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PROJECT IMPLEMENTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND HEALTH RESORT MANAGEMENT UNDER THE NAWA SCHOLARSHIP
Instytucja Finansująca: The Polish National Agency For Academic Exchange; The Ulam Programme, grant number PPN/ULM/2020/1/00043; scholarship holder dr Viachaslau Filimonau; scientific supervisor: Prof. UJ, dr hab. Mirosław Mika
Dr Filimonau has a multi-disciplinary academic background which combines business management, social sciences, and natural sciences. His research interests revolve around food waste and consumer behaviour. To-date, Dr Filimonau has published 17 Scopus-indexed journal articles and 1 book on this topic.
Expertise
Dr Filimonau studies the issue of food waste quantification and characterisation, especially in consumer facing enterprises, such as commercial hospitality and foodservice organisations. Dr Filimonau also examines the drivers of food waste at the consumer interface, alongside approaches to food waste prevention via management and policy interventions and behavioural change. To this end, Dr Filimonau investigates how the principles of behavioural economics can be effectively applied to prevent food waste generation by consumers of hospitality, foodservice and retail as well as other relevant stakeholders, such as chefs, employees, and business managers.
Recent publications of relevance
V. Filimonau, A. Coşkun, B. Derqui, and J. Matute, 2022. Restaurant management and food waste reduction: factors affecting attitudes and intentions in restaurants of Spain. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34(3), 1177-1203
V. Filimonau, U. Matyakubov, O. Allonazarov, V.A. Ermolaev, 2022. Food waste and its management in restaurants of a transition economy: An exploratory study of Uzbekistan. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 29, 25-35
A.Coskun and V. Filimonau, 2021. ‘I waste food but this is not my fault!': Exploring the drivers of plate waste in foodservices of Turkey through the prism of neutralisation theory. Journal of Cleaner Production, 329, 129696
V. Filimonau and R. Uddin, 2021. Food waste management in chain-affiliated and independent consumers' places: A preliminary and exploratory study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 319, 128721
V. Filimonau and J. Sulyok, 2021. ‘Bin it and forget it!’: The challenges of food waste management in restaurants of a mid-sized Hungarian city. Tourism Management Perspectives, 37, 100759
V. Filimonau, Nghiem, V.N., and Wang, L., 2021. Food waste management in ethnic food restaurants. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 92, 102731