[Commlist] Call for Papers: Food & Communication Conference 2025 - "Food for All: Media, Communication, and Food Democracy"

4TH CONFERENCE ON FOOD & COMMUNICATION
Food for All: Media, Communication and Food Democracy University of 
Lille, France, 10-12 September 2025
The 4th Conference on Food & Communication aims to critically explore 
the diverse roles of media and communication in shaping and advancing 
food democracy in all its dimensions. Food democracy encompasses not 
only equitable access to nutritious, sustainable, and enjoyable food for 
all—regardless of socio-economic status, age, or situations of 
vulnerability—but also stresses transparency in food systems, access to 
knowledge, public deliberation, and the protection of individual rights 
and freedoms.
Media and communication can play a pivotal role in advancing these 
facets of food democracy. They can be instrumental in fostering public 
debate, ensuring transparency about food production and supply chains, 
providing access to educational resources, and amplifying advocacy for 
the protection of consumer rights. Furthermore, media can render visible 
and give recognition to minority and marginalized food practices, 
thereby challenging dominant narratives and promoting diversity in food 
systems. The concept of food democracy, originally developed as a 
counterpressure to the concentration of corporate power within the 
agri-food system, challenges “food control" by promoting participatory 
approaches and defending personal liberties in the food landscape.
Despite its frequent use, a comprehensive understanding of food 
democracy is still evolving, encompassing different elements from public 
engagement to the protection of individual rights. This conference 
invite scholars, practitioners, and activists to address this gap by 
examining the intersections between media, communication, and these 
multiple dimensions of food democracy.
We aim to analyze how different communication strategies are shaping 
food systems, influencing policy, and contributing to the broader 
democratic control over food.
Key Topics for Submission:
1. Media, Journalism, and Food Democracy: Explore how journalism and 
media (spanning from traditional media to digital platforms) contribute 
to constructing the discourse around food democracy.
2. Audiovisual Media, Image, and Cinema in Food Narratives: Analyze how 
audiovisual media, imagery, and cinema contribute to the representation 
of food democracy.
3. Public and Political Communication on Food Policy: Investigate how 
public and political communication shapes food policies and their role 
in promoting food democracy.
4. Organizational Communication, Corporate Messaging, and Food 
Advertising: Explore how organizations (food corporations, NGOs, 
institutions) and advertising influence the discourse around food democracy.
5. Organization and Circulation of Food Knowledge: Examine how media 
formats—cookbooks, documentaries, food shows, educational platforms, and 
social media—contribute to public understanding of food, nutrition, and 
sustainability.
6. Communication Strategies of Affordable and Free Food 
Initiatives:Investigate how affordable and free food initiatives, such 
as food banks, community supermarkets, and non- commercial food 
programs, utilize communication strategies to reach their target 
audiences. 7. Memory, Heritage, and Food Democracy: Explore the role of 
memory and food heritage in building food democracy. Contributions are 
encouraged to reflect on how food memory is used to promote cultural 
continuity and challenge hegemonic narratives of the food industry.
Broad Scope of Contributions
By focusing on the intersections of communication and food, the 
conference welcomes a diverse range of scientific contributions across 
all geographic areas, historical periods, and methodological approaches, 
including but not limited to:
●  Food and health
●  Food and sustainability
●  Food and ethics
●  Food and science
●  Food branding and marketing
●  Food and media
●  Food advice and cookbooks
●  Governmental and corporate discourse on food
●  Food and professional communication (chefs, restaurants)
●  Food and politics
●  Food and religion
●  Food and heritage
Submission Guidelines
We invite submissions from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including 
communication studies, media studies, food studies, sociology, 
anthropology, political science, and public policy. Interdisciplinary 
approaches are strongly encouraged.
Early bird abstract submissions are due by January 15th, 2025. Authors 
will be notified of acceptance by mid-February 2025.
Standard abstract submissions will be due by March 15th, 2025. Authors 
will be notified of acceptance by early May 2025.
All presenters must be registered for the conference by June 15th, 2025, 
to be included in the program.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words via the conference 
website: https://foodforall.sciencesconf.org.
Cost of the Conference
260 € (Gala Dinner excluded)





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