Mattias Eriksson

I work mostly with quantifications of food waste and life cycle assesments of waste reducing actions.

I work as a course leader for the courses System- and life cycle assesment (15HEC) and Food waste - current situation and future opportunities (7,5HEC) but im also a guest lecturer about food waste in various courses related to sustainable development and food systems.

I also work as a coordinator for the research school Sustainable Biomass Systems.

Recirculation of surplus food - to what benefit?

AVARE - Adding value in resource effective food systems.

Enhanced utilization of an industrial side stream for a circular biobased economy –
food grading of superior nutritional protein

UrBan Waste - Urban strategies for waste management in tourist cities.

Mistra Biotech.

I am the chairman of the board of the spin off company Matomatic that develops and sell tools for food waste reduction in restaurants and canteens.

My educational background includes studies in chemisty and food science at Uppsala University, and studies in food control at SLU. I was also working as a food inspector before I started working with research.

I am also a guest editor to special issues in scientific journals:

The Challenge of Food Waste Reduction to Achieve More Sustainable Food Systems, published in Sustainability.

Food Waste: challenges and opportunities in sustainable operations, published in RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas (Journal of Business Management).