Tim G. Williams

🛑Consolidation of power is contributing to undesirable lock-ins in food systems... An exciting new paper led by @TimWilliamsNZ advances the representation of power dynamics in models of agri-food systems, enabling explorations of deep transformation 💡 cell.com/one-earth/full…

🌍🚜 Which European regions are leading in agri-food sustainability transitions, and where are the strongest lock-ins to industrial paradigms? Our study maps the landscape of #sustainability #transitions in #AgriFoodSystems 🌱📊 How does your region fare? shorturl.at/gqV26

How often do patents for #agricultural technology include #sustainability objectives? Answer = only 4-8% of the time, according to our new paper led by Yafei Li dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593…

The material (including instructions for teachers) is available at sipath.thinkific.com

Learn about technology treadmills, megatrends, historical driving forces, farmer decision-making, power dynamics, leverage points, and more!

New e-learning course on agricultural (un)sustainability in Europe! 🌱Teachers can also integrate the material into their own courses

But for most low-income countries, "poverty" is the largest hidden cost

Super interesting analysis of hidden costs of food by FAO (2023): "unhealthy dietary patterns" make up by far the largest chunk for most countries! 😲 fao.org/3/cc7724en/onl…

Very important new meta-analysis from @rebeccaswart showing that farmers' attitudes towards sustainable agricultural practices are MORE IMPORTANT than economic outcomes. Potentially big implications for policy? cell.com/one-earth/full…

Who better to learn from about the history of European agriculture than 123 elderly farmers? New paper in R.E.C. tirelessly led by Franziska Mohr from @WSL_research 🔥🔥 doi.org/10.1007/s10113…

Let's hope this is not my future. I have thoroughly enjoyed my postdoc experience so far, but my thirtieth birthday is next year ...

I would love everyone in environmental movements to read this essay. It’s a painful, difficult but really important subject. By avoiding it we give a clear run to those whose proposals would lead, literally, to the deaths of billions. Please RT. Thank you. monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the…

"EU to ban greenwashing and improve consumer information on product durability" europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…

Last week, we celebrated the year-long work of our equality, diversity, & inclusion (ED&I) team @VU_IVM @AnneVanLoon @CassantiClara @TimWilliamsNZ Eric, & Tamara. To end the inspiring discussions, some of us presented creative summaries of what emerged from our discussions. 1/4

R3: Unfortunately, there is limited case study evidence of truly transformational pathways. We thus need prospective visioning and modelling to help imagine radical future transitions.

R2: Some important actors remain under-studied in the academic literature. These include banks and investors, (migrant) labourers, and food waste/disposal. We need more research on how they impact agricultural development and sustainability.

🚨NEW PAPER🚨We often target farmers to improve #sustainability in #agriculture. But many actors exert power in agri-food systems! Our meta-study of 71 European cases reveals a typology of network configurations. See the implications for policy (P1-P3) and research (R1-R3)🚜🌾👩‍🌾