The NUTRALiSS research group at the Health Faculty of the Open University of Catalunya (UOC) welcomes expressions of interest from postdoctoral researchers aiming to apply for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025. Our interdisciplinary team is committed to advancing sustainable food systems and promoting healthy dietary patterns across the life course, with a strong focus on nutrition and health, public health nutrition, environmental sustainability, and social equity.
Our research aligns with the European Green Deal, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, and the Sustainable Development Goals. We are particularly interested in hosting proposals that contribute to:
- Transforming food environments through participatory and community-based approaches, including living labs and co-design methodologies.
- Promoting the Mediterranean Diet as a culturally rooted, health-promoting, and environmentally sustainable dietary pattern, especially in school and university settings.
- Developing and evaluating dietary interventions that integrate digital tools, educational campaigns, and policy innovation to foster sustainable and healthy eating behaviours.
- Exploring novel sustainable healthy protein sources, including plant-based and insect-based alternatives, with a focus on acceptability, nutritional adequacy, cardiometabolic health effects, and environmental impact.
- Designing monitoring frameworks and indicators to assess the effectiveness and impact of food policies and interventions on health, sustainability, and equity.
We are currently conducting research within the Spanish Living Lab of the Horizon Europe project PLAN’EAT, and leading the evaluation of the “Healthier and More Sustainable School Menus” programme in Catalonia. Additionally, we are leading studies within the University Community, analyzing relationships among nutrition, health, metabolic profiles, and sustainability patterns through computational and predictive models. Based on these findings, we aim to co-design tailored interventions for both students and university staff to promote healthier and more sustainable dietary behaviours. Our group also collaborates with public health authorities and food policy stakeholders to translate research into action.
We welcome candidates with a strong background in health sciences, nutrition, public health nutrition, food systems, behavioural science, sustainability, or related fields. Proposals that incorporate a multi-actor approach, address policy coherence, and foster cross-sectoral collaboration are especially encouraged.
Expressions of Interest
Send one PDF file to abachf@uoc.edu (subject: MSCA-2025), by 20th of June 2025, including:
1.- A short CV (max 2 pages), with your ORCID, Scopus or ResearcherID profile.
2.- A Letter of Interest including a summary of your project idea (max. 2 pages).
