Research - Transformative Actions for Sustainability Together with Youth
RE-TASTY
Research - Transformative Actions for Sustainability Together with Youth
Where students lead the research—and the change—in their school food system
Welcome!
A science project led by students!​​
RE‑TASTY places students at the heart of improving their school’s food system. In this project, secondary school students become citizen scientists: they explore, study, and evaluate how food sustainability is taught and practiced in their own school environment.
Using what they discover, students create their own ideas and actions for a healthier and more sustainable school food system. Over time, the information collected by many schools can also help support bigger changes in food policies.
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RE-TASTY started with a core team of three professionals passionate for sustainability, education and citizen participation. You can find more information about them here. As we are now entering a development phase we are open for more collaborations with teachers, researchers and passionate citizens. If you are interested to join our team, please contact us!
Our vision and goals​​
The vision of RE-TASTY is to bring high-quality democratic citizen science in education and food sustainability. Our goal is to give voice to students to co-create scientific knowledge on the topic of sustainable and healthy school food systems, while at same time they gain valuable skills and competences. With time, we are aiming to have an impact on relevant policies and the society. ​​​​​​
What students do?
Using interviews, students open up a dialogue with the various school stakeholders and at the same time collect data, which they then analyze. Based on their results they can design interventions. See some examples here. Two different research tools can be used, which can be found here.
As our aim it to give voice to students and listen to their own needs, students can also work (with our guidance) on the development of new research tools (in relation to the topic of food) based on their interests and questions.​ ​​​​​​
What is the impact of RE-TASTY? ​
The implementation of the initial phases of RE-TASTY has shown mainly scientific impact that relates to the production of scientific knowledge as well as social impact that relates to the attitudes and skills of the students. More details about the impact of RE-TASTY can be read in the last Impact Assessment Report here.​
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How can the project be implemented?
Schools can use for free the research toolkits found under Resources to involve their students in research work on their school food system. With a small compensation fee, schools can also collaborate with us to receive assistance in either applying the existing research tools or developing new research tools. A more long-term collaboration with a school is also possible. Please read more here.
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