Objectives

• To provide students with the tools and knowledge tot analyse and understand:
  • food systems and their role in society;
  • how food and agriculture are regulated nationally and internationally;
  • how agencies and institutions regulate agriculture and food nationally and internationally.
• To provide a framework for the exchange of knowledge, experiences, programmes and viewpoints among players, including other universities, researchers, professionals, civil service, private sector and government.
• Comprehensive understandign of food systems in a local, regional and global context.
• Awareness of the role that food plays across cultures, historically and in contemporary societies.
• Understanding of the relationships between economics, environment, society, culture and agri-food policy.
• Capacity to apply theory and knowledge to policy analysis.
• Competence in approaching a research problem in the area of food systems.
• Competence in articulating a research question, data collection and articulating research results.
• Competence in critically evaluating research.