The Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPP&M) is pleased to award the 2020 Thomas C. Kinnear Award to 鈥,鈥 which appeared in the September 2016 issue (Vol. 35, No. 2) of JPP&M. The article was authored by a team that included Lauren G. Block, Punam A. Keller, Beth Vallen, Sara Williamson, Mia M. Birau, Amir Grinstein, Kelly L. Haws, Monica C. LaBarge, Cait Lamberton, Elizabeth S. Moore, Emily M. Moscato, Rebecca Walker Reczek, and Andrea Heintz Tangari.
Of their choice, the review committee stated,
鈥淭he 鈥楽quander Sequence鈥 article investigates the problem of food waste. Despite the complexity of the problem, the Committee believed this research provided a framework that is elegant and clear, yet sufficiently comprehensive, to aid in our understanding of the key policy and research issues. The authors make a broad contribution to advancing knowledge, theory, and practice. High-impact and generative research collaboration, such as that demonstrated in this article, sparks policy ideas, conversation, and future research with the power to advance well-being at the individual and societal level.鈥
Coauthor Cait Lamberton drew on her real-world policy experience when writing this article. 鈥淲orking as part of the , I became aware that although scholars from economics, food science, nutrition, and sociology have devoted decades of study to the topic of food waste, marketing has been curiously slow to offer a framework for this highly consumption-relevant problem,鈥 Lamberton notes. 鈥淭he 鈥楽quander Sequence鈥 paper offered a broad depiction of the frameworks that consumer researchers would contribute to the conceptualization and reduction of food waste, and offers a bridge for future interdisciplinary work.鈥
Questions surrounding issues of food and food policy have become more prevalent in JPP&M in recent years. In fact, in April 2019, the journal published a on food and well-being.
Named after JPP&M鈥檚 founding editor, Thomas C. Kinnear, the award honors articles that make the most significant contribution to the understanding of marketing and public policy issues within a three year time period. (For a list of previous award winners, click .) JPP&M coeditors Scot Burton, Pam Scholder Ellen, and Joshua L. Wiener oversaw the selection process.
In addition to the winning article, the other excellent finalists for the award were as follows:
, Julie L. Ozanne, Brennan Davis, Jeff B. Murray, Sonya Grier, Ahmed Benmecheddal, Hilary Downey, Akon E. Ekpo, Marion Garnier, Joel Hietanen, Marine Le Gall-Ely, Anastasia Seregina, Kevin D. Thomas, Ekant Veer | Volume 36, Issue 1 (April 2017)
, Sonya A. Grier, Vanessa G. Perry | Volume 37, Issue 1 (April 2018)
, Aront茅 Marie Bennett, Stacey Menzel Baker, Samantha Cross, J.P. James, Gregory Bartholomew, Akon E. Ekpo, Geraldine Rosa Henderson, Martina Hutton, Apoorv Khare, Abhijit Roy, Tony Stovall, and Charles Ray Taylor | Volume 35, Issue 2 (September 2016)
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