Exploring Boundaries in Food Systems: Research Implications for Projects on UK Food Security focuses on the 13 projects in the Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context programme, each of which take a distinct lens on the resilience of the UK food system.
Boundary reflection can help researchers anticipate possible unwanted economic, social or environmental side-effects of their recommendations for change. While it can never be comprehensive, this reflection can help researchers do better than just take a single boundary for granted.
The research, conducted by Dr Ariella Helfgott, CEO of Collaborative Futures and Professor Gerald Midgley of the University of Hull, shows that while there are overlapping elements, each project in the GFS-FSR has a distinct purpose, operates with different scopes, scales and resolutions, and makes different boundary judgements. There are synergies and tensions between the recommendations for action coming out of some of the projects.
While boundary reflection can never be comprehensive, it can help researchers do better than just take a single boundary for granted. It can therefore help researchers anticipate possible unwanted economic, social or environmental side-effects of their recommendations for change
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