Discover how law, policy and governance shape today’s food systems. As part of this international programme, spread across two modules in Antwerp and Rome, participants will learn from leading academics and work directly with UN Rome-Based Agencies on food and agriculture. Gain new perspectives on food system transformation and strengthen your skills in critical analysis, policy debates, and systemic thinking.
This course will contribute to students’ capacity for critical analysis of the complex and multidimensional concept of food systems (considering the interactions among the different phases and actors involved in food provisioning), and of the equally complex phenomenon of food systems law, policy and governance (reflecting on the range of decisions, actions and factors that influence food-related choices and decision-making at multiple levels).
In Antwerp, students will learn from a diversity of academics how to think systemically about the interrelations between law, policy and food systems, and the challenges ahead. They will increase their capacity to critically unpack the different visions, narratives and debates behind the concept of food system transformation.
In Rome, they will familiarise themselves with the work of the UN Rome-Based Agencies dealing with food and agriculture and increase their understanding of what is involved when concepts and theories are put into practice in the form of policy negotiations and field programmes.
