Organisations such as the United Nations rely upon collective agreement to pass policies. A utopian idea in theory but, with so many competing interests at play, how does it unfold in practice?

Dr Friederike Döbbe’s research, recently published in Organization Studies, has examined how the need for consensus in these settings results in repeated re-framing of issues around health and sustainability.

In this episode, she tells Professor David Ellis why food issuch a hotly contested issue, the tensions at play in these negotiations, and how issues get watered down in the pursuit of positive outcomes.

• Find out more about Friederike’s work: https://bit.ly/3QLMNyk

• Find out more about David's work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4jhmubg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Learn more about Research4Good at the University of Bath School of Management: ⁠⁠go.bath.ac.uk/research4good