The International Food Loss and Food Waste Studies Group

Contact: jordon.lazell@essex.ac.uk

About Us

In the summer of 2014, several academics at different stages in their careers around the world began to collaborate together online discussing the phenomenon of food waste and food loss. The International Food Loss and Food Waste Studies Group (IFLFWSG) was proposed as a way of facilitating discussion and formally bringing together researchers to communicate and network in order to further knowledge in this area. Current membership spans a number of different disciplines featuring academics, food campaigners activists and waste management practitioners. The group discuss a range of topics online regularly through a dedicated ‘google group’  (see join the discussion page), has organised special sessions at conferences and special issues in well ranked journals. In 2020 the group led and helped facilitate the development of the first Routledge Handbook of Food Waste.

Mission

The goal of the group is to promote the multidisciplinary study of food waste and food loss through facilitating the dissemination and coordination of knowledge in this area of study. Our purpose to serve as a communication and networking platform that will aid in the development of holistic solutions for the prevention, reduction, and management of global food loss and food waste. The group enables members to exchange ideas and perspectives, engage in debate and discussion, and gives an insight into current methodology and epistemology in this field. The research interests of members span a wide range of societal issues and contexts globally, emphasising the international remit of this group.