MAPP Centre

Welcome to the MAPP Centre – Research on Value Creation in the Food Sector for Consumers, Industry and Society.  

We conduct research that generates insights into people´s perception and behaviour in the agricultural and food system. We study behaviour of stakeholders, customers, and citizen-consumers in the area of food, drink and related services and sectors, and develop implications for industry and public policy.    


VR Retail lab - part of FOODHAY project

The MAPP Centre and the Commercial and Retail Management group have jointly developed the 
VR Retail lab. This was funded by FOODHAY - FOODHAY is the Food and Health Open Laboratory, funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. 


Nordic-Baltic consumer sustainability understanding in a food context 

Four colleagues of the MAPP Centre have studied Food sustainability understanding in the Nordic-Baltic region, through a representative, cross-country survey, to serve as a basis for a labelling framework in Europe. The report can be found here https://pub.norden.org/temanord2023-530/ - or see this video for a breakdown of core findings:  


Citizen-consumer understanding of upcycling in the food system 

In the PlantPro project, MAPP Centre has amongst others explored citizen-consumer understanding and perception of ‘upcycling’ as a concept and through the resulting products. See how this was done, and a glimpse of the reasons and reactions, in this video: 


Biotech meets the consumer plate: When microbes make food - what do consumers think about precision fermentation?

From biotech breakthroughs to future foods, the EIT Food project "Precision Fermentation: From Biotechnology to Sustainable Nutrition" explored how consumers understand this emerging technology and its potential for sustainable nutrition.

Watch the video to discover what consumers really think , and what the project revealed.


MAPP publications

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Leikas, S., Lindeman, M., Roininen, K. & Lähteenmäki, L. (2009). Boundaries of regulatory fit: Is it the thought that counts? Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31(5), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973530903316757
Kokkali, P., Koutsouris, A. & Chrysochou, P. (2009). Cognitive components of rural tourism destination images: The case of Lake Plastiras, Greece. Paper presented at 4th International Scientific Conference: Planning for the Future, Learning from the Past - Contemporary Developments in Tourism, Travel & Hospitality, Rhodes, Greece. http://www.chios.aegean.gr/tourism/conference.htm
Chan, K., Prendergast, G., Grønhøj, A. & Bech-Larsen, T. (2009). Communicating healthy eating to adolescents. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 26(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/07363760910927000
Grunert, K. G., Verbeke, W., Krystallis, A. & Pérez-Cueto, F. J. A. (2009). Consumer and pork market analysis in the EU. Abstract from Q-PorkChains/Quarisma Open Conference: Improving the Quality of Pork for the Consumer, Bonn, Germany. http://www.fleischereiberatung.net/FIS/downloads/Q-PorkChains_Open_conference_EN.pdf