Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies
- Fed Up: Learning From the Past, Imagining New Futures
- 8-10 October 2025
- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa + Online
The Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Executive Director, World Food Travel Association, USA
"South Africa's Culinary Tourism at a Crossroads: Learning from the Past, Imagining New Futures"
Entrepreneur and Chef, South Africa
"A Change Makers Mindset"
Assistant Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
"A Meal at the End of the World: Imagining Apocalyptic New Futures Through Food in Film"
Profesor e investigador, Centro Universitario UTEG, Guadalajara, México
"Nutrición del pasado, biotecnología del mañana: probióticos y alimentos innovadores en la salud global"
Professor, Food Science, Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(English)
University of Guadalajara, Mexico
(Spanish)
Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Associate Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Assistant Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Event Manager, University of Pretoria, South Africa
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2025 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
Africa University, Zimbabwe
(In-Person)
Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project, USA
(In-Person)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Milan, Italy
(Online Only)
Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco
(Online Only)
Duke University, United States
(Online Only)
Columbia University, United States
(Online Only)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
(Online Only)
University of Berkeley, USA
(Online Only)
Universidad de Génova, Italia
(Online Only)
Pretoria, South Africa