UU Global Sustainability Sciences students help analyse our AMA rollout process

16 March 2023
Activation, Talents

Over the past four years, Amped has aligned with a broad range of stakeholders in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA) regarding a strategy to adopt to build a robust, regional and regenerative food system. The strategy is now up and running in quite a unique form. The ‘AMA working group’ has faced numerous challenges and required several key pivots to arrive at its current position. Now used as our working Proof-of-Concept, we are aiming to implement this rollout process more efficiently in other regions. We therefore require more insights:

  • have an in-depth review and analysis of the last four years’ events, pointing at key (un)successful pivots and learning;
  • find a way to communicate the AMA-process efficiently to other regions and how it can help these regions;
  • establish the way this model can be replicated efficiently and effectively.

Utrecht University (Future Food Utrecht) and AMPED work closely together on the transition to local food and a regional food system. The strength of the collaboration lies in the knowledge of researchers, the enthusiasm of students, the university’s education programme and the network of Amped. Researchers from Future Food Utrecht are conducting research on the food transition. Over the last 7 years more than 800 students from UU, but also HU and HKU participated in Amped projects and initiatives.

Consultancy project
On February 9 2023 eight bachelor students from UU’s Global Sustainability Sciences were briefed on this consultancy project, tasks were divided and they will finish their research midway April. In order to have a 360-degree perspective, the analysis is done with two perspectives: through the Amped lens and the one of our partners and stakeholders.

Results
AMPED is very proud of the students’ work and the subsequent report, which will be part of the sourcing for the larger scope of research AMPED has initiated in partnership with UU and other universities and will be adopted in the research repository of the EU4Advice-project.

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