Psychology of Food: A Biopsychosocial PerspectiveSemester Course

Major Discipline(s)
Psychology, Sociology
Type
Elective Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

Are you really what you eat, and if so, what does that mean? Food carries historical and cultural meanings: from SoMe food pornographers and ethically-inspired vegans to the public health challenges of toxic food environments, diet culture, and malnourishment, we all have a relationship to food that surpasses mere physiology. This course will explore the psychological, neurocognitive, and sociocultural aspects of our relationship with food to better understand its meaning in our everyday lives.

Related Discipline(s)

This course would also be of interest to the following discipline(s):
Neuroscience

Faculty

Michal Salamonik

DIS Stockholm Semester Faculty

PhD (The School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden, 2017). M.A. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, 2010). Postdoc, Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, Umeå University, 2022-2024. Senior Lecturer in History, Södertörn University, 2017-2022. With DIS since 2024

Carlos Tirado

DIS Stockholm Semester Faculty

PhD. (Psychology, Stockholm University, 2021). Postdoctoral researcher, Linköping University, Linköping, 2022-present. With DIS since 2023.