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.

Our biannual Center newsletter brings news and updates to a network of over 1800 interested subscribers. Sign up for our newsletter and read past issues here.

Our Annual Report provides highlights from the Center; read the reports here.

We are active on Twitter, sharing updates on food system news, events, and member research!

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Our LinkedIn public company page (World Food System Center, ETH Zurich) aims to connect students and professionals who are interested in working towards sustainable food systems.

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The World Food System Center ETH Zurich YouTube channel features new videos from our many research projects and member groups.

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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.

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This science blog hosted by ETH Zurich Corporate Communications offers views on socially relevant research topics and ideas about the future. Under the topic of sustainability, many of our members post regular contributions.

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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 Fact Sheets

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.

Flagship projects

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".