Markus Vinnari
Biographic Data
| ID | 95863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Markus Vinnari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Markus |
| FAMILY NAME | Vinnari |
| SIGNATURE | VINNARI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Eastern Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2258-8282 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Promoting plant-based eating in meat-centric meal contexts: A field study
Objective: Shifting from meat-centric to plant-rich diets may help to enable healthier and more sustainable food systems. Here we present the results of a 1-week intervention to promote plant-based eating in a meat-centric food context (i.e. canteen). Design: The intervention included environmental restructuring strategies (e.g. promotional materials and menu redevelopment) and improvements to the offer of plant-based meals. The evaluation (sales…
Enabling sustainable food transitions in schools: A systemic approach
Purpose Recent reviews and reports have highlighted the need for integrated, context-specific efforts to enable sustainable food transitions. This study aimed to identify pathways to promote healthier and more environmentally friendly food practices in school contexts, with a focus on increased plant-based eating. Design/methodology/approach The study used a systemic approach with data collected from relevant stakeholders in an EU country (Portug…
Priorities for social science and humanities research on the challenges of moving beyond animal-based food systems
Increasingly high-profile research is being undertaken into the socio-environmental challenges associated with the over-production and consumption of food from animals. Transforming food systems to mitigate climate change and hidden hunger, ensure food security and good health all point to reducing animal-based foods as a key lever. Moving beyond animal-based food systems is a societal grand challenge requiring coordinated international research …
Veganism and Plant-Based Eating: Analysis of Interplay Between Discursive Strategies and Lifestyle Political Consumerism
In recent years, there has been an increased mobilization around veganism and plant-based diets. This chapter analyzes this mobilization, the evolution of the images and practices of vegan eating, and associated kinds of political consumerism. The chapter demonstrates how vegan eating takes place as an assemblage of several actors and platforms, such as consciousness-raising campaigns, vegan bloggers, pledges and festivals, and new vegan foods ma…
Content Analysis of TV Food Advertising Using Climate Impact and a Nutritional Impact Index
Sustainability Matrix: Interest Groups and Ethical Theories as the Basis of Decision-Making
Consumer consciousness on meat and the environment — Exploring differences
Consumers’ perceived barriers to following a plant-based diet
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the barriers perceived by consumers to lowering their meat consumption levels and adopting a plant-based diet, which means a diet that includes mainly non-meat foods, yet it can contain both vegetarian and meat meals. Design/methodology/approach – The prevalence of different barriers for following a plant-based diet is addressed, as well as consumer profiles considering socio-demographics, values …
Citizen Attitudes to Farm Animals in Finland: A Population-Based Study
Public Perceptions of Mental Capacities of Nonhuman Animals: Finnish Population Survey
Mental capacities are an essential basis on which people give moral concern to nonhuman animals. Hence, it is important to investigate public perceptions of animal mind and the factors underlying these perceptions. Although research into citizen beliefs in animal mind has been increasing, population-based studies utilizing multivariate methods have been scarce. In this article, public perceptions of animal mind are investigated with a nationwide …
A Framework for Sustainability Transition: The Case of Plant-Based Diets
Attitudes towards Farm Animals as a Part of Belief Systems
In this paper, we explore whether attitudes towards farm animals belong to a larger set of societal values which we label "belief systems." Our empirical analysis is based on a postal survey conducted in 2010: a random sample of 4,000 Finns aged from 18 to 75 years was selected from the Finnish Population Register database. Analysis techniques consisted of descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and correlation analyses. Three diffe…
Sustainability of diets: From concepts to governance
Who Cares about Farmed Fish? Citizen Perceptions of the Welfare and the Mental Abilities of Fish
Identifying vegetarians and their food consumption according to self-identification and operationalized definition in Finland
Objectives To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic factors related to vegetarians according to different definitions in Finland and to compare the consumption of selected foodstuffs and nutritional intakes among vegetarians and omnivores. Design Information about subjects’ identification as vegetarians in a survey was used as a basis for self-defined vegetarianism. Foodstuffs consumed and their frequencies of consumption were obtained, a…
Future images of meat consumption in 2030
Future images of meat consumption in 2030
A Framework for Sustainability Transition: The Case of Plant-Based Diets
Consumer consciousness on meat and the environment — Exploring differences
Public Perceptions of Mental Capacities of Nonhuman Animals: Finnish Population Survey
Mental capacities are an essential basis on which people give moral concern to nonhuman animals. Hence, it is important to investigate public perceptions of animal mind and the factors underlying these perceptions. Although research into citizen beliefs in animal mind has been increasing, population-based studies utilizing multivariate methods have been scarce. In this article, public perceptions of animal mind are investigated with a nationwide …
Citizen Attitudes to Farm Animals in Finland: A Population-Based Study
Attitudes towards Farm Animals as a Part of Belief Systems
In this paper, we explore whether attitudes towards farm animals belong to a larger set of societal values which we label "belief systems." Our empirical analysis is based on a postal survey conducted in 2010: a random sample of 4,000 Finns aged from 18 to 75 years was selected from the Finnish Population Register database. Analysis techniques consisted of descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and correlation analyses. Three diffe…
Who Cares about Farmed Fish? Citizen Perceptions of the Welfare and the Mental Abilities of Fish
Identifying vegetarians and their food consumption according to self-identification and operationalized definition in Finland
Objectives To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic factors related to vegetarians according to different definitions in Finland and to compare the consumption of selected foodstuffs and nutritional intakes among vegetarians and omnivores. Design Information about subjects’ identification as vegetarians in a survey was used as a basis for self-defined vegetarianism. Foodstuffs consumed and their frequencies of consumption were obtained, a…
Future images of meat consumption in 2030
Who Cares about Farmed Fish? Citizen Perceptions of the Welfare and the Mental Abilities of Fish
Sustainability of diets: From concepts to governance
A Framework for Sustainability Transition: The Case of Plant-Based Diets
Attitudes towards Farm Animals as a Part of Belief Systems
In this paper, we explore whether attitudes towards farm animals belong to a larger set of societal values which we label "belief systems." Our empirical analysis is based on a postal survey conducted in 2010: a random sample of 4,000 Finns aged from 18 to 75 years was selected from the Finnish Population Register database. Analysis techniques consisted of descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and correlation analyses. Three diffe…
Public Perceptions of Mental Capacities of Nonhuman Animals: Finnish Population Survey
Mental capacities are an essential basis on which people give moral concern to nonhuman animals. Hence, it is important to investigate public perceptions of animal mind and the factors underlying these perceptions. Although research into citizen beliefs in animal mind has been increasing, population-based studies utilizing multivariate methods have been scarce. In this article, public perceptions of animal mind are investigated with a nationwide …
Consumers’ perceived barriers to following a plant-based diet
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the barriers perceived by consumers to lowering their meat consumption levels and adopting a plant-based diet, which means a diet that includes mainly non-meat foods, yet it can contain both vegetarian and meat meals. Design/methodology/approach – The prevalence of different barriers for following a plant-based diet is addressed, as well as consumer profiles considering socio-demographics, values …
Citizen Attitudes to Farm Animals in Finland: A Population-Based Study
Consumer consciousness on meat and the environment — Exploring differences
Sustainability Matrix: Interest Groups and Ethical Theories as the Basis of Decision-Making
Veganism and Plant-Based Eating: Analysis of Interplay Between Discursive Strategies and Lifestyle Political Consumerism
In recent years, there has been an increased mobilization around veganism and plant-based diets. This chapter analyzes this mobilization, the evolution of the images and practices of vegan eating, and associated kinds of political consumerism. The chapter demonstrates how vegan eating takes place as an assemblage of several actors and platforms, such as consciousness-raising campaigns, vegan bloggers, pledges and festivals, and new vegan foods ma…
Content Analysis of TV Food Advertising Using Climate Impact and a Nutritional Impact Index
Priorities for social science and humanities research on the challenges of moving beyond animal-based food systems
Increasingly high-profile research is being undertaken into the socio-environmental challenges associated with the over-production and consumption of food from animals. Transforming food systems to mitigate climate change and hidden hunger, ensure food security and good health all point to reducing animal-based foods as a key lever. Moving beyond animal-based food systems is a societal grand challenge requiring coordinated international research …
Enabling sustainable food transitions in schools: A systemic approach
Purpose Recent reviews and reports have highlighted the need for integrated, context-specific efforts to enable sustainable food transitions. This study aimed to identify pathways to promote healthier and more environmentally friendly food practices in school contexts, with a focus on increased plant-based eating. Design/methodology/approach The study used a systemic approach with data collected from relevant stakeholders in an EU country (Portug…
Promoting plant-based eating in meat-centric meal contexts: A field study
Objective: Shifting from meat-centric to plant-rich diets may help to enable healthier and more sustainable food systems. Here we present the results of a 1-week intervention to promote plant-based eating in a meat-centric food context (i.e. canteen). Design: The intervention included environmental restructuring strategies (e.g. promotional materials and menu redevelopment) and improvements to the offer of plant-based meals. The evaluation (sales…
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works)