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Events News 22 August 2023

Blue food participates in the Freeport Days in Gothenburg

Blå mat participates in Frihamnsdagarna in Gothenburg Thursday August 31 to Saturday September 2, 2023, Frihamnsdagarna will be held in Gothenburg. Blå mat will be represented in two panel discussions, both on the opening Thursday: Frihamnsdagarna 2023 - Destination Framtid.
News Newsletter 30 June 2023

News from Blue Food #9

News from Blå mat #9 In the ninth issue of Blå mat's newsletter, you can read about: News from Blå mat #9 Previous newsletters from Blå mat
Research News 30 June 2023

New article: "The relationship between food neophobia and hedonic ratings of novel foods may be mediated by emotional arousal"

New article: "The relationship between food neophobia and hedonic ratings of novel foods may be mediated by emotional arousal" A new article with Blue Food PhD student Elena Costa as the lead author finds that food neophobia, i.e. fear of trying new food, affects perceived pleasure indirectly via emotional arousal. The effect depended on the type of samples...
Events News June 28, 2023

Blue food at the Almdedal week with the Baltic Sea days

How can spatial planning be improved to promote the development of the aquaculture sector? On Friday, June 30, Blue Food's Fredrik Gröndahl and Gunilla Rosenqvist will take part in the seminar "How can spatial planning be improved to promote the development of the aquaculture sector?". Aquaculture is an important part of the blue economy and a sustainable transition of the food sector. Today, municipalities are expected to...
Events News 20 June 2023

EU fisheries directors learned about Swedish seafood - and tasted it.

EU fisheries directors learned about Swedish seafood - and tasted As part of Sweden's EU presidency in 2023, Blå Mat invited a group of fisheries directors to lunch during a study visit to SLU's research vessel R/V Svea on June 8. The fisheries directors and their staff got to sample dishes made from Swedish farmed and wild-caught fish, seaweed, mussels and...
News Calls for proposals 2 May 2023

Call for satellite projects 3:2023

Call for satellite projects 3:2023 Blue Mat's sixth call for satellite projects for centre formation partners... The projects will stimulate needs-based research and collaboration between academic partners (universities and institutes) and external partners (companies and authorities) within Blue Mat's research areas. The call is closed. No applications were approved. In English below Blå mat's research areas Application areas and content Applications within the following three...
Events News 19 April 2023

Meet Blue Food at the Science Festival

Meet Blue Food at the Science Festival The Gothenburg Science Festival is in full swing and for two days - Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22 - you can meet Blue Food in Nordstan. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, the Royal Institute of Technology and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, all involved in the "Blue Food - Center for Future...
Research News 18 April 2023

Blue food researchers contributed to the Swedish Board of Agriculture's report "The way forward towards more food from Swedish-caught herring and sprat".

Blue Food researchers contributed to the Swedish Board of Agriculture's report "The way forward towards more food from Swedish-caught herring and sprat" Large quantities of herring and sprat are caught by Swedish fishermen, but only a small proportion is used for food in Sweden. The problem is well known and just over a year ago the Swedish Board of Agriculture was commissioned by the government to...
Events News 16 March 2023

Blue food discusses food security and seafood at Sweden Innovation Days

Blue food discusses food security and seafood at Sweden Innovation Days You want to know how the Swedish food system can become more resilient, robust and sustainable. You should register and attend the session "The Swedish food system - how can we become more resilient and sustainable?" during the Sweden Innovation Days. The event is webcast and free of charge...
News Calls for proposals 14 March 2023

Three satellite projects receive funding in Blue Food's third call for proposals

Three satellite projects awarded funding in Blue Food's third call Three applications were submitted in Blue Food's third call for satellite projects. After supplementary information, Blue Food's management team decided to award all of them. In the Blue Mat's third satellite call, two applications for funding for research projects and one application for a travel grant are approved. Research project "Demand-based sustainability evaluation of seafood from fisheries" Academic party:...