Trust for Change
My PhD research on the politics of sustainable agriculture. I studied and supported three projects that aim to transform the European food system, moving away from monocultures and industrial farming, towards diversified and regenerative ways of food production and consumption. I focused on the ways in which trust was fostered and contested in these three settings. Meanwhile, I supported the projects with my knowledge on system change and interactive design.
Trusting to Learn and Learning to Trust
My first peer-reviewed article, published in 2020 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change. I developed a heuristic framework to study the role of trust in ‘reflexive arrangements’: projects that try to establish system change through collaboration. You can read it here!
Veganism & Plant-Based Protein Crops: contentious visioning almost obstructing a transition
This article analyses a story about a group of Swedish people that tried to collaborate to grow and eat more beans, but were lacking the trust to do so successfully. Some were vegan, others were frightened of animal rights activists. In the article I describe how the project leader and I attempted to shape the project in a way that was responsive to everybody and fostered a trusting atmosphere in the group. You can read it here!
