Expert forum

Our expert forum consists of a group of 18 members that act as advisors by way of midterm review and final evaluation. They also serve to broaden our range of experts in terms of geography as well as expertise.

Name	Country	Affiliation	Expertise	Domain
Carolyn Steel	United Kingdom	Cambridge University carolynsteel(at)tiscali.co.uk	Architecture / Food & Urban development	Research
Ulf Sonesson	Sweden	Swedish institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK) Box 5401, 402 29 Göteborg Ulf.Sonesson(at)sik.se	Life-cycle analysis expert on food production and chains	Research
Erik Kaptein	Netherlands	Province of Limburg / Peri-Urban Regions Platform Europe (PURPLE) erik.kaptein(at)maastricht.nl	Regional policy; sustainable food production in peri-urban regions	Policy (regional / international)
Hanneke Davits (Floor de Sera)	Netherlands	Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie (Voormalig LNV) Directie Regionale Zaken, vestiging Zuid Postbus 6111, 5600 HC Eindhoven                   h.a.p.davits(at)minlnv.nl j.m.f.de.sera(at)minlnv.nl	Senior Policy adviser food	Policy, regional
Ben Reynolds	United Kingdom	Sustain (CSO alliance for better food and farming) 94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF sustain(at)sustainweb.org	London Food Strategy; Public sector catering	Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Marie-Claude Dop	Italy	FAO Marieclaude.dop(at)fao.org	Healthy nutrition in the South	policy
Julien Custot	Italy	FAO juliencustot(at)fao.org	Availability of sustainable healthy food across the world	policy
Cinzia Scaffidi	Italy	Slow Food Study Center c.scaffidi(at)slowfood.it	Traditional food production and processing	CSO
Colin Sage	Ireland	University College Cork c.sage(at)ucc.ie	Environmental geography; food quality; trust in food	Research
Bálint Balázs	Hungary	St. István University balazs.balint(at)essrg.hu	Environmental sociology; Participatory action research	Research
Astrid Dahl	Denmark	Municipality of Copenhagen astrda(at)buf.kk.dk	Public organic food procurement; Food and nutrition policy; school meals	Policy (local)
Bent Mikkelsen	Denmark	Aalborg University bemi(at)plan.aau.dk	Public food systems; Nutrition	Research
Gudrun Walter	Austria	Province of Styria gudrun.walter(at)stmk.gv.at	Waste management, Public organic food procurement	Policy
Christine Marshall	United Kingdom	Southwest Food and Drink Christine.Marshall(at) southwestfoodanddrink.com	Public food procurement; Food and Drink Industry	Policy
Henk Renting	Spain	Basque university rentingh(at)gmail.com	Sustainable food chains	Research
Robert Pederson	Denmark	European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium Robert.Pederson(at) healthyagriculture.eu	Public health at European and national level	Policy
Jiří Kolman	Czech Republic	PURPLE; Representative of the South Moravian Region kolman(at)southern-moravia.eu	Regional policy development: land use planning/peri-urban region/sustainable communities	Policy Regional
Patricia Potter	Ireland	PURPLE, Dublin Regional Authority, PPotter(at)dra.ie	Regional policy development: land use planning/peri-urban region/sustainable communities/ healthy living	Policy Regional