TY  - JOUR
AU  - den Boer, Alanya C.L.
AU  - Kok, Kristiaan P.W.
AU  - Gill, Margaret
AU  - Breda, Joao
AU  - Cahill, J.
AU  - Callenius, Carolin
AU  - Caron, Patrick
AU  - Damianova, Zoya
AU  - Gurinović, Mirjana
AU  - Lahteenmaki, Liisa A.
AU  - Lang, Timothy M.
AU  - Sonnino, Roberta
AU  - Verburg, Gerda
AU  - Westhoek, Henk J.
AU  - Cesuroglu, Tomris
AU  - Regeer, Barbara J.
AU  - Broerse, Jacqueline E.W.
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rimi.imi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1074
AB  - Background: Food systems are associated with severe and persistent problems worldwide. Governance approaches aiming to foster sustainable transformation of food systems face several challenges due to the complex nature of food systems. Scope and approach: In this commentary we argue that addressing these governance challenges requires the development and adoption of novel research and innovation (R&I) approaches that will provide evidence to inform food system transformation and will serve as catalysts for change. We first elaborate on the complexity of food systems (transformation) and stress the need to move beyond traditional linear R&I approaches to be able to respond to persistent problems that affect food systems. Though integrated transdisciplinary approaches are promising, current R&I systems do not sufficiently support such endeavors. As such, we argue, we need strategies that trigger a double transformation - of food systems and of their R&I systems. Key Findings and Conclusions: Seizing the opportunities to transform R&I systems has implications for how research is done - pointing to the need for competence development among researchers, policy makers and society in general - and requires specific governance interventions that stimulate a systemic approach. Such interventions should foster transdisciplinary and transformative research agendas that stimulate portfolios of projects that will reinforce one another, and stimulate innovative experiments to shape conditions for systemic change. In short, a thorough rethinking of the role of R&I as well as how it is funded is a crucial step towards the development of the integrative policies that are necessary to engender systemic change - in the food system and beyond.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Trends in Food Science & Technology
T1  - Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation
EP  - 156
SP  - 150
VL  - 107
DO  - 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.021
ER  - 

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author = "den Boer, Alanya C.L. and Kok, Kristiaan P.W. and Gill, Margaret and Breda, Joao and Cahill, J. and Callenius, Carolin and Caron, Patrick and Damianova, Zoya and Gurinović, Mirjana and Lahteenmaki, Liisa A. and Lang, Timothy M. and Sonnino, Roberta and Verburg, Gerda and Westhoek, Henk J. and Cesuroglu, Tomris and Regeer, Barbara J. and Broerse, Jacqueline E.W.",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Background: Food systems are associated with severe and persistent problems worldwide. Governance approaches aiming to foster sustainable transformation of food systems face several challenges due to the complex nature of food systems. Scope and approach: In this commentary we argue that addressing these governance challenges requires the development and adoption of novel research and innovation (R&I) approaches that will provide evidence to inform food system transformation and will serve as catalysts for change. We first elaborate on the complexity of food systems (transformation) and stress the need to move beyond traditional linear R&I approaches to be able to respond to persistent problems that affect food systems. Though integrated transdisciplinary approaches are promising, current R&I systems do not sufficiently support such endeavors. As such, we argue, we need strategies that trigger a double transformation - of food systems and of their R&I systems. Key Findings and Conclusions: Seizing the opportunities to transform R&I systems has implications for how research is done - pointing to the need for competence development among researchers, policy makers and society in general - and requires specific governance interventions that stimulate a systemic approach. Such interventions should foster transdisciplinary and transformative research agendas that stimulate portfolios of projects that will reinforce one another, and stimulate innovative experiments to shape conditions for systemic change. In short, a thorough rethinking of the role of R&I as well as how it is funded is a crucial step towards the development of the integrative policies that are necessary to engender systemic change - in the food system and beyond.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Trends in Food Science & Technology",
title = "Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation",
pages = "156-150",
volume = "107",
doi = "10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.021"
}

den Boer, A. C.L., Kok, K. P.W., Gill, M., Breda, J., Cahill, J., Callenius, C., Caron, P., Damianova, Z., Gurinović, M., Lahteenmaki, L. A., Lang, T. M., Sonnino, R., Verburg, G., Westhoek, H. J., Cesuroglu, T., Regeer, B. J.,& Broerse, J. E.W.. (2021). Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation. in Trends in Food Science & Technology
Elsevier., 107, 150-156.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.021

den Boer AC, Kok KP, Gill M, Breda J, Cahill J, Callenius C, Caron P, Damianova Z, Gurinović M, Lahteenmaki LA, Lang TM, Sonnino R, Verburg G, Westhoek HJ, Cesuroglu T, Regeer BJ, Broerse JE. Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation. in Trends in Food Science & Technology. 2021;107:150-156.
doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.021 .

den Boer, Alanya C.L., Kok, Kristiaan P.W., Gill, Margaret, Breda, Joao, Cahill, J., Callenius, Carolin, Caron, Patrick, Damianova, Zoya, Gurinović, Mirjana, Lahteenmaki, Liisa A., Lang, Timothy M., Sonnino, Roberta, Verburg, Gerda, Westhoek, Henk J., Cesuroglu, Tomris, Regeer, Barbara J., Broerse, Jacqueline E.W., "Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation" in Trends in Food Science & Technology, 107 (2021):150-156,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.021 . .