Mette Weinreich Hansen

Kort præsentation

Jeg er i min forskning optaget af at se på fødevaresystemer ud fra et holistisk og tværfagligt perspektiv. Jeg arbejder med offentlige og private madsystemer, og innovation i fødevarekæden. jeg interesserer mig især for hvordan de nuværende fødevaresystemer kan omstilles og transformeres, og hvilke barrierer der er for at ændre de nuværende strukturerer.

Jeg anvender oftest kvalitative metoder og i en socio-teknisk orienteret teoriramme. Jeg er desuden optaget af at samtænke og udvikle forskning og undervisning i min rolle som Viceinstitutleder for Undervisning (VILU) på IFRO.

Primære forskningsområder

Min forskningsinteresse er funderet i et Food Studies perspektiv og dækker områder som:

- Arbejde metodisk/teoretisk med kompleksiteten af fødevaresystemer

- Samtænkning af produktion, forarbejdning, forbrug på tværs af traditionelle siloer

- Alternative fødevarenetværk og økologisk produktion og forarbejdning

- Bæredygtig omstilling af fødevaresystemer og behovet for at tænke tværfagligt både i offentlige og private sammenhænge

- Samarbejde på tværs af forskning og praksis for at styrke forandringspotentialet

Aktuel forskning

Co-PI på NORMPLANT NORMPLANT Projekbeskrivelse (eng)

Undervisnings- og vejledningsområder

Courses

Food Systems and Transition

Food Concept Design

Mulige interessekonflikter

Samarbejde I eksterne forskningsprojekter vil ofte involvere private aktører. Jeg har ikke modtaget godtgørelse i den forbindelse.

Kort præsentation

Ikke repræsenteret i råd der kan give anledning til interessekonflikter.

CV

Research positions:

• 2018 -present Associate Professor at Copenhagen University, Dept. of Food and Resource Economics
• 2013-2018: Associate Professor at AAU Copenhagen, Dept. of Planning
• 2009-2013: Assistant Professor at AAU Copenhagen, Dept. of Planning

Research focus

Mette W. Hansen has extensive experience in working with food systems research in several applied projects within the value chain of food. She has been researching farmers, companies as well as private and public meal offers (schools, kindergartens, workplace canteens). The focus is on transitions from a socio-material understanding taking both human practices and material conditions into account.

Research activities (most recent)

2024-2027         Co-PI NORMPLANT. Project funded by Plantefonden. Looking at meat reduction in private canteen services. https://ifro.ku.dk/english/research/projects/normplant/

2023                    PI Nem Økoplantemad. Project funded by Fonden for Økologisk Landbrug. Qualitative study of producers of processed products. IFRO report 309 ISBN: 978-87-93768-36-9

2022                    Innovation in course development of the course Food Concept Design. Support from the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship to strengthen the focus on food start-ups, sustainability and diversity

2021            Responsible for a Research Integration project involving students and researcher across sections of Dept. of Food and Resource Economics. The topic of interest: Innovation capacities in the Food service sector in a Covid19 era. Qualitative study in the restaurant business in Copenhagen

2017-2020         South Baltic Food Innovation. Partner lead on Interreg project. Focusing on Innovation capacity and knowledge bridging in Food SME’s in the South Baltic Region and incorporating knowledge and education in collaboration with food start-ups and food SME’s

2017-2020       Growing Food. Cross- university collaboration project. Involved in mentoring sessions with start-up innovation. Focus on knowledge sharing across scientific disciplines

Teaching and teacher coordinating activities (most recent)

2025-present       Deputy Head of Department for Teachning, IFRO

2022-2025            Head of Study Board for Food, Human Nutrition and Sports (SNFHI)       

2018-2022            Member of Study Board for Food, Human Nutrition and Sports (SNFHI)

2019- 2025      Head of Studies for the Master program in Integrated Food Studies and Copenhagen University

2012 - present         Teaching and supervising at the M.Sc. in Integrated Food Studies. Head of studies, course responsible and thesis supervision