New publication: Towards political ecologies of food (Nature Food)

The paper makes the argument that political ecology approaches are relatively absent from food systems research, but that with deep inequalities in food production, distribution and consumption, the study of power asymmetries is central to food justice and the co-creation of alternative futures. Political ecology is a field that addresses conditions and changes in social–ecological systems with an explicit consideration of power relations. In addition, it aims to identify the causes of unsustainable development, rather than just the symptoms as embodied in environmental problems. The authors, three female food system scientists from three continents, explain how political ecology approaches in food systems research can look like, and make methodological suggestions for the study of power and interest in food systems.

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