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Evaluating the Economic Effects of Sustainable Public Procurement in Spain  – Working Paper Series

Sustainable Award Criteria are a widely employed tool to achieve sustainability goals, rewarding practices that align with resource efficiency, social responsibility, and long-term impact during the contract award stage. While the use of this tool has been growing...

Bringing Sustainability to the Collective Table through Public Food Procurement – Policy Brief

1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a Focus on the Public Food Sector Governments worldwide procure food and catering services for public institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals. Public food procurement (PFP) involves food production,...

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.

New publication on Sustainable Food Procurement

New publication on Sustainable Food Procurement

The SAPIENS Network is excited to announce its contribution to the book Sustainable Food Procurement. Legal, Social, and Organisational Challenges, co-edited by experts Mark Stein, Maurizio Mariani, Roberto Caranta and Yiannis Polychronakis and published on February...

Public Procurement Research Trends in 2023

Public Procurement Research Trends in 2023

Introduction Public procurement involves the acquisition of goods, works, and services for use by public bodies, as well as the provision of various services to their citizens. Consequently, it is a key function of governments worldwide and is no longer limited to...

Exploring Sustainable Public Food Procurement in Portugal

Exploring Sustainable Public Food Procurement in Portugal

ESR 15 secondment with ISLE Association From the end of September to the end of December 2023, I, Chiara Falvo, ESR15 at the SAPIENS Network and Ph.D student in Law at the University of Turin, had the opportunity to do a three-month research visit to the School of...