Working paper series: Sustainable Lives

29 November 2019, by Sustainable Lives

In a series of working papers, findings and ideas from the project “Sustainable Lives: Food Choices as Politics and Lifestyle” will be published in a sustainable and easily accessible way. The working papers will be in German or English, depending on their production context.

The first three working papers were written as project reports in a seminar led by Prof. Stefanie Kley and Alicia Dunker.

Dilemmata nachhaltiger Ernährung

Nachhaltigkeit im Kontext von Mindless Eating

Kosten nachhaltiger Ernährung

The fourth working paper by Radhika Mittal and Michael Brüggemann presents results from the content analysis conducted in the food project, presented at the 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Eating for the future

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