The Centre for Sustainable Agrifood Systems (START) is a science-driven, academic and multi-disciplinary research platform that enables basic research collaboration within the field of sustainable Agrifood Systems. The platform comprises a joint effort by researchers from the united Danish universities - together STARTS represents a European research powerhouse.
START is based on a distributed governance model operated by the START Steering Committee under a rotation chair principal. The Chair position rotates on an annual basis.
The heart of START is the START Research Hubs. The Hubs are driven by several engaged Academic Hub Coordinators from various universities and disciplines with knowledge, insights and experiences within the topic of the Hub.
The START secretariat is coordinated from Aarhus University yet, operated by a joint Administrative Support Team represented by the individual universities.
START Chair, Head of the Department for Green Technologies, SDU
Dean, AU
Vice-dean, AU
Associate Dean, KU
Head of Department, DTU
Head of Department, AAU
Associate Professor, RUC
Deputy Head of Department, ITU
START Coordinator, Special Consultant
Email: kjer@au.dk
Special Consultant
Email: hsja@food.dtu.dk
Phone: +45 93 51 07 95
Biodiversity - BIO
Strategic Advisor, Special Advisor
Email: nimp@tek.sdu.dk
Phone: +45 93 50 76 25
Green Transformation Officer, Executive Support and Communication
Email: jr.slk@cbs.dk
Phone: +45 22 48 22 36