Erik Mathijs

Biographic Data

ID	1578277
NAME	Erik Mathijs
GIVEN NAMES	Erik
FAMILY NAME	Mathijs
SIGNATURE	MATHIJS E
AFFILIATIONS	KU Leuven
ORCID	0000-0002-3740-7280
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	32
TOTAL CITATIONS	277
AUTHOR COUNT	32
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	8

Configurations of leverage points for the deliberate acceleration of ideal-type transition pathways in the EU food system
Open AccessTom Kiel, Jeroen J L Candel et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Innovation and…2026
The complexity of the EU food system poses a significant challenge to the transition towards sustainable and healthy food consumption, as interdependent factors reproduce stable social structures that resist change. The concept of leverage points (LPs) helps identify strategic intervention points to stimulate system change. However, focusing on individual LPs often entails trade-offs between transformative feasibility and depth. Moreover, existin…
Accounting for what matters
Open AccessHenri Contor, Erika De Keyser et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2026References: 11
Valuing the view
Open AccessKato Van Ruymbeke, Alberto M Zanni et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2026References: 65
Safe and sustainable croplands
Open AccessLeigh Ann Winowiecki, Kimberly M Parker et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2025
Healthy soils as a booster to EU competitiveness
Open AccessPanos Panagos, Alberto Orgiazzi et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2025References: 70
The European Union's strategic agenda for 2024–2029 prioritizes a prosperous and competitive Europe, with soil health potentially playing a role in achieving this goal. However, the current state of European soils is of concern, with over 60 % of soils not in healthy condition, as reported by the European Union’s Soil Mission Board and the EU Soil Observatory. This results not only in environmental issues, but also economic ones, as the costs of …
Citizen support for agri-environmental measures motivated by environmental consciousness
Open AccessLysander Fockaert, Erik Mathijs et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2023
A resource-based phosphorus footprint for urban diets
Open AccessAnastasia Papangelou, Edgar Towa et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021
Large amounts of phosphorus resources, such as mineral fertilizers and manure, are mobilized globally to produce the food consumed in cities. Accounting for the use of these resources can allow cities to plan for interventions that reduce related pressures in their hinterlands, conserve resources, and lead to more circular food systems. In this study we calculate a resource-based phosphorus footprint for the food consumption in Brussels Capital R…
Exploring the transformative capacity of place-shaping practices
Open AccessIna Horlings, Dirk Roep et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2020Cited by: 5References: 22
Shared Socio-economic Pathways for European agriculture and food systems
Open AccessHermine Mitter, Anja‐Kristina Techen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2020Cited by: 14References: 14
Scenarios describe plausible and internally consistent views of the future. They can be used by scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to explore the challenges of global environmental change given an appropriate level of spatial and sectoral detail and systematic development. We followed a nine-step protocol to extend and enrich a set of global scenarios - the Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) - providing regional and sectoral detail for…
Grasping practices of self-reliance within alternative foodscapes in Flanders
Open AccessStephanie Nuria Spijker, Erik Mathijs et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2020Cited by: 1References: 9
Exploring emergent practices in Alternative Food Networks
Open AccessTjitske Anna Zwart, Erik MathijsARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2020Cited by: 4References: 2
A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems
Open AccessM P M Meuwissen, Peter H Feindt et al.ARTICLEAgricultural Systems2019
Agricultural systems in Europe face accumulating economic, ecological and societal challenges, raising concerns about their resilience to shocks and stresses. These resilience issues need to be addressed with a focus on the regional context in which farming systems operate because farms, farmers' organizations, service suppliers and supply chain actors are embedded in local environments and functions of agriculture . We define resilience of a far…
Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems
Open AccessCatrien J A M Termeer, Cjam Termeer et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2019
Termeer, C. J. A. M., P. H. Feindt, T. Karpouzoglou, K. J. Poppe, G. J. Hofstede, K. Kramer, L. Ge, E. Mathijs, and M. P. M. Meuwissen. 2019. Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: the historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands. Ecology and Society 24(4):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11206-240415
The Governance Features of Social Enterprise and Social Network Activities of Collective Food Buying Groups
Open AccessTom Dedeurwaerdere, Olivier De Schutter et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2017Cited by: 5References: 14
Impact of membership in frankincense cooperative firms on rural income and poverty in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Open AccessMesfin Tilahun, Miet Maertens et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2015Cited by: 4References: 10
Curbing global meat consumption
Open AccessLiesbet Vranken, Tessa Avermaete et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2014Cited by: 12References: 12
(De)politicising the local
Open AccessAnneleen Kenis, Erik MathijsARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2014Cited by: 34References: 26
Climate change and post-politics
Open AccessAnneleen Kenis, Erik MathijsARTICLEGeoforum2014Cited by: 66References: 17
Science–policy challenges for biodiversity, public health and urbanization
Open AccessHans Keune, Conor Kretsch et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2013
Internationally, the importance of a coordinated effort to protect both biodiversity and public health is more and more recognized. These issues are often concentrated or particularly challenging in urban areas, and therefore on-going urbanization worldwide raises particular issues both for the conservation of living natural resources and for population health strategies. These challenges include significant difficulties associated with sustainab…
An aggregate resource efficiency perspective on sustainability
Open AccessFrederic Ang, Steven Van Passel et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2011
Cost-benefit analysis of soil and water conservation measure
Open AccessBedru Balana, Bedru Babulo Balana et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2011Cited by: 5References: 5
Beyond individual behaviour change
Anneleen Kenis, Erik MathijsARTICLEEnvironmental Education Research2011Cited by: 31References: 9
Individual behaviour change is fast becoming a kind of ‘holy grail’ to tackle climate change, in environmental policy, the environmental movement and academic literature. This is contested by those who claim that social structures are the main problem and who advocate collective social action. The objective of the research presented in this paper is to better understand why environmentally concerned citizens choose one of these two types of engag…
On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations
Open AccessMatty Demont, Koen Dillen et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2010References: 1
Adoption of soil conservation practices in Belgium
Open AccessE Wauters, Charles Bielders et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2010Cited by: 35References: 35
On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations
Open AccessMatty Demont, Koen Dillen et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2009Cited by: 3References: 1