Cooperative and participatory research from the passersby to solidarity action
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ESSRG facilitated a number of Science Shop processes in recent years. Here are six inspirative examples from the currently running projects.
More...InVisible Green – Participatory project for equal access to nature experience
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Nature experiences contribute substantially to our mental and physical well-being. Exposure to any form of nature is proven to lower stress, has a restorative effect on our neurological and hormonal system.
More...Collaborative agri-food chains
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Driving innovation in territorial food systems and improving outcomes for producers and consumers.
More...How much is nature worth?
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The Greenfo podcast features our senior research fellow Eszter Kelemen. Eszter spoke about ecosystem services and the value of a healthy environment, the impacts of COVID on resetting political and economic processes, the postnormal science and citizen science.
More...Humans are made cooperative, not competitive – any chance for a paradigm shift?
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The Forbes June online edition features our Senior Research Fellow, György Pataki.
More...Eastern Europe as a source of food inspiration
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Must we choose between formal market and non-market economies? This is the longstanding Western narrative. But Eastern European food practices tell a different story. Bálint Balázs, co-author of a new paper that points to tried-and-tested alternatives to the West’s broken food systems.
More...Seed-swap in Hungary
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Seed exchange is an ancient practice to protect genetic diversity in agriculture. In the last years, the industrialization process led to a constant decrease of agrobiodiversity.
More...Co-create change in research funding and performing
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We support the implementation of RRI-related institutional changes.
More...Food for the Future: Protein Transition
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Can you imagine that Europe’s agro-biodiversity and legume production is starting to increase suddenly? The PROTEIN2FOOD project in five years wanted to promote this idea through social innovation in the value chain.
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