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How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? – Legal Constraints and Opportunities

Our Lead Researcher, associate professor Marta Andhov, has co-authored a newly published study, “How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? – Legal Constraints and Opportunities,” Other co-authors include Professor Michał Kania (the University of Silesia and senior researcher at the University of Copenhagen) and graduate research assistant Sven Mikulic (Centre of Private Governance at the University of Copenhagen). This 115-page study offers insights for academics, decision-makers as well as public procurement professionals. It addresses the possibilities and legal limitations of integrating sustainability criteria in public food procurement and examines the possibilities and limitations of integrating farmers into the public procurement process.

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A Transatlantic Analysis of EU and U.S. Strategies In ‘Green Procurement’ – new publication

Our lead researcher, Associate Professor, Marta Andhov (from the University of Copenhagen) and Professor Christopher R. Yukins from our partner organization George Washington University Law School published an article in Government Contractor that discusses green public procurement strategies in the European Union and the United States. The article is made available open-access on the Social Science Research Network.