Nutrition-Food Systems platform honored at BÉNÉFIQ 2025 international conference
The first interdisciplinary doctoral course of the second cohort of the Feed-Protect-Care FOODS PhD Platform Feed-Protect-Care FOODS PhD Platform kicked off on October 29 atUniversité Laval (Quebec), with a program of excellence supported by the Canadian institution. This program is funded by the University of Montpellier as part of the UM France 2030 - IDEES ANR.
After three days of interdisciplinary seminars and thematic visits devoted to the links between nutrition, inequality and sustainable food systems, doctoral researchers presented the results of their doctoral field school at the BÉNÉFIQ 2025 international conference, organized by Université Laval's Institut sur les aliments fonctionnels (INAF) on November 5 and 6.
The best scientific papers were awarded at the closing ceremony. Four doctoral students from the platform stood out, winning "Coup de cœur du public" awards:
- Popularized graphics: Julieth Pilar Urizon (Utrecht University) and Meike Simonsma (Wageningen University).
- Standard scientific poster: Laura Parro (University of Barcelona) and Ana Maria Quiroga Arcila (Laval University).
The latter presented a poster on the innovative approach of UM's FOODS platform, entitled "The Feed-Protect-Care Framework: A Context-Sensitive Approach to Advancing Agroecological Food System Transformation", the fruit of the collective work of the first PhD cohort.
