Dissemination and Participation
The Center uses various means to communicate food system topics to wider audiences, including findings from research projects supported by the WFSC. We do this via our website, fact sheets, reports, newsletters, and social media. In addition, the Center and our members engage with stakeholders in various ways. In particular, we establish project advisory boards with multi-sector participation and engage in diverse forums and bodies, in which we represent the Center and bring a food system perspective to the respective tables.
WFSC Communication
We use the Center’s website as a venue to communicate current news and findings. See the latest news from the World Food System Center here.
Food System Blogs
In April 2016, the Center launched a new blog featuring the voices and perspectives of the WFSC alumni network. This creative space offers them a platform to share short stories and communicate their observations, experiences, and food system interests in an informal way. It also provides a space to showcase outputs and lessons learned from the Center’s Enabling Grants.
Project Fact Sheets
We develop Project Fact Sheets in consultation with the Principal Investigators for each research project in which the WFSC is involved. These documents describe the core objectives, research plan, and expected impact in lay terms and help researchers communicate the broader relevance of their fundamental research activities.
Project Advisory Boards
Project Advisory Boards with stakeholder representatives are a core component of our approach to Flagship research projects. These boards help ensure projects incorporate an implementation-orientation; integrate new knowledge, data, and networks; and involve the relevant stakeholders from the start of the research. The advisory board meets bi-annually to be updated on the project and exchange perspectives, and outside of this, meets bilaterally with the project team.
Outreach Programs
Hands-on Learning for Teenagers
The project Edible Research offers one-day workshops for teenagers aged 12 to 15 from lower secondary schools in Zurich to open a window to the world of agricultural ecosystems and their tasty products. All workshop contents are related to ongoing agroecosystem research projects and linked to learning objectives in the curriculum for Swiss primary and secondary schools, "Lehrplan 21".