Projects
Time-inconsistent choices in today’s society and market place: How emerging trends and developments affect consumers’ food choices Ghent University
In light of the enduring proliferation of obesity in today’ society, this research project
aims to contribute to the literature by shedding light on how emerging developments
within our society and market place affect consumers’time-inconsistent choices
between healthy and unhealthy foods.
Developments and trends within society and the market place affect consumers’daily lives in many respects, but ...
Consumers’ Understanding of Eating Sustainably KU Leuven
Fostering a significant Triple Change concerning culture, food value chain, and policy in the food system is crucial for ensuring that sustainable food is desirable and trustworthy for consumers. To address the urgent need for a more sustainable food system that benefits the environment, society, and the economy, CUES (Consumers’ Understanding of Eating Sustainably) sets to foster the Triple Change through co-designing scientific ...
Consumers' Understanding of Eating Sustainably KU Leuven
In collaboration with several European countries, large-scale research will be conducted with the aim of better understanding what consumers mean by 'Sustainability' and thus to ultimately achieve a healthier and more environmentally friendly food system in Europe. This PhD will be part of this larger research project, called CUES, and will mainly be responsible for identifying the main factors that lead to making (un)healthy food choices, ...
SUCCESS: Supermarkets and consumers collaborate to make sustainable consumption easy Ghent University
“The way we eat and buy food is causing an ecological and health catastrophe”, warned 37 leading scientists from the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet and Health in 2019. In order to realise the shift towards a future proof food system, a change in food behaviour is expected from consumers. However, a focus on individual responsibility is insufficient. More than two third of consumers in Europe do their grocery shopping in supermarkets. ...
Understanding food safety perspectives and practices of fruit and vegetable consumers and vendors in Bangladesh: A multi-focal socio-economic analysis Ghent University
Fruits and vegetables play a crucial role in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh, but food safety issues dominate traditional markets. This study aims to examine and compare perspectives and practices of both vendors and consumers with respect to food safety, as well as determine impacts in terms of information effectiveness (nudging), willingness-to-pay (consumers), and economic losses (vendors).
How the Supermarkt Environment Affects Consumers' Choices Ghent University
The objective of this research project is to (further) investigate how different aspects of the supermarket environment (e.g., the size of assortments, the positioning of products/assortments in stores, the channel consumers choose for their purchases (i.e., online vs. physical store)) influence consumers' choices. The choices that will be investigated in this project can range from food choices (i.e., healthy/unhealthy), choices ...
Preparing a policy paper on the financialiation of the European food sector and the returns of investors,and the speculative practices that had an impact on the surge of consumers' prices. University of Antwerp
Kenyan consumers' and farmers' preferences regarding sustainable food value chains: a Discrete Choice Experiment. University of Antwerp
An empirical application of consumers' pub consumption choices KU Leuven
When choosing a pub to visit, consumers are rarely loyal to one pub, and will often have several “favourite pubs”, often moving between multiple pubs within a number of hours. Additionally, the choices between pubs are complex, based not only on location, but also on other factors, such as distance, service, atmosphere, and the variety of both food and drink items available (Wells et al, 2019 and Grayson and McNeill, 2009). However, over the ...