Past sessions

Monday, 1 December 2025, 2:00 pm Front-of-pack nutrition labelling on food products / Nutri-Score “Front-of-pack nutrition labels: discussing available evidence and future research”
by Elisa De Marchi, Economist (University of Milan)

Thursday, 27 November 2025, 2:00 pm The True Cost of Food

For in-person attendance, this session will exceptionally take place in the Brillat-Savarin room (Epicure building, near Erasme tram stop). “The hidden costs of our food: insights from research in Switzerland”
by Emilia Schmidt, Geographer, University of Lausanne (slides)

Thursday, 25 September 2025, 2:00 pm

Food inequalities “Inequalities in sustainable food consumption in France: findings and impact evaluation of a scheme to tackle food insecurity”
by Marlène Pérignon, Nutritionist (INRAE), MOISA (slides)

“Carbon footprint of household food purchases”
by Ondine Berland, Economist, London School of Economics (slides)

Thursday, 19 June 2025, 2:00 pm

Reducing pesticide use and greenhouse gas emissions through tradable credits/quotas

“The case of CEPPs: a lever for including distributors in efforts to reduce French agriculture’s dependence on pesticides”
by Maud Blanck and Xavier Reboud, Agronomists, INRAE (slides)

Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 2:00 pm

Foodscapes and food aid “Analysing inequalities in access to food: a foodscape-based approach”
by Simon Vonthron, Geographer (INRAE), UMR Innovation (slides)

“Towards zero hunger: improving food relief services in Australia”
by Svetlana Bogomolova, Sociologist, Flinders University (slides)

Thursday, 15 February 2024, 2:00 pm

Transition towards more plant-based diets “Perceptions of the benefits of plant-based diets among the French population”
by Romain Espinosa, Economist (CNRS), CIRED (slides)

“Increasing the share of plant-based foods in diets: motivations and associated nutritional quality based on the NutriNet-Santé cohort”
by Benjamin Allès, Epidemiologist (INRAE), EREN (slides)

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 2:00 pm

Participating in environmental offsetting or short supply chains to reduce farms’ environmental impact?

“Managing biodiversity, sequestering carbon: farmers’ participation in compensation policies”
by Stéphanie Barral, Sociologist, UMR LISIS (INRAE, Paris) (slides)

“Do short food supply chain producers use fewer pesticides?”
by Pierre Chiaverina, Economist, UMR MOISA (INRAE, Montpellier) (slides)

Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 2:00 pm

What risks does a protein transition pose for the poorest populations? The case of France
by Pierre Levasseur, Economist, UMR SADAPT (INRAE, Paris) (slides)

Thursday, 4 May 2023, 2:00 pm

Sustainable collective catering “Evaluating the effectiveness of the Cool Food Pro programme: digital support, diagnostics, monitoring of professional practice changes, and awareness-raising among diners”
by Audrey Fontaine and Morgane Innocent, Management Science Researchers, LEGO (Brest) (slides)

“School canteens at the heart of the transition to sustainable food: framework, actors, and limits”
by Aurélie Maurice, Sociologist, LEPS (Paris) (slides)

Monday, 27 March 2023, 2:00 pm

How can Australian food relief services operate effectively to facilitate clients’ pathways towards food security?
by Diana Eyers-White, Sociologist, Flinders University (Australia) (slides)

Thursday, 23 February 2023, 2:00 pm

Local transformation of food systems: how can institutional work by conventional and alternative actors be reconciled?
The case of fruit and vegetable wholesalers and a Territorial Food Project (PAT) in Southern Alsace
by Sophie Michel, Strasbourg School of Management (slides)

Thursday, 5 January 2023, 2:00 pm

Resilience of territorial food systems “Sustainability and resilience of the food system in Switzerland: challenges and levers for transition”
by Dominique Barjolle, Geographer, Institute of Geography and Sustainability (University of Lausanne) (slides) “Scales and practices of territorial food governance”
by Frédéric Wallet, Economist, UMR AGIR, INRAE Occitanie, Toulouse (slides)

Thursday, 7 April 2022, 2:00 pm

Concepts and tools for the food transition “The concept of food transition: the place of food in transition theories”
by Jean-Pierre Poulain, Professor of Sociology, University of Toulouse; Chair of Food Studies, Taylor’s Toulouse University Center (slides)

“Which tools can change purchasing behaviour towards more sustainable food? An experimental approach”
by Laurent Muller, Senior Research Fellow, INRAE, GAEL (Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory) (slides)

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 Sustainable food choices and short supply chain offerings

Nicole Darmon, Nutritionist, INRAE:
Food choices for greater sustainability: quantifying the animal/plant protein ratio while simultaneously accounting for nutritional quality, cost, and environmental impacts (slides) / Camille Horvath, PhD candidate in Economics, IFSTTAR:
Supply of short food supply chain products in France: what effects does location in peri-urban areas have? (slides)

Monday, 23 November 2020 Regional workshop: “Ongoing research on the food transition in Bourgogne–Franche-Comté”
Programme / abstracts / videos of presentations

16 January 2020 Energy and carbon content of household diets in France and consumption logics surrounding sustainable food

Carine Barbier: Food systems and greenhouse gas emissions / Bérangère Véron: Consumption logics surrounding sustainable food (presentation of the LOGICADU project)

24 October 2019 Changing the food system: what does knowledge about the expansion of organic farming contribute to the debate?

Marc Benoit: Among the performances of organic farming, productivity raises questions about its expansion capacity and the potential role of livestock production / Thomas Nesme: Can the expansion of organic farming be limited by the availability of fertilising elements?

13 June 2019 Arnaud Hélias: Environmental performance of food systems: how to quantify in order to act?

28 March 2019 Serge Bonnefoy: Agricultural and food policy at the territorial level: history and preliminary assessment of Territorial Food Projects (PATs)

31 January 2019 Hervé Guyomard: Should European policies incorporate objectives to combat overweight and obesity?