Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 27 (Latokartanonkaari 7)
00014
Finland
Research activity per year
Rachel's research interests are broadly centered on the nexus of global systems sustainability, public health education, and food. Her current research focuses on sustainable food systems and future diet shifts, investigating the potential of protein alternatives (e.g., novel food production systems, legumes, High Nature Value products) to lessen whole diet impacts on environmental and socio-cultural systems.
Rachel's teaching is centered around the theories and methods of sustainable food systems thinking. She has assisted in the coordinaion of a course on food systems sustainability where students used schematic system models and conceptual frameworks for illustrating and structuring system-level development challenges in food production and consumption systems. Her work helped to build student fluency in describing the key subsystems and associated processes to describe and compare the mainstream conventional food system and alternative systems in terms of ecological/environmental, technological, cultural, social and economic features. Rachel led lecture sessions on key sustainability issues for students to be able to use sustainability assessment criteria and frameworks in discussing these.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Herzon, I. (Project manager), Keränen, F. K. (Participant), Koppelmäki, K. (Participant), Kurki, K. T. (Participant), Mazac, R. M. (Participant), Ollila, K. T. (Participant) & Räty, N. (Participant)
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
Krawczel, P. D. (Project manager), Cederberg, T. V. E. (Participant), Hämäläinen, V. E. (Participant), Jansen, J. P. W. (Participant), Kemppainen, M. S. (Participant), Keränen, F. K. (Participant), Mattila, M. A. H. (Participant), Mazac, R. M. (Participant), Räisänen, I. A. M. (Participant) & Sjöholm, A. M. K. (Participant)
01/01/2021 → 30/09/2024
Project: Ministry funding
Tuomisto, H. (Project manager), Mazac, R. M. (Participant), El Wali, M. (Participant), Karinen, H. J. (Participant), Kokko, R. I. E. (Participant), Omotosho, T. O. (Participant) & Dalmau Arredondo, L. (Participant)
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
02/09/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Mazac, R. M. (Attendee), Kurki, K. (Member of organizing committee) & Herzon, I. (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Mazac, R. M. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Mazac, R. M. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Mazac, R. M. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Mazac, R. M. (Co-supervisor)
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Mazac, R. M., Herzon, I. & van Oort, B.
18/02/2025
1 Media contribution
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30/11/2022
1 Media contribution
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19/10/2022
1 Media contribution
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25/04/2022
1 item of Media coverage
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01/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media