Search for dissertations about: "Food"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 2061 swedish dissertations containing the word Food.

  2. 1. Teenagers and Food : The Impact of Culture and Gender on Attitudes towards Food

    Author : Annika Wesslén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Teenagers; focus groups; culture; gender; food habits; behaviour; attitudes; Domestic science and nutrition; Hushålls- och kostvetenskap;

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  4. 2. Shaping sustainable food systems : Local participation in addressing global challenges

    Author : Aniek Hebinck; Line Gordon; Joost M. Vervoort; Stephan Barthel; Moya Kneafsey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; food systems; sustainability; food governance; transformative change; participatory processes; participation; civil society; niche level; food policy; urban food; urban agriculture; food poverty; imagined futures; foresight; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : The current unsustainable trajectory of food systems puts the social and ecological processes and functions on which human flourishing depends at risk. This last decade has seen, on one hand, continued insistence on transformative action and on the other, uncertainty and instability with respect to traditional, established institutions, such as the state. READ MORE

  5. 3. Contested Food : The Construction of Home and Consumer Studies as a Cultural Space

    Author : Karin Höijer; Christina Fjellström; Karin Hjälmeskog; Pia Christensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Home and Consumer Studies; food; social constructionism; school; teachers; pupils; classroom; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

    Abstract : Education about and for the home has been part of the Swedish education system for over one hundred years, and Home and Consumer Studies (HCS) has been compulsory for all pupils since the common nine-year school system was introduced in 1962. For all this time food has been a central theme, however we know very little of what food means in this context. READ MORE

  6. 4. Food in the Future : energy and transport in the food system

    Author : Christine Wallgren; Lars Orrskog; KTH; []
    Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Food technology; Livsmedelsteknik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores possible future forms of a sustainable food supply system from an energy aspect. Particular attention is devoted to local food supply as a means to reduce energy use for transport. The thesis consists of a covering essay and three studies: one futures study of the entire food supply system and two case studies of local farming. READ MORE

  7. 5. Environmental Imprint of Human Food Consumption : Linköping, Sweden 1870 - 2000

    Author : Tina-Simone Schmid Neset; Ulrik Lohm; Susanne Kytzia; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; food consumption; 19th and 20th century; Sweden; material flow analysis; MFA ; substance flow analysis; nitrogen; phosphorus; spatial imprint; lantbruk; miljöaspekter; livsmedelsindustri; livsmedelskonsumtion; markanvändning; Östergötland; 1800-talet; Food science; Livsmedelsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Human food consumption has changed from the late 19th century to the turn of the millennium, and so has the need for resources to sustain this consumption. For the city of Linköping, situated in southeastern Sweden, the environmental imprint of an average inhabitant’s food consumption is studied from the year 1870 to the year 2000. READ MORE