Academic Research
The research activity of the University of Gastronomic Sciences aims at increasing knowledge and promoting innovation in the field of gastronomic studies and is developed through collaborations at national and international level, with universities and research institutions, with UNISG partners (supporting partners or strategic partners), and other third parties (private or public) which can sign suitable agreements with the University.
UNISG Research is based on three interdisciplinary areas called: Environment, Perception and Quality, Mobility.
Research projects, related to one or more of these areas, involve specific skills of UNISG researchers and professors and of the experts who collaborate with UNISG (contract professors, visiting professors, etc.) and ensure relevant results for the scientific community, the stakeholders and the whole society in terms of scientific and economic outputs, visibility and strengthening of the UNISG network.
UNISG for research is: funded research projects, doctorates and research grants, scientific dissemination activities.
Environment
The Environment area analyzes the bidirectional relationship between man and the environment declined in the gastronomic field. In particular, on the one hand, it investigates the effect of the environment, of the ecological systems and of their changes on the gastronomic culture and on the alimentary behaviors. On the other hand, it studies the impact of socio-cultural systems and the agri-food production on the environment, on the territory and on the economic and natural resources. Particular attention is given to the analysis of the relationship between the urban and rural environment, the application of agro-ecology, the relationship between food and space and landscape, and the development of strategies for food sustainability.
Perception and Quality
The Perception and Quality area studies the socio-cultural, historical and environmental, physiological and genetic factors that influence the perception of food through an interdisciplinary method that takes into account different approaches: from the philosophical-aesthetic to the sensory sciences, from cognitive neuroscience and neuromarketing to psychological and social sciences. This area analyzes the quality of food, defining it in synchronic and diachronic perspective. Moreover, the Perception and Quality area intends to deepen the development of methodologies for ethical and fair communication, which allows consumers to know the products and make informed purchase choices.
Mobility
The Mobility area is characterized by the study of the social and economic impacts of the movement of groups of people, goods – including ingredients and food -, capital, ideas and social imaginaries on culinary cultures, on food systems and on consumer choices and behaviors. In addition, the Mobility area analyzes cultural adaptations within the co-evolutionary processes that have given rise to the world’s gastronomy, including the eating habits that have characterized certain social contexts and the emerging consumer trends that characterize the current era.
Click on the logo to know how the Unisg Research contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Contacts
Andrea Pieroni
Delegate of the Rector for Research
