Projects
- official name: Promoting behavioural change in Generation Z and designing interventions to prevent food waste including impact evaluation
- number: TQ01000183
- supported by: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- project duration: 2023-2026
- principal investigator: Ing. Lucie Veselá, Ph.D.
The project aims to reduce food waste among Generation Z by identifying key factors behind waste and testing interventions to encourage sustainable habits. Using experiments and behavior analysis, it develops targeted solutions and educational tools to support meaningful change.
- official name: Determining the volume of food waste produced by households and selected types of contributory organizations in the capital city of Prague in the context of the usefulness of this data for reporting and reducing food waste
- number: SS06010276
- supported by: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- project duration: 2023-2025
- principal investigator: Ing. Lucie Veselá, Ph.D.
The project is an initiative aimed at detailed measurement and analysis of food waste in the city of Prague by 2025. The project focuses on the lack of reliable data on food waste in the Czech Republic and in particular in the capital city and seeks to develop recommendations for public administration on how to prevent food waste.
- official name: Digital educational tools for the development of environmental competences of consumers
- number: TQ01000151
- supported by: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- project duration: 2023-2026
- principal investigator: Ing. Lucie Veselá, Ph.D.
The aim of the project is to create comprehensive educational support that will lead to the desired changes in consumer behaviour. Our intention is to teach consumers how to think about their real needs, especially in times of great societal challenges. The materials will include digital learning media (slow fashion, upcycling, reuse) that will motivate and interactively engage students in the learning process.
- official name: From Pitchfork to Fork … and Beyond!
- number: 5230200055
- supported by: National Programme Environment (Recovery and Resilience Facility)
- project duration: 2024-2025
- principal investigator: Ing. Lucie Veselá, Ph.D.
The issue of food waste is a current and widely discussed topic from economic, environmental, and social perspectives. It is estimated that approximately one-third of food production is wasted. The European Union, therefore, aims to halve food waste by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG).
- official name: Development of competencies in the field of sustainable development leading to a reduction of food waste
- number: CZ.07.4.68/0.0/0.0/20_079/0002105
- supported by: Operational Programme Prague – Growth Pole of the Czech Republic
- project duration: 2021-2023
- principal investigator: Ing. Lucie Veselá, Ph.D.
The issue of food waste is a current and widely discussed topic from economic, environmental, and social perspectives. It is estimated that approximately one-third of food production is wasted. The European Union, therefore, aims to halve food waste by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG).
- official name: Food waste collection system in urban housing estates
- number: A-MIVP-2021-011
- supported by: Gregor Johann Mendel Grant Agency of the Mendel University in Brno
- project duration: 2022-2025
- principal investigator: Ing. Lucie Veselá, Ph.D.
Food waste is a frequently discussed topic with significant economic and social consequences. It is estimated that one third of the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted throughout the food chain, placing significant environmental demands and threats on the environment.
- official name: Promoting pro-environmental patterns of behavior and incentives for behavioral change in food waste production and waste
- number: TAČR č. TL02000092
- project duration: 2019-2022
- principal investigator: doc. Ing. Lea Kubíčková, Ph.D.
The aim of the project is to provide application guarantors and local governments with procedures and results for implementing behavioral change in households, in a form that will be easily applicable for waste management actors (i.e. local governments). The basis of the project is to find more effective ways to achieve the goal of reducing food waste, based on the implementation of a targeted behavioral intervention, the purpose of which is to achieve a change in household behavior that will lead to a reduction in food waste.
- supported by: Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) at Mendel University in Brno, Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Business and Economics
- project duration: 2022-2025
- principal investigator: doc. Ing. Kateřina Ryglová, Ph.D.
The research focuses on the issue of food waste in the tourism sector with an emphasis on sustainability and customer satisfaction. The aim is to analyse the key factors and sources of food waste in hotels, restaurants and catering services and to propose effective measures to reduce it. The research results will offer not only the possibility of implementing these measures into the marketing management of companies, but also their communication strategies towards customers.