Thesis subject
Regional (sea)food governance
Sustainable food is commonly governed at the farm scale. However, sustainability requires the management of resources nearly always at spatial scales far greater than the farm. At the same time, production requires collaboration from both (sea)food and non (sea)food producers. And it requires support and collaboration with market actors buying, financing and assuring sustainable production.
Students taking up this project will work on both marine and aquatic food systems in Europe and Asia to explore novel ways of bringing these actors together in the joint assessment of sustainability.
About
Simon’s research focuses on the sustainable transformation of global (sea)food systems. His recent work spans various dimensions related to the effectiveness of market and/or digitally based sustainability interventions by states, NGOs and private companies. Theoretically he focuses on environmental flows and networks, practices and value chains.