University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Organisation type: 
University
Country: 
Austria
Short name: 
BOKU
Description: 

Founded in 1872, BOKU today comprises 15 departments, located on two sites in Vienna and one in Lower Austria, as well several external research and teaching facilities in Austria. The university is attended by approx. 13.000 students, provides study courses at bachelor, master and doctoral level, has approx. 1.500 staff members who are engaged in teaching and research, a broad range of external lecturers.
The university is a teaching and research institution that focuses on renewable resources that are a prerequisite for human existence. The relationships between man, society and the envi-ronment form the basis of all activities at BOKU, and its foremost aim is to make decisive con-tributions to securing the well-being of future generations. In this endeavour, it will seek ways of ensuring a sustainable and environmentally sound management of natural resources by allying the competences of the natural, engineering, economic and social sciences.
The Institute of Marketing & Innovation is part of the Department of Economics and Social Sciences of BOKU and has a research emphasis on natural resources from a consumer perspective. Innovation in value chains of agricultural and food products as is one of the major focal research topic.
Exemplary research topics comprise the following: models and methods in consumer behavior research, new food product development and innovation management, quality management, organic foods, regional foods, market potentials of innovations, and decision support in food value chains.
The Institute of Marketing & Innovation publishes its research in national and international journals. It has a strong focus on bridging science and practice in the area of a consumer-oriented bioeconomy, especially in the field of sustainable food production and consumption.

International: 
No