Veronica Petrencu

Projects Coordinator & Research Fellow, UNIL & EPFL

Veronica coordinates the True Cost of Food project and the E4S Food and Agriculture platform. 

As E4S Research Fellow, Veronica was involved in projects related to responsible consumption and sustainability in education. She contributed to the onset of the E4S Master program and was involved in the coordination of the E4S Master Projects.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics (University of Lausanne) and has 10 years of experience in research related to international migration, integration policies, and attitudes towards migration.

Research participation & Publications

The True Cost Accounting for Food: an interdisciplinary project

We believe that one solution for transitioning towards more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems is the implementation of the true cost of food from farm to fork, i.e. environmental, social, and health externalities being accounted for in the cost of food. Several (scientific, business and policy) attempts have been proposed, yet they either focus on carbon emissions or waste footprint, the social or the health and nutrition aspects.

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