Food Solutions – Reuse2Repack

Objectives

Would you like to tackle a real-world sustainability challenge in the Food Industry?

When you join our Food Solutions programme you will benefit from entrepreneurship and product development education to produce an innovative, tangible food solution. Throughout the programme, you will be working within a multi-disciplinary team and be supported and mentored by experts from industry, research and science.

In this Food Solution, Reuse2Repack, you will rethink food packaging to regenerate resources through: new packaging solutions using waste streams, recycling and reuse strategies, or methods to replace or eliminate food packaging.

At the end of the programme, you will be able to:

1. Analyse the food system and identify a problem that can be addressed by a sustainable solution
2. Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and mobilise resources to develop a solution to a food system problem
3. Evaluate a target market and competitors in order to assess the commercial potential for a product innovation
4. Critically assess alternative product concepts to craft and communicate a sustainable value proposition
5. Iteratively design a prototype using MVP (minimum viable product) principles
6. Adopt technologies and techniques to deliver an innovative product and viable business case

Bachelor and master students at the participating universities (Aarhus University, University of Turin and University of Hohenheim)

Open to all disciplines, including Food science, Engineering, Chemistry , Biotechnology, Marketing, Business, Economics and other natural science disciplines.

Other disciplines are invited based on your knowledge and interests.

Advantages

By following this programme you will:

• You will be a part of an international network of like-minded students, actors of the food industry and the EIT Food network
• You will extend your knowledge in the fields of packaging technology, food science, data management, business modelling, circular economy, entrepreneurship and more.
• You will be able to explore the value of the food side streams.
• You can boost your creativity by facing real, up-to-date food industry challenges and develop your own sustainable solutions.
• Great team building opportunity.
• You can get experience and adventure for a lifetime of your personal and professional life.

Career Opportunities

• Connections with food industry experts in Europe
• Co-creation and collaboration competencies (including problem solving and critical thinking)
• Leadership, networking and communication skills
• International teamwork
• Entrepreneurial innovation skills
• Extending knowledge in relevant topics, such as packaging technology, food science, circular economy, data management and more.

Duration & Dates

The programme lasts 8 months with regular mentoring meetings. Expected effort is a few hours per week. It starts on 31th March until 20th November 2022.