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COMFOCUS

COMFOCUS project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme aims to progress the EU food consumer science community by integrate key European research infrastructures in the inherently multidisciplinary field of food consumer science, in order to promote their optimal use and joint development.

Submit your proposal!
The COMFOCUS Open Call 1 invites proposals for studies in the field of consumer science with a connection to healthy eating.

Applicants will have virtual access (VA) to the Easy Questionnnaire Tool (EQT), a key online tool that offers users the opportunity to develop (pan-European) questionnaires on self-reported measures in a harmonized, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and RRI (Responsible Research & Innovation) proof way.

We are preparing an upcoming generation of researchers for a new Europe-wide perspective of consumer science in which consumer data is shared, linked, and re-used through supervised research experiences within the Virtual and Transnational Access Open Call research programme


Each user will have access to the COMFOCUS library that contains harmonized measures related to:
- psycho-social consumer characteristics
- product/food experiences and expectations
- consumer behaviour as an outcome
- consumers as agents in the food system - socio-demographics

All these measures are selected and agreed on by a scientific community that consists of experts in the food consumer science domain. As a user, you will register and create your own survey based on an original and innovative research proposal related to exploring the motivational factors in healthy eating, including interest in food products and services that aim to support healthy eating.

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MAIN OPPORTUNITIES

• Users will have free access to the Easy Questionnaire Tool (quick and easy tool for researchers to make questionnaires with harmonized measures);

• Free training webinar in which information on consumer research in the future is provided. How do we envision to ‘FAIRify’ the field? In this webinar we will talk about harmonised measures, FAIR way of working, ontologies, etc. As part of the training the MSc or PhD students can conduct their data collections that are relevant to their own research.

• Access to COMFOCUS Knowledge Platform: discussion forum, library (with harmonised measures and protocols), COMFOCUS tools and access to expertise within the consortium as well as mentoring;

• Create larger datasets using the connecting variables;

• Connecting to other researchers with the possibility to collaborate/share/link data and publish together;

• Become part of a community of “COMFOCUS fellows” - the possibility to shape the community in the future.

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Deliverable 4.2: Guideline for harmonisation of measures and protocols for psycho-social consumer characteristics

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Open Call 1 launch | May 11, 2022

COMFOCUS first open call was lunched live at "International Scientific Days 2022" in Slovakia during the plenary session with the topic "Future-proofing consumer food science: The Comfocus Starting Community", presented by dr. Ellen van Kleef and dr. Elena Horska. This conference provides a venue for policy makers, top managers, academicians and researchers all over the world who deal with global challenges affecting the agri-food system.

Workshop “Measuring tools for Food Consumer Science” | May 19, 2022
An online workshop was organized within the Measuring Behavior Conference – the stage for the latest inventions, prototypes, and techniques in behavioral research – where COMFOCUS project was presented and insights for technology developers about instruments that FCS needs were provided.

 

METROFOOD final conference | May 19, 2022
The COMFOCUS project was presented during a roundtable discussion to the audience of the final event of METROFOOD-PP project by Dr. Machiel Reinders. The Conference gathered together representatives of the scientific community and the relevant stakeholders of the agrifood system to discuss the main related challenges (with reference, e.g. to food quality & safety, traceability & transparency, digitalization, circular bioeconomy, sustainability and resilience). The conference presented an occasion to discuss the relevance of boosting research, cooperation, innovation, and stakeholder engagement in support to the agri & food sector.

IV National Congress of the Spanish Association of Sensory Analysis Professionals | June 6, 2022

During this congress hosted in Spain, COMFOCUS organized a dedicated session, where the first open call was communicated. In this edition, the latest advances, challenges and the future of research in the field of sensory and consumer sciences were addressed.

COMFOCUS Face-to-face Meeting
| June 13-14, 2022

This first real-life, face-to-face meeting took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and brought together the COMFOCUS community to met each other in person and to strengthen the collaboration and interlinkages between work packages; to monitor applicants and further actions of Open Call 1 and to get clarity on Open Call 2. During the meeting the consortium could also count on the valuable presence of members of the International Advisory Board (IAB).

Stakeholders Forum | June 13, 2022

During the face-to-face meeting, a Stakeholder Forum was installed. This was a great opportunity to connect with other players in the field (Corporate Sector, Governmental Organisations, Non-governmental organisations and Academic/Professional Bodies) where fruitful discussions arose. This interactive meeting was the starting point to create a lasting network of external stakeholders that will create a strong multi-sectoral forum for food consumer science.

Sharing best practices among Consumer Science experts  | September 2022

This is going to be the first roundtable meeting in Spain! This Meeting intends to discuss, set and distribute COMFOCUS best practices on measuring consumer science, harmonized measurements, guidelines and protocols among the pan-European consumer science community. The COMFOCUS Toolbox will be discussed and available knowledge and feedback will be collected.

 
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COMFOCUS project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement nº 101005259. The website represents the view of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility: it cannot be considered to reflect the views of the European Commission and/or the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). The European Commission and the Agency do not accept responsibility for the use that may be made of the information it contains.




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