Exploring Food Governance: Local Food Strategies, Democracy, and Policy Change

Abstract

The panel addresses the governance of sustainable food systems. It seeks to advance both theoretical and empirical understanding of how, and under which conditions, democratic innovations can contribute to reinvigorating food democracy and improving food policies. We welcome contributions that examine how food democracy initiatives—such as food policy councils and participatory governance models—are designed and implemented across different territorial levels, and how they may offer pathways toward more inclusive policymaking processes and more effective policy responses.

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