healthy choices, sustainable diets, retail environments, business models, scaling strategies, consumer behaviour, Planetary Health Diet, vulnerable consumer groups, nutrition education
Topic 1: Domestic food practices for enhancing sustainable and healthy diets
We are looking for one additional partner from a business school or an economics / management faculty to join an EU consortium under Topic 1.
The partner would contribute expertise on retail economics, business models and scaling pathways, supporting the analysis and co-development of:
• viable and scalable business models for sustainable retail interventions,
• cost–benefit considerations and incentives for retailers,
• pathways for upscaling and replication across different countries and retail contexts.
Experience in EU-funded projects is appreciated. Please check beforehand, that your country is eligible for funding in general and specifically for topic 1.
TMG Research gGmbH is a leading research and consulting institute dedicated to supporting the transformation towards sustainable and healthy agri-food systems. Since its establishment in 2016, TMG has been working at international, European, national and regional levels, combining scientific research, policy advisory work and practical implementation.
A core area of TMG’s work is the conceptual, methodological and practical development of True Cost Accounting (TCA) for the agri-food sector. TMG supports the application of TCA in policy-making, governance processes, civil society and the private sector, including the development of data-based analyses, methodological frameworks, and systems for data collection and use. At the same time, TMG’s work goes beyond accounting approaches and addresses governance, incentive structures, regulatory frameworks and systemic change in food systems. Through this work, TMG is actively embedded in international scientific and policy networks.
TMG has experience in EU Horizon projects, with a strong focus on analysing the true costs of dietary patterns and food systems, assessing the availability and usability of sustainability-related data, and developing evidence-based frameworks to support healthier and more sustainable diets. In addition, TMG works on consumer-level interventions, sustainability communication and policy-relevant recommendations, linking scientific analysis with practical implementation.
In the previous FutureFoods call, TMG successfully secured funding in a coordinating role. Building on this experience, TMG combines expertise in consumer behaviour, socioeconomic aspects of diets, Planetary Health Diets, sustainability communication, governance and policy design, and the translation of research into scalable, real-world solutions.