{"id":1150,"date":"2020-09-23T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2020-10-01T18:39:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T16:39:07","slug":"introducing-our-speaker-rachel-reckinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/2020\/09\/23\/introducing-our-speaker-rachel-reckinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing our speaker Rachel Reckinger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are glad to announce <strong>Rachel Reckinger<\/strong> as a speaker at the TEDxUniversityofLuxembourg 2020. She raises the question: \u201cHow to design a truly sustainable food system in the context of climate change?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"\">Only a <em>holistic focus<\/em> on food systems and their sovereignty-struggles will lead to truly sustainable transitions for communities, to curb the effects of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Rachel Reckinger is a food sociologist and anthropologist at the University of Luxembourg and head of the research project Sustainable Food Practices, contributing to current debates on food sovereignty, biodiversity degradation, limits to growth, inequity, the search for more sustainable ways of production, consumption and governance \u2013 as well as policy coherence tackling them \u2013, all requiring a dedicated response from the social sciences. She is involved in various projects, ranging from enhancing regional products in public kitchens of the Greater Region to experimental research on consumer decisions in shopping premises via the design of a sustainable mobile app, and providing a visual analysis of Luxembourg\u2019s food system in an interactive infographic. These projects are underpinned by qualitative research on food actors\u2019 motivations and levers for, but also systemic resistances to sustainable change for heightened food sovereignty, both at mainstream and niche innovations level. Additionally, Rachel is interested in farm-level and food-system-level prospective analysis for Luxembourg. She is also taking part in active policy work with the co-creation of a Food Policy Council for Luxembourg, as a multi-stakeholder discussion and negotiation group for more resilient food system alternatives, and holds a mandate in Luxembourg\u2019s <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdd.public.lu\/fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conseil Sup\u00e9rieur pour un D\u00e9veloppement Durable<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Read more about Rachel Reckinger<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s research project on <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/food.uni.lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/food.uni.lu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img \/><a href=\"https:\/\/food.uni.lu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1323 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/food-logo-1024x523.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/food-logo-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/food-logo-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/food-logo-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/tedxuniversityofluxembourg.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/food-logo.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><sup>Photo: \u00a9 Sustainable Food Practices |\u00a0<\/sup><sup>Photo of Rachel Reckinger: \u00a9 Sophie Margue<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>We are glad to announce Rachel Reckinger as a speaker at the TEDxUniversityofLuxembourg 2020. 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