Food, Insecurity, Consumption and Sustainable Behavior
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 17123
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Sustainability welcomes submissions relating to different dimensions of food, insecurity, consumption patterns, sustainable behavior and their interrelatedness. We invite researchers who investigate food and other consumption patterns (e.g., cultural consumption, political consumerism), insecurity (including, but not limited to, food, economic and existential insecurity), sustainable behavior (e.g., environmental behavior and attitudes, sustainable healthy lifestyles) and other life outcomes related to sustainability (e.g., health behaviors, behavior change). Since food and dietary patterns (vegan and plant-based diets, meat reduction diets, flexitarianism) and, more generally, human and non-human animal relations play a critical role in sustainable systems, we also encourage the submission of papers that examine these topics.
Those exploring the interplay between the described phenomena examined from a cross-national, longitudinal or case-study perspective are particularly encouraged. Case studies and examinations of the links from a historical perspective are also welcome, as is research at a global, state, regional, household, or individual level, employing macro and micro perspectives. Gender, family and generational approaches are also encouraged (including focusing on young people, who are an understudied group concerning these issues). Finally, as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the everyday lives of people around the world, we also encourage the relationships to be studied in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., vaccine hesitancy, pandemic preventive behaviors, lifestyles changes as they relate to food, consumption and sustainable behavior).
Dr. Andrej Kirbiš
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food
- insecurity
- consumption patterns
- sustainable behavior
- health outcomes and lifestyles
- COVID-19 pandemic
- preventive behavior
- macro and micro approach
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