Valentin Fiala
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3989137 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Valentin Fiala |
| PRENOMES | Valentin |
| SOBRENOME | Fiala |
| ASSINATURA | FIALA V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | BOKU University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6812-9490 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
How to achieve impacts with sustainability science? Insights from 20 years of work in five biosphere reserves in Europe
Sustainability science aims not only to understand pressing challenges but also to generate positive effects that drive sustainable transitions. However, little is known regarding how well this field achieves the latter goal. To address this gap, we explore the sustainability effects of research projects that have been conducted over 20 years in five biosphere reserves (BRs). Document analysis and expert interviews with BR managers and researcher…
Combining the multi-level perspective framework with participatory scenario development to explore the many facets of food system transitions in Germany
Transitions to more sustainable food systems are urgently needed, but they are also very complex and hard to achieve. The integration of transdisciplinary approaches into transition research can help to understand and promote sustainable food system transitions, but remains an agenda item in this research field. To fill this gap, this article describes how the multi-level perspective (MLP) can be used as a framework for explorative, participatory…
Diverging Stories on food system transitions. A qualitative analysis of policy narratives in the public consultation on the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy
The transition towards more just and sustainable food systems is a major challenge which requires persuasive policy narratives for motivation and coordination. However, research about how relevant European actor groups view crucial elements of food system transitions is scarce. The consultation on the European Commission's Farm-to-Fork Strategy provided an opportunity to analyze how elements of food system transitions are represented and connecte…
Carnival for change
Recently, the role of civil society in shaping food systems has been increasingly recognised, as has the role of active ‘food citizens’ who take political and practical responsibility for transforming food systems. However, consumers still play a rather passive role in conventional value chains and, due to limited direct interaction with producers, stereotypical and nostalgic representations of agriculture and food in the mass media can hinder pe…
Diverse types of knowledge on a plate
Urbanization processes are accompanied by growing global challenges for food systems. Urban actors are increasingly striving to address these challenges through a focus on sustainable diets. However, transforming food systems towards more sustainable diets is challenging and it is unclear what the local scope of action might be. Co-production of knowledge between science and non-science is particularly useful for analysing context-specific soluti…
Covid-19 as a chance for more food democracy in European cities? The responses of actors within Vienna's urban food system to the pandemic
Actors within European cities had to respond to the Covid-19 crisis to maintain their urban food systems' basic functions. In this article, we ask whether these responses merely remedied the immediate challenges and maintained the status quo or the window of opportunity created by Covid-19 was used to transform urban food systems towards food democracy. We combine the food democracy framework and multi-level perspective to examine how actors of a…
Environmentally Sound Agriculture Between Transformation and Conformation
Possible contributions of organic farming to solve the current environmental crisis in industrialized agriculture can range from greening the existing agrofood system to being a driver for systemic change. The growth of organic farming has led to debates over whether organic is still a driver of societal transformation or whether it has become a slightly greener version of conventional agriculture. We investigate the changing roles that are ascri…
Embedding sustainable diets into urban food strategies
Urbanization processes have been accompanied by a shift towards diets that have placed increased pressures on the environment and human health. City governments are increasingly striving to address these challenges through a policy focus on “sustainable diets”. Using the example of the city of Vienna (Austria), this paper adopts an innovative multi-actor approach to unpack the complexities involved in the implementation of the core principles of …
Reflective Photobooth – a way to visualise, and challenge perceptions and representations of distanced social groups
Taken-for-granted knowledge about people from other social groups is a key challenge for overcoming stereotypes. This article describes a novel arts-based research method to visualise participants’ frames of distanced social groups and aims to trigger reflections among them. The Reflective Photobooth invites participants to dress up as members of distanced social groups, stage a scene, produce pictures, answer prompting questions, and discuss the…
Construction of a scattered field - the differentiation of organic farming in Austrian TV advertisement campaigns
This paper explores the construction of organic farming in two advertising campaigns from Austrian supermarket retailers. Austria illustrates how the growth, change, and differentiation of the organic movement has led to confusion about its current identity. In this context we argue that promotion of organic brands could increase the perception among consumers, that there are multiple versions of organic, each with different levels of quality. Qu…
Embedding sustainable diets into urban food strategies
Urbanization processes have been accompanied by a shift towards diets that have placed increased pressures on the environment and human health. City governments are increasingly striving to address these challenges through a policy focus on “sustainable diets”. Using the example of the city of Vienna (Austria), this paper adopts an innovative multi-actor approach to unpack the complexities involved in the implementation of the core principles of …
Diverse types of knowledge on a plate
Urbanization processes are accompanied by growing global challenges for food systems. Urban actors are increasingly striving to address these challenges through a focus on sustainable diets. However, transforming food systems towards more sustainable diets is challenging and it is unclear what the local scope of action might be. Co-production of knowledge between science and non-science is particularly useful for analysing context-specific soluti…
Covid-19 as a chance for more food democracy in European cities? The responses of actors within Vienna's urban food system to the pandemic
Actors within European cities had to respond to the Covid-19 crisis to maintain their urban food systems' basic functions. In this article, we ask whether these responses merely remedied the immediate challenges and maintained the status quo or the window of opportunity created by Covid-19 was used to transform urban food systems towards food democracy. We combine the food democracy framework and multi-level perspective to examine how actors of a…
Combining the multi-level perspective framework with participatory scenario development to explore the many facets of food system transitions in Germany
Transitions to more sustainable food systems are urgently needed, but they are also very complex and hard to achieve. The integration of transdisciplinary approaches into transition research can help to understand and promote sustainable food system transitions, but remains an agenda item in this research field. To fill this gap, this article describes how the multi-level perspective (MLP) can be used as a framework for explorative, participatory…
Diverging Stories on food system transitions. A qualitative analysis of policy narratives in the public consultation on the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy
The transition towards more just and sustainable food systems is a major challenge which requires persuasive policy narratives for motivation and coordination. However, research about how relevant European actor groups view crucial elements of food system transitions is scarce. The consultation on the European Commission's Farm-to-Fork Strategy provided an opportunity to analyze how elements of food system transitions are represented and connecte…
Construction of a scattered field - the differentiation of organic farming in Austrian TV advertisement campaigns
This paper explores the construction of organic farming in two advertising campaigns from Austrian supermarket retailers. Austria illustrates how the growth, change, and differentiation of the organic movement has led to confusion about its current identity. In this context we argue that promotion of organic brands could increase the perception among consumers, that there are multiple versions of organic, each with different levels of quality. Qu…
Reflective Photobooth – a way to visualise, and challenge perceptions and representations of distanced social groups
Taken-for-granted knowledge about people from other social groups is a key challenge for overcoming stereotypes. This article describes a novel arts-based research method to visualise participants’ frames of distanced social groups and aims to trigger reflections among them. The Reflective Photobooth invites participants to dress up as members of distanced social groups, stage a scene, produce pictures, answer prompting questions, and discuss the…
Construction of a scattered field - the differentiation of organic farming in Austrian TV advertisement campaigns
This paper explores the construction of organic farming in two advertising campaigns from Austrian supermarket retailers. Austria illustrates how the growth, change, and differentiation of the organic movement has led to confusion about its current identity. In this context we argue that promotion of organic brands could increase the perception among consumers, that there are multiple versions of organic, each with different levels of quality. Qu…
Environmentally Sound Agriculture Between Transformation and Conformation
Possible contributions of organic farming to solve the current environmental crisis in industrialized agriculture can range from greening the existing agrofood system to being a driver for systemic change. The growth of organic farming has led to debates over whether organic is still a driver of societal transformation or whether it has become a slightly greener version of conventional agriculture. We investigate the changing roles that are ascri…
Embedding sustainable diets into urban food strategies
Urbanization processes have been accompanied by a shift towards diets that have placed increased pressures on the environment and human health. City governments are increasingly striving to address these challenges through a policy focus on “sustainable diets”. Using the example of the city of Vienna (Austria), this paper adopts an innovative multi-actor approach to unpack the complexities involved in the implementation of the core principles of …
Covid-19 as a chance for more food democracy in European cities? The responses of actors within Vienna's urban food system to the pandemic
Actors within European cities had to respond to the Covid-19 crisis to maintain their urban food systems' basic functions. In this article, we ask whether these responses merely remedied the immediate challenges and maintained the status quo or the window of opportunity created by Covid-19 was used to transform urban food systems towards food democracy. We combine the food democracy framework and multi-level perspective to examine how actors of a…
Carnival for change
Recently, the role of civil society in shaping food systems has been increasingly recognised, as has the role of active ‘food citizens’ who take political and practical responsibility for transforming food systems. However, consumers still play a rather passive role in conventional value chains and, due to limited direct interaction with producers, stereotypical and nostalgic representations of agriculture and food in the mass media can hinder pe…
Diverse types of knowledge on a plate
Urbanization processes are accompanied by growing global challenges for food systems. Urban actors are increasingly striving to address these challenges through a focus on sustainable diets. However, transforming food systems towards more sustainable diets is challenging and it is unclear what the local scope of action might be. Co-production of knowledge between science and non-science is particularly useful for analysing context-specific soluti…
Combining the multi-level perspective framework with participatory scenario development to explore the many facets of food system transitions in Germany
Transitions to more sustainable food systems are urgently needed, but they are also very complex and hard to achieve. The integration of transdisciplinary approaches into transition research can help to understand and promote sustainable food system transitions, but remains an agenda item in this research field. To fill this gap, this article describes how the multi-level perspective (MLP) can be used as a framework for explorative, participatory…
Diverging Stories on food system transitions. A qualitative analysis of policy narratives in the public consultation on the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy
The transition towards more just and sustainable food systems is a major challenge which requires persuasive policy narratives for motivation and coordination. However, research about how relevant European actor groups view crucial elements of food system transitions is scarce. The consultation on the European Commission's Farm-to-Fork Strategy provided an opportunity to analyze how elements of food system transitions are represented and connecte…
How to achieve impacts with sustainability science? Insights from 20 years of work in five biosphere reserves in Europe
Sustainability science aims not only to understand pressing challenges but also to generate positive effects that drive sustainable transitions. However, little is known regarding how well this field achieves the latter goal. To address this gap, we explore the sustainability effects of research projects that have been conducted over 20 years in five biosphere reserves (BRs). Document analysis and expert interviews with BR managers and researcher…
Political science (8 obras) · Agriculture (7 obras) · Organic Food and Agriculture (7 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Food security (5 obras) · Food systems (5 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (4 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras)