Interacting driving forces in food systems, resulting in cumulative driver effects and synergies, induce non-linear processes in multiple directions. This paper critically reviews the discourse on driving forces in food systems and argues that mindset is the primary predictor for food system outcomes. In the epoch of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Anthropocene, mindset matters more than ever. Transformative narratives are beginning to transcend the dominant social paradigm, which is still driving the ...

Der folgende Beitrag nimmt ausgehend von einem Forschungsvorhaben, welches Kinder als ‚Stakeholder‘ in Kindertageseinrichtungen adressiert, in den Blick, wie Kinder im Kontext institutioneller Arrangements Peer- und Freundschaftsbeziehungen zum Thema machen. Es zeigt sich, dass die Formen der Thematisierung von verbindlichen „Wir“-Erzählungen bis zu komplexen, asymmetrischen Beziehungserfahrungen reichen.

Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a severe and much-debated issue in Sri Lanka. An average of two hundred animals are intentionally killed, and seventy to eighty human casualties are counted each year. The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is an endangered subspecies. The reported elephant mortality rates are high. On the other hand, human–elephant conflict also leads to hardship and trauma among rural populations. This research paper reviews causal explanations for HEC in Sri Lanka, tracing underlying ...

Based on the model of ambidextrous leadership, we investigated the impact of flexible adaptation of leader behavior, that is, opening and closing leader behaviors, on innovative performance in a laboratory experiment. Leader behaviors were manipulated with confederates attending to one participant showing either no leadership, a sequential, or a flexible application of opening and closing leader behaviors. We hypothesized that flexible adaptation leads to better innovation performance. N = 93 participants took part ...

The paper studies the containment effects of public health measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 in Germany. To identify the effects of six compound sets of public health measures, we employ a spatial difference-in-differences approach. We find that contact restrictions, mandatory wearing of face masks and closure of schools substantially contributed to flattening the infection curve. The significance of the impact of restaurant closure does not prove to be robust. ...

Das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderte Verbundvorhaben zielt auf eine empirisch fundierte Darstellung der kulturellen Landschaften und insbesondere der Akteur*innenkonstellationen der kulturellen Bildung in drei als peripher bis sehr peripher gekennzeichneten Regionen. Konkret wird mittels quantitativer und qualitativer Erhebungsmethoden den Fragestellungen nachgegangen, welche Felder und Akteur*innen in welcher Form und mit welchen Angeboten den Kultursektor bespielen, welche ...

This paper uses structural analogies to competing political philosophies of human society as a heuristic tool to differentiate between ecological theories and to bring out new aspects of apparently well-known classics of ecological scholarship. These two different areas of knowledge have in common that their objects are ‘societies’, i.e. units composed of individuals, and that contradictory and competing theories about these supra-individual units exist. The benefit of discussing ecological theories in terms of their ...

Die wachsende Aufmerksamkeit für die Lebensphase Kindheit fordert die beruflichen Qualifizierungsformate wie die entsprechenden akademischen Studienprogramme. Die Bewältigung des diagnostizierten Fachkräftebedarfs und die damit eng verbundene Herausforderung der weiteren Professionalisierung sind unterdessen nach wie vor ungelöst. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden in dem Beitrag Wandlungsprozesse sozialpädagogischer Qualifizierungsformate skizziert und an bildungsorientierte Erwartungen erinnert, die eine Ausdifferenzierung ...

Kindertageseinrichtungen gelten als Bildungsinstitutionen und leisten einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Gestaltung des Aufwachsens von Kindern in Deutschland. Dabei spielen die frühpädagogischen Fachkräfte als Gestalter_innen und Ermöglicher_innen von Bildungsprozessen für Kinder eine entscheidende Rolle. Der Beitrag nimmt ihre Vorstellungen von Bildung und worauf sich diese gründen in den Blick.

This article identifies consumer segments for vegan food by analysing perceptions of vegan food among food organic consumers following different diets: vegans, vegetarians, former vegetarians, flexitarians, and omnivores. The analysis is based on responses to a quantitative consumer survey for which 503 participants were recruited from customers at German grocery stores by quota sampling according to diet and region. From the responses to an open-ended question eliciting the participants’ associations with vegan food, ...