Enhancing Urban Sustainability for Environmental Quality and Human Well-being through Nature-Based Solutions Transformation Labs 

2025 - 2028

Keywords: Co-development, Co-evolution, Nature-based solutions, Transformation labs, Climate change adaptation, Health and wellbeing, Biodiversity, Impact assessment, Urban planning, Social inclusivity, Cities

Europe Nutrient Management – Guided Approaches for Greater Export Reduction

2025 - 2028

Keywords: Ecosystem services, River basins; Nutrients, Hydrology, Governance, Policy 

Creating an Action Plan for an Agroecological Baltic Sea Region Vision (AE-Pro-Vision)

2024-2025 

Keywords: agroecological transition, bioeconomy, Baltic Sea region, stakeholder mapping

Pan-European Food Systems Science Network (FoSSNet)   

2024 - 2028 

Keywords: Education, social sciences, interdisciplinary, gender equality, food Systems, food systems science, transition, sustainability, inclusivity, FOKIS, knowledge and innovation systems 

Restoring Pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches

2023-2027

Keywords: pollinators, restoration, agricultural landscape transformation, conservation, co-designing, biodiversity, living-lab network, pollinator-friendly policies

Participatory land use strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world

2023-2027

Keywords: Climate research, Transformations, Systems Change, Behaviour Change, Governance, Land Use Modelling, Interventions, Planning and Policy

Preparing multi-actor projects in a co-creative way

2023-2027 

Keywords: agriculture, rural development, fisheries 

Pathways towards a fair, inclusive and innovative data economy for sustainable food systems

2022-2026

Keywords: digitalisation, food, data economy, sustainability, monitoring

Maximising the CO-benefits of agricultural Digitalisation through conducive digital ECoSystems

2022-2026

Keywords: digitalisation, farmers, sustainability, demonstration, technology assessment

Strengthening of the Capacity of Doctoral Studies at the University of Latvia within the Framework of the New Doctoral Model

2022-2023

Keywords: support of young scientists, renewal of academic staff

Promoting collaboration for sustainable and circular use of bioresources across agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture

2021-2024

Keywords: circular economy, bioresources, cross-sectoral collaboration, business models, interdisciplinarity

Critical Understanding of Predictive Policing

2021-2024

Keywords: law enforcement, digitalisation, public sector, police, innovation, citizens

Elaboration of environment-friendly crop growing technologies identified by the Green Deal and their implementation in horticultural production in Latvia

2021-2023

Keywords: green deal, innovation, horticulture, sustainability, technological solutions, soil fertility, greening, participatory research

Enacting user-centred knowledge and innovation partnerships for smart and sustainable territorial development

2020-2021

Keywords: knowledge partnerships, sustainable food systems, digitalisation, rural-urban linkages, participatory approach, cross-sectoral knowledge, responsible research and innovation

Connecting consumers and producers to rebalance farmers' position through ambassadors trainings

2021-2024

Keywords: Supply chain management, knowledge transfer, creativity management

Inclusive health and wellbeing in small and medium size cities

2020-2025

Keywords: Sustainable planning, Gender in urban planning and development,  Social innovation, Innovation and diversity, Inclusive Health and Wellbeing, Partnerships, Disadvantaged neighborhoods, Small and Medium Size Cities

An integrated approach to the challenge of sustainable food systems: adaptive and mitigatory strategies to address climate change and malnutrition

2020-2023

Keywords: Food security, climate change, food production, consumption, nutrition, and public health

Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts on Rural Areas

2019-2023

Keywords: regional development, rural development studies, social studies of science and technology, digital social innovation, scenario labs, socio-cyber-physical systems, responsible research and innovation

Social Innovation in Food Provision: Pathways to Sustainable Production and Consumption

2018-2021

Keywords: social innovation, food provision, governance, sustainability, diets

Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies 

2017-2021

Keywords: rural, urban, interaction, synergies, governance

Agricultural knowledge: linking farmers, advisors and researchers to boost innovation

2017-2021

Keywords: innovation support services, participatory innovation, micro-AKIS, transdisciplinarity, living labs, farmers, policies, advisors

Innovations in Non-timber Forest Products: Towards Rural Development and Sustainability

2017-2020

Keywords: wild products, innovations, rural development, sustainability

Policy tools for Baltic Sea nutrient management

2018-2020

Keywords: policy instruments, nutrient management, Baltic Sea Action Plan, future scenarios

Peer-to-peer learning: accessing innovation through demonstration

2017-2019

Keywords: innovation, agriculture, knowledge exchange, commercial farms, demonstration activities

Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food security

2016-2020

Keywords: food and nutrition security, sustainability, food chains, small farms, small food businesses, food systems, transdisciplinarity, multi-actor, systemic, advanced spatial analysis, policy, EU, Africa

Sustainable finance for sustainable agriculture and fisheries

2015-2019

Keywords: food and nutrition security, sustainable finance, food supply chains, risk management, credit markets, agricultural policies

Assessment of the impact of drivers of change on Europe's food and nutrition security

2014-2018

Keywords: assessment, global drivers of change, food and nutritional security, scenarios, pathways

Global and local food chain assessment: a multidimensional performance-based approach

2013-2016

Keywords: local food supply chains, global food supply chains, EU policies, sustainability, real costs of food, performance, multicriteria, access to food

Rethinking the links between farm modernisation, rural development and resilience in a world of increasing demands and finite resources

2013-2015

Keywords: farm modernisation, rural resilience, prosperity, knowledge and learning networks, governance

Towards sustainable modes of urban and peri-urban food provisioning

2012-2015

Keywords: short food supply chain, urban and peri-urban agriculture, recycling, sustainability, policy, city-region, developing countries

Agricultural knowledge systems in transition: towards a more effective and efficient support of learning and innovation networks for sustainable agriculture

2011-2014

Urban, peri-urban and regional food dynamics: towards an integrated and territorial approach to food

2010-2014

Knowledge brokerage to promote sustainable food consumption and production: linking scientists, policymakers and civil society organizations

2011-2013

Enlarging the theoretical understanding of rural development

2007-2009

Strengthening innovation processes for growth and development

2006-2008

Strengthening international research on geographical indications: from research foundation to consistent policy

2005-2008

Encouraging collective farmers marketing initiatives

2005-2008

Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development

2003-2006

Analysing public accountability procedures in contemporary European contexts

2001-2004

Transforming rural communication

2001-2003

Making agriculture sustainable: role of farmers networking and institutional strategies

1997-2000