Combating Misinformation

Music and its relationship to the world of nutrition (and beyond) are the central topics of this conversation with two generations of nutritionists from FCNAUP. Maria Gomes Ferreira Alves da Silva, a Nutrition Sciences student with experience…

José Carlos Paiva, Professor Emeritus at the University of Porto, analyzes the importance of time—which we often think we don't have—in the process and in creativity. “Is there artistic creation in nutrition?” and “Is there visual culture in food?” are…

Utopias with Fátima Vieira: The Dream of a Vegetarian Society. Fátima Vieira, a professor at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP) dedicated to researching utopian thought, is the guest on this episode. Food utopias and the dream of a…

André Tavares, professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) and coordinator of the 'Fishing Architecture' project, explains that although it is obvious that a fish does not build buildings, its biological characteristics generate architecture. The landscapes built by…

João Arriscado Nunes, Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, one of the most important Portuguese sociologists, discusses the path that science takes from its conception to its operationalization—using food research as a central theme…

Does hunger stem from changes in the right to trade or from food scarcity? This question is the starting point of a conversation with José Varejão, Economist, Associate Professor and, at the time of recording this episode, Director of the Faculty…

Landscape Architecture with Paulo Farinha Marques “The landscape reflects what we eat” Paulo Farinha Marques is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, and Director of the Botanical Garden of the same institution. After, in 2009,…