food Farmer Fork series organised by Boerengroep and Otherwise was a big success. Some 750 people came to one or more of the 9 evening lectures and activities. The series could also be followed as a Capita Selecta course with the Rural Sociology group. Initially, 40 students enrolled and 20 students finalised the course [...]

Traditional foods at IP in Romania (4)

As argued in previous blogs on the IP in Romania, the category ’traditional’ is socially constructed by social relations based on current perceptions of ‘tradition’. Foods celebrated and successfully marketed now as traditional, a positive category which offsets itself against placeless, mass-produced, standardised foods, can have a troubled social history. Some of these foods came into being as [...]