
Tampere University
katri.weckroth [at] tuni.fi (katri[dot]weckroth[at]tuni[dot]fi)
Research topics
In my PhD project I examine meat consumption reduction with a sociocultural approach focused on routine food practices (food acquisition, cooking, eating, storing). I'm interested in how meat consumption and its reductions are legitimised in food marketing discourse, and how the societal controversies around meat emerge in consumers' everyday life.
I'm also studying the promotion of sustainable consumption practices in the context of civil society. The broader aim of my PhD project is to increase the understanding of changes in the consumer culture and life within planetary limits.
Funding
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finnish Foundation for Economic Education, Marcus Wallenberg's Foundation, The Finnish Food Research Foundation, Paulo Foudation
Latest publications
Eat healthy, save the planet, but let minced meat save you! Marketing discourses, food practices and meat consumption legitimation
Weckroth, K. & Sutinen, U.-M., Sept 2025, In: Consumption and Society. 4, 3, p. 398-417 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activity focus groups – a discursive, practical and social method for studying consumption practices
Weckroth, K. & Närvänen, E., 9 May 2024, In: Qualitative Market Research. 27, 2, p. 212-230Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review