Sara Smaal

Biography

‍As a RECOMS fellow, Sara was based at the Social Sciences Unit at Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium where her PhD focused on promoting Urban Food Strategies (UFSs) as denoting the start of ongoing, reflexive and open conversations regarding their implications and implementation in practice. An output included the RE-ADJUSTool for facilitating discussion of all stakeholders around a city's food system to make it equitable, inclusive and fair.

She is interested in local food systems, urban-rural relations, food sovereignty, participatory methods, interdisciplinary research and science communication

Sara holds a BSc in Human Geography and Planning at Utrecht University MSc from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. During my student years, I have always enjoyed discovering the borders of my field by engaging in interdisciplinary education and research. I for example took part in the university-wide Honours Programme ‘Descartes College’ at Utrecht University and attended a summer school of the University of Pisa on food and innovation in rural transition in Tuscany.

Institution: Social Sciences Unit at Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium

Sara's researchgate profile can be accessed here