PhD workshop

The Ph.D. workshop takes place at Aeres University of Applied Science, Almere, on October 19, 2022 and start at 12:00 with a lunch.

This side-event is organised by the PhD students and young academic professionals (YAP)  group of AESOP-Sustainable Food Planning. The YAP group aspires to improve the integration of PhD students and young professionals and to grow the “next generation” of experts in the field of sustainable food planning. We are pleased to invite you to this side event on the afternoon of  Wednesday 19th of October in Almere; prior the AESOP SFP Conference Almere 2022. This event is open to young professionals, practitioners, PhD students, post docs, and others interested  with a maximum of 25 participants. Aim of the YAP program is to learn new skills, exchange experiences, to network, get feedback on working relations, discuss research in progress, and reflect on (next steps in) career amongst peers in a relax atmosphere.

The YAP program will consist of three components:

1. Workshop on Early carrier challenges and choices with Dr Lara Sibbing, Dr Anke Brons and Dr Roxana Triboi, three recently graduated PhD students in the field of sustainable food planning, but three different next steps in career: food policy, food academic and interface of food planning and education. A survey will be circulated prior to this workshop amongst the participants to prepare key questions and insight for this workshop.
2. Workshop on Participatory Action Research and Action Learning approach. How to co-create rather than simply transfer knowledge to communities top-down and connect it to local circumstances and needs; (Co-hosted by AESOP4FOOD)
3. Social dinner