Chair of Education for Sustainable Nutrition and Food Science

Prof. Dr. Nina Langen

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Building MAR
Room MAR 1.042

Professor Dr. Nina Langen has been head of the Chair of Education for Sustainable Nutrition and Food Science at TU Berlin since March 2016. In October 2018, she rejected the offer of a tenured professorship in health, household and economy at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwest Switzerland, choosing instead a tenured W3 professorship at the Chair of Education for Sustainable Nutrition and Food Science at TU Berlin. The Chair of Education for Sustainable Nutrition and Food Science is part of the Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies and conducts research and teaching in the area of sustainable nutrition.
Nina Langen previously worked as an academic advisor at the University of Bonn’s Institute for Food and Resource Economics and project manager at consumer advice centers in North Rhine-Westphalia as part of a project aimed at reducing household food waste in the region as well as in product management at Alnatura. She wrote her doctorate on ethical consumption and was awarded first prize in the Nachwuchsförderpreis Verbraucherforschung for her dissertation in 2011.
Nina Langen is a distinguished agronomist with many years’ experience in the area of consumer research. She has proven knowledge in the field of sustainability, particularly fair trade, organic food, cause-related marketing, food waste, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) as well as broad methodological knowledge (selection and hidden experiments, public sales, information display boards, surveys). She also has experience in researching grassroots initiatives as well as current professional field-related research. Her research projects have been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Environment Agency (UBA), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUB), Kompetenzzentrum Verbraucherforschung, the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, among others.

Research Areas

  • Sustainable consumption
  • Consumer behavior
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Sustainability in the area of food (fair trade, organic food)
  • Food waste
  • Cause-related marketing
  • Agronomy and experimental economy
  • Technology assessment

Publications

2023

Conty, Valentina; Grundmann, Stephanie; Langen, Nina
Ko-Labs als kooperatives Coaching in der Lehrkräftebildung: Best-Practice-Beispiel zur Gestaltung von Unterrichtsaufgaben in der beruflichen Fachrichtung Ernährung und Hauswirtschaft
Die Materialwerkstatt, 5 (2) :44–55
2023
El Mourabit, Xenia; Kröhn, Silvana; Langen, Nina; Rumpold, Birgit; Scharp, Michael; Bliesner-Steckmann, Anna; Speck, Melanie
Wir müssen reden! Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation in den Korn-handhabenden Berufen: Der Modellversuch Korn-Scout: Vom Getreidekorn und seinen vielfältigen Nutzerinnen und Nutzern – Korn-Kompetenzen für Nachhaltigkeit im Lebensmittelhandwerk stärken
In Ansmann, Moritz and Kastrup, Julia and Kuhlmeier, Werner, Editor, Berufliche Handlungskompetenz für nachhaltige Entwicklung from BIBB Fachbeiträge zur beruflichen Bildung
Page 43–60
Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich, Leverkusen
2023
43–60
ISBN
978-3-8474-2893-0

2022

Conty, Valentina; Grundmann, Stephanie; Langen, Nina
Aufgabenentwicklungskompetenz im Berufsfeld Ernährung und Hauswirtschaft: Das Schokoladenkuchenmodell
Haushalt in Bildung & Forschung, 11 (2) :71–82
2022
ISSN: 21938806
Schuster, Sebastian; Speck, Melanie; Herpen, Erica; Buchborn, Felix; Langen, Nina; Nikravech, Mariam; Mullick, Shantanu; Eichstädt, Tilman; Chikhalova, Yulia; Budiansky, Emma; Engelmann, Tobias; Bickel, Manuel
Do meal boxes reduce food waste from households?
Journal of Cleaner Production, 375 :134001
2022
ISSN: 09596526
Delvendahl, Nora; Rumpold, Birgit A.; Langen, Nina
Edible Insects as Food-Insect Welfare and Ethical Aspects from a Consumer Perspective
Insects, 13 (2)
2022
ISSN: 2075-4450
Speck, Melanie; Wagner, Lynn; Buchborn, Felix; Steinmeier, Fara; Friedrich, Silke; Langen, Nina
How public catering accelerates sustainability: a German case study
Sustainability science :1–13
2022
Klink-Lehmann, Jeanette; Langen, Nina; Simons, Johannes; Hartmann, Monika
Jumping on the Bandwagon of Responsibility—Or Not? Consumers' Perceived Role in the Meat Sector
Sustainability, 14 (10) :6295
2022
Delvendahl, Nora; Dienel, Hans-Liudger; Meyer, Vera; Langen, Nina; Zimmermann, Jennifer; Schlecht, Martin
Narratives of fungal-based materials for a new bioeconomy era
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 10 (3) :1–11
2022
ISSN: 1351-1610
Langen, Nina; Ohlhausen, Pascal; Steinmeier, Fara; Friedrich, Silke; Engelmann, Tobias; Speck, Melanie; Damerau, Kerstin; Bienge, Katrin; Rohn, Holger; Teitscheid, Petra
Nudges for more sustainable food choices in the out-of-home catering sector applied in real-world labs
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 180 :106167
2022
ISSN: 09213449
Nikravech, Mariam; Langen, Nina; Bendisch, Fabian; Ziesemer, Florence; Abels, Simone; Schrader, Ulf; Fischer, Daniel
The Food Waste Lab: Improving food waste reduction behavior through education
Journal of Cleaner Production, 370 (1) :133447
2022
ISSN: 09596526
Langen, Nina
Die Bedeutung von Gelegenheiten für nachhaltige Ernährung
In Onnen, Corinna, Editor, Gelegenheitsfenster für nachhaltigen Konsum Volume 4
Page 205–217
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
2022
205–217
ISBN
978-3-658-37542-3

2021

Ohlhausen, Pascal; Langen, Nina
Spontaneous Variety-Seeking Meal Choice in Business Canteens Impedes Sustainable Production
Sustainability, 13 (2) :746
2021
Wagner, Lynn; Speck, Melanie; Buchborn, Felix; Engelmann, Tobias; Bienge, Katrin; Friedrich, Silke; Teitscheid, Petra; Langen, Nina
Weiterentwicklung der wissenschaftlichen Bewertungsgrundlagen – Evaluation des aktualisierten und erweiterten digitalen Bewertungstools
Volume 2 from NAHGAST II Arbeitspapier
2021
Grundmann, Stephanie; Schulz-Greve, Sabine; Groth, Karin; Klatt, Christiane; Langen, Nina; Heindl, Ines
Verantwortung für das eigene Lernen übernehmen
Haushalt in Bildung & Forschung, 10 (2-2021) :30–47
2021
ISSN: 21938806
Wunder, Stephanie; Hasselberg, Leonie; Herb, Irina; Langen, Nina; Lenkert-Hörrmann, Andrea; Diettrich, Stella
Maßnahmen gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung in Haushalten erfolgreich planen: Ein Leitfaden zur Maßnahmenentwicklung anhand einer Wirkungslogik
2021
Treutwein, Regina; Langen, Nina
Setting the agenda for food waste prevention – A perspective on local government policymaking
Journal of Cleaner Production, 286 :125337
2021
ISSN: 09596526
Grundmann, Stephanie; Schulz-Greve, Sabine; Langen, Nina; Heindl, Ines
Nachhaltige Ernährung, Verbraucherbildung und Schulverpflegung
Ernährung im Fokus (03/2021) :174–181
2021
Monetti, Silvia; Pregernig, Michael; Speck, Melanie; Langen, Nina; Bienge, Katrin
Assessing the impact of individual nutrition on biodiversity: A conceptual framework for the selection of indicators targeted at the out-of-home catering sector
Ecological Indicators, 126 (4) :107620
2021

2020

Lorenz-Walther, Bettina A.-S.; Langen, Nina
Sustainable changes in a worksite canteen: An exploratory study on the acceptance of guests
Journal of Cleaner Production, 259 :120737
2020
ISSN: 09596526
Ohlhausen, Pascal; Langen, Nina
When a Combination of Nudges Decreases Sustainable Food Choices Out-Of-Home-The Example of Food Decoys and Descriptive Name Labels
Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 9 (5)
2020
ISSN: 2304-8158
Ohlhausen, Pascal; Langen, Nina
When A Combination of Nudges Decreases Sustainable Food Choices Out-of-Home — The Example of Food Decoys and Descriptive Name Labels
Consumer Preference and Acceptance of Food Products
Publisher: MDPI
2020
ISBN
978-3-03943-696-5
Wagner, Lynn; Speck, Melanie; Buchborn, F.; Engelmann, Tobias; Bienge, Katrin; Friedrich, Silke; Teitscheid, Petra; Langen, Nina
Weiterentwicklung der wissenschaftlichen Bewertungsgrundlagen – Aktualisierung und Ergänzung des digitalen Bewertungstools
Volume 1 from NAHGAST II Arbeitspapier
Publisher: Wuppertal
2020
Yeh, Ching-Hua; Hartmann, Monika; Langen, Nina
The Role of Trust in Explaining Food Choice: Combining Choice Experiment and Attribute Best-Worst Scaling
Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 9 (1)
2020
ISSN: 2304-8158
Speck, Melanie; Bienge, Katrin; Wagner, Lynn; Engelmann, Tobias; Schuster, Sebastian; Teitscheid, Petra; Langen, Nina
Creating Sustainable Meals Supported by the NAHGAST Online Tool—Approach and Effects on GHG Emissions and Use of Natural Resources
Sustainability, 12 (3) :1136
2020
Nikravech, Mariam; Kwan, Valerie; Dobernig, Karin; Wilhelm-Rechmann, Angelika; Langen, Nina
Limiting food waste via grassroots initiatives as a potential for climate change mitigation: a systematic review
Environmental Research Letters, 15 (12) :123008
2020

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