Scientific publication New article: Bridging agroecology and food system transition frameworks

With Bonnie Averbuch, postdoc at the department of Agroecology at Aarhus University (AU) as the lead author, a perspective article entitled 'Bridging agroecology and food system transition frameworks: identifying shared methodological and conceptual tensions' has been published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. The article’s 28 co-authors are either directly involved in the AGROECOLOGY Partnership, or belong to prominent research environments that work on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), farming systems, living labs and co-creation in agroecology and agri-food sustainability transition contexts.

The article is an outcome of the November 2024 symposium on ‘Exploring methods for researching shifts in knowledge production for agroecology transition’. The symposium, organized by the AGROECOLOGY Partnership under Work Package 7 (WP7), convened 36 researchers from ten countries and two representatives from DG Agri. The symposium aimed to reduce methodological and conceptual fragmentation and to contribute to conceptual advancement for research guiding agroecology transition. Identifying bridging frameworks, despite tensions related to agri-food sustainability directions, aligns with the Partnership's vision of ‘teaming up’ towards agroecology transition, as well as with WP7's objectives of developing methodological and conceptual frameworks for agroecology transition based on AKIS, living labs, and decentralised research infrastructures.

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