Nutrition-Food systems platform honoured at the BÉNÉFIQ 2025 international congress
The first interdisciplinary doctoral training of the second cohort of the platform Feed-Protect-Care FOODS PhD Platform started on 29 October atLaval University (Quebec), with excellent programming supported by the Canadian institution. This programme is funded by the University of Montpellier as part of the programme UM France 2030 – IDEES ANR.
After three days of interdisciplinary seminars and thematic visits devoted to the links between nutrition, inequalities and sustainable food systems, doctoral students presented the results of their field doctoral school at the international congress BÉNÉFIQ 2025, organised by the Institute on Functional Foods (INAF) from Université Laval on 5 and 6 November.
The best scientific papers were awarded at the closing ceremony. Four PhD students from the platform have distinguished themselves by winning “audience favourite” prizes:
- Popularized infographic : Julieth Pilar Urizon (University of Utrecht) and Meike Simonsma (University of Wageningen).
- Standard scientific poster : Laura Parro (University of Barcelona) and Ana Maria Quiroga Arcila (Université Laval).
The latter presented a poster on the innovative approach of the UM’s FOODS platform, entitled “The Feed-Protect-Care Framework: A Context-Sensitive Approach to Advancing Agroecological Food System Transformation”, the result of the collective work of the first doctoral cohort.
