We are interested to join an international consortium in the topic area one “Domestic food practices enhancing sustainable and healthy diets”.

Thematically, our research interest lies at the intersection of sustainable food systems, diets, and consumer behaviour, with a focus on everyday food practices and consumption decisions. Among others, we are interested in the following topics: adoption and social acceptance of plant-based diets, Planetary Health Diet and related dietary transitions, food waste, sustainable food consumption choices, decision-making processes, and behavioural change.

Methodologically we work with qualitative and quantitative methods of empirical social science research. This includes ethnographic methods, surveys, interviews, focus groups and experimental research designs.

Thus, this leaves room for many different (empirical) research projects.

We are open to contribute to research projects in different stages of development. However, we can only contribute to exploratory research (not “acceleration innovation”) due to the requirements of our funder.

We are a researcher and lecturer team from the Institute for Sustainability at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Our team covers a variety of topics, ranging from sustainability management to sustainable consumption and green marketing. We bring a different range of expertise and methodological knowledge in the field of consumer research and social sciences.

At the Institute for Sustainability, we address sustainability questions in an integrative and comprehensive manner. How are consumption practices changing in a circular economy? How can organizations incorporate sustainability on a strategic and at an operative level? We address these topics in our teaching as well as making them part of our cooperation and research projects.