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Currently we offer the following courses:

"Food Systems" (BK79) B.Sc. / in German / Winter Semester

  • Core elements of the food system: nutrition, consumer behaviour, food environment, supply chains
  • Consequences of the system for nutritional & health status on an ecological, social and economic level
  • Overarching contexts and influencing factors: environment; digitalisation, technology & innovation, politics, economy, culture, demographics
  • Integration of sustainable development goals in the food system

"Food Sociology" (BK80) B.Sc./ in German / Summer Semester

  • Social and cultural aspects of nutrition
  • Everyday routines, eating habits and diets with regard to health and sustainability
  • Political and economic contexts of nutrition, including social movements
  • Eating in different geographical, cultural and social environments

 

"Theorising food and eating" (MP198) M.Sc. / in German / Winter Semester

When researching food, social scientists examine social issues. This course looks at social science theories that deal with food in habits, customs and cultures. Food culture and diets are an expression of how consumers eat and value everything to do with food. This module discusses the ever-changing cultural, social and political functions of food. This does not mean looking at different food cultures around the world, but instead focuses on the social shaping power of food, for example in relation to

  • individual attitudes and assumptions
  • social rituals and beliefs
  • group and individual identity
  • the role of ethics and morality in food choices
  • food that is grown, processed, sold and consumed in certain places

"Food Politics" (MK110) M.Sc. / in English / Summer Semester

This module introduces food as a political issue. Food might concern hunger, food poverty or insecurity, malnutrition, sustainability, power politics, social justice and cultural identity. Food politics is about the political nature of food that stems from the unequal organisation of food systems. This includes the distribution of resources as well as contestations over ways to address food challenges that give rise to competing paradigms. We will explore the politics of food from fork to farm as well as from local to global levels.

 

Bachelor or Master Thesis

In case you are interested in supervision at B.Sc., M.Sc. or Ph.D. level, please just get in touch by stating your research interest.

 

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