Objective Increasing urban food-related health and environmental problems are raising an urgent need for action. Current agrifood studies tend to neglect the broader societal and spatial impacts of food. PUREFOOD will reduce the high knowledge and skills deficit that negatively affects the capacity to deliver political and developmental solutions related to food security, public procurement, health and sustainable regional development. Through its innovative methodology, the interdisciplinary courses, private and public sector involvement, the holistic conceptualization of sustainable food and the formation of Communities of Practice (CoPs) that include actors at all stages of the food chain, PUREFOOD contributes to Commission’s aim to deal with economic, social and environmental policies in mutually reinforcing ways. We study an alternative geography of food, based upon three emerging trends; sustainable food supply chains, public sector food procurement practices and (peri-)urban food strategies. Each is topic of a scientific WP with 4 ESRs in individual research projects using case study methodology. The related training aims to transfer disciplinary scientific knowledge and skills between complementary groups, leading to a coherent frame of basic and advanced scientific, professional and host institute training modules, and to interactively develop scientific and professional knowledge and skills through ‘learning-by-doing’ in CoPs for each WP. PUREFOOD consists of 7 full academic partners and 8 associated partners (private sector and socio-economic partners). PUREFOOD’s coordinator has ample experience in managing international interdisciplinary research and training projects. The commitment of private and public organisations and NGOs as associated partners illustrate the timeliness of our proposal and impact to the career perspectives of the ESRs. Completed CDPs give access to a PhD degree at every partner university. Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN - Marie-Curie Action: "Initial Training Networks" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ITN - Networks for Initial Training (ITN) Coordinator WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY EU contribution € 832 914,00 Address DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 6708 PB Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ineke Van Driel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CARDIFF UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 545 842,00 Address NEWPORT ROAD 30 36 CF24 0DE Cardiff See on map Region Wales East Wales Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nick Bodycombe (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DI PISA Italy EU contribution € 502 855,00 Address LUNGARNO PACINOTTI 43/44 56126 Pisa See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gianluca Brunori (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE Latvia EU contribution € 382 740,00 Address RAINA BOULEVARD 19 1586 RIGA See on map Region Latvija Latvija Rīga Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Talis Tisenkopfs (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 249 342,00 Address NORTHAMPTON SQUARE EC1V 0HB London See on map Region London Inner London — East Haringey and Islington Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Claudia Kalay (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL Brazil EU contribution € 205 140,00 Address AVENIDA PAULO GAMA 110 90046900 Porto Alegre See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sergio Schneider (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Uganda EU contribution € 167 547,00 Address Main Campus 256 Kampala See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Juliet Kiguli (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data
