FoodRes – FoodRes

Between market and alternatives: household food resilience in uncertain times is a three-year research project (2024-2026) aiming at the understanding of the households’ participation in conventional and informal food systems. These includes shopping, food self-provisioning, foraging, barter, gifts and other ways of obtaining food. The research focuses on the methods how food is being obtained and shared by the households and investigates everyday decision making along with people’s values and motivations. The results will provide novel insights into the households’ food resilience.

The project is funded by the Czech Science Foundation’s grant No. 24-12568S and is based at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University and Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The research team are Petr Daněk, Lucie Sovová (both Masaryk University), Jan Vávra, Marta Kolářová and Petr Jehlička (all of them Institute of Sociology of CAS).

Projekt Mezi trhem a alternativami: potravinová odolnost domácností v nejisté době je tříletý výzkumný projekt (2024-2026), zabývající se zapojením domácností do formálních i neformálních potravinových systémů, což zahrnuje nakupování, samozásobitelství, sběr, výměnu, dary a další způsoby získávání potravin. Kromě způsobů obstarávání a sdílení potravin, se výzkum zaměřuje na každodenní rozhodování domácností a s tím spojené hodnoty a motivace. Výsledky výzkumu nabídnou nový vhled do potravinové odolnosti domácností.

Projekt je financován Grantovou agenturou ČR (č. 24-12568S) a realizován na Přírodovědecké fakultě Masarykovy univerzity a v Sociologickém ústavu AV ČR, v. v. i.

Projektový tým pracuje ve složení Petr Daněk a Lucie Sovová (oba Masarykova univerzita), Jan Vávra, Marta Kolářová a Petr Jehlička (všichni Sociologický ústav AV ČR).

Towards more resilient food systemsTowards more resilient food systems

December 18, 2025|

FoodRes team has organized session 114. Towards more resilient food systems: exploring spaces between the mainstream and alternatives at the

Household food resilience and genderHousehold food resilience and gender

December 18, 2025|

Marta Kolářová presented paper Household food resilience: gender aspects of food consumption and prosumption at the Midterm Conference of European

Transformation and quiet sustainabilityTransformation and quiet sustainability

December 18, 2025|

Lucie Sovová presented her research about quiet sustainability and its transformation potential at Global crisis and economic alternatives in Central

Food self-provisioning and skills in rural areas: lessons for food resilience in household and community contextsFood self-provisioning and skills in rural areas: lessons for food resilience in household and community contexts

December 17, 2025|

FoodRes team, together with Jarkko Pyysiäinen, Toni Ruuska and Milla Suomalainen (all from University of Helsinki) were convenors of the

Gardening as a responsible leisure activity: The geography of Central European food self-provisioningGardening as a responsible leisure activity: The geography of Central European food self-provisioning

February 24, 2025|

Petr Daněk, Petr Jehlička (2024). Gardening as a responsible leisure activity: The geography of Central European food self-provisioning. Erdkunde 78(4):

New project FoodResNew project FoodRes

September 5, 2024|

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