Updated on 1 November 2026
COMMUNITIES-02: Empowering local urban food systems entrepreneurship and innovation
Research and Innovation Co-Lead of Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC) at Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC)
Sheffield, United Kingdom
About
The Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC) at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, delivers interdisciplinary, industry-focused research and innovation to support healthier, sustainable and resilient food systems.
We are interested in joining Horizon Europe consortia developing innovative, inclusive and sustainable urban food systems through entrepreneurship, digital innovation and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Our potential contributions include:
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Sustainable urban food systems and innovative agri-food value chains.
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AI, IoT, digital technologies and data-driven decision support.
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Circular food systems, food waste reduction and resource efficiency.
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SME engagement, entrepreneurship and sustainable business model innovation.
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Living Labs, stakeholder co-creation, pilot activities and real-world demonstration.
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Sustainability assessment, innovation adoption and exploitation.
We seek collaboration with universities, research organisations, food businesses, technology providers, SMEs, municipalities, regional innovation networks and public authorities.
Our objective is to contribute as a research and innovation partner, supporting the co-development, validation and scaling of innovative solutions for sustainable urban food systems.
Stage
- Early stage
Topic
- HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-COMMUNITIES-02: Empowering local urban food systems entrepreneurship and innovation
Type
- Partner looking for consortium
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
- Early stage
- Partner looking for consortium
- HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-CLIMATE-02: Strengthening evidence-based policies for the resilience of European agriculture and forestry and related supply chains against crises and systemic risks
Yasanur Kayikci
Research and Innovation Co-Lead of Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC) at Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC)
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Project cooperation
CIRCBIO-07: Improving biomass flows for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy
- Early stage
- Partner looking for consortium
- HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-07: Improving biomass flows for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy
Yasanur Kayikci
Research and Innovation Co-Lead of Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC) at Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC)
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Project cooperation
- Early stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-COMMUNITIES-02: Empowering local urban food systems entrepreneurship and innovation
MARIA GARCIA-ALEGRE
EU Projects Coordination Head at Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía
Seville, Spain