The European nutrition research landscape: diversity and perspectives.
Purpose: The diversification of Nutrition Sciences (NS) in recent decades has highlighted the need to review current practices in relation to funding, communication and interaction with stakeholders. The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) Presidential Activity “Improving standards in...
| Published in: | European Journal of Nutrition Vol. 64; no. 5; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=186762085&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 186762085 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14366207 CR0 jtl: European Journal of Nutrition issn: 14366207 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 64 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 186762085 10.1007/s00394-025-03681-2 186762085 ppf: 1 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The European nutrition research landscape: diversity and perspectives. aug: au: Perez-Cueto, Federico J.A. Brennan, Sarah F. Laitinen, Kirsi Diercks, Jutta Spiroski, Igor Katić, Mašenjka Fallaize, Rosalind Garin, Jean-Paul Cvejic, Jelena Helene Pourshahidi, L. Kirsti Bordoni, Alessandra Ockhuizen, Theo Daniel, Hannelore Šobajić, Slađana affil: https://ror.org/05kb8h459 Research Group Sustainable Food Transitions, Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, Umeå University, Lärarutbildningshuset, Plan 4, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden sug: ab: Purpose: The diversification of Nutrition Sciences (NS) in recent decades has highlighted the need to review current practices in relation to funding, communication and interaction with stakeholders. The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) Presidential Activity “Improving standards in the science of nutrition” established three working groups to develop consensus documents. This paper is part of Working Group 2 (WG2) “Organisation, Capabilities and Funding” and aims at describing the European Nutrition Research Landscape, addressing its diversity, challenges and future perspectives. Methods: WG2 developed two rounds of questionnaires designed to map the current funding architecture in FENS member countries. Questionnaires were administered to representatives of national NS member societies in 2022 and desk research was carried out to describe the main European Union (EU) sources of funding. Qualitative data analysis was performed on questionnaire data collected and agreed and approved by WG2. Results: 42% of representatives responded to the first round of data collection, and 30% to the second round of data collection. Results indicate that the NS field is mainly funded by public agencies, private actors, and by contract. Most calls are multi-disciplinary and the majority of societies were aware of risks posed by engagement with the private sector and financial conflicts of interest (COI). Conclusion: This exercise provides an insight into the funding landscape across Europe for NS and highlights the uniquely multifaceted funding sources and dynamics across the continent. This work also underscores the challenges NS faces and progress made with issues surrounding COI and the associated reputation of NS. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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