Urban food futures: ICTs and opportunities

Today, practices of food production, consumption, and distribution have the potential to go through immensely transformative shifts as information and communication technologies (ICTs) become increasingly embedded in every domain of contemporary life. This paper addresses key challenges and opportunities at the intersection of food and ICTs. The paper argues for the need for interdisciplinary research to examine the key roles that network technologies play in re-shaping social and economic networks of food, focusing on three main research areas: food data, transparency and changing practices; new forms of sociality around food supported by technologies, and; re-routings of mobility and distribution networks made possible by ICTs.