Abstract:

The Public University of Navarre (UPNA), coordinating member of the NEMOS project, proposes the presentation in this special session of the methodology that has been designed to carry out the first part of the project: Definition of a food sustainability profile (FSP) through a collaborative methodology between the different agents involved: educational community, social agents, companies and professionals.

In this first part of the project, all the partners of the consortium have used qualitative and quantitative research techniques with all the agents involved in the process. Based on the objectives and methodology proposed by UPNA, each partner has adapted this proposal to its resources and needs.

The use of these methodologies and the involvement of the whole community have enriched the analysis process.

UPNA will explain the design of the research processes and the different techniques used by the partners.

The main objectives of the investigations were:
To find out the opinions and attitudes, as well as their discursive keys, regarding the concept of sustainability of the teaching staff, students of the chosen degrees and the public and private entities involved in the subject in the territories.

Other specific objectives are focused on:
1. Sustainability in the world of education.
2. Strengths and weaknesses of sustainability in the respective universities and its presence and dissemination.
3. Sustainability profile to be built in the student body.
4. Personal position of teachers in relation to sustainability.
5. Training needs in sustainability for students and lecturers.
6. Sustainable habits and practices of pupils and lecturers
7. Define the values and contents of sustainability that should be transmitted at University.
8. Knowledge and attitudes towards Service-Learning and its relation to sustainability.

With these research objectives as a common guide, the results obtained have been very interesting and the basis for designing the sustainability profile.

Keywords:

Collaborative methodology, educational community, qualitative research techniques, quantitative analysis.