AI & food systems: Strategic foresight
- commitment
- 7 hrs/week
- flexibility
- Open to proposals
The project
👤 This project is co-mentored by Nadya Milivojev. Submit one application to any co-mentor.
Contribute to early-stage research exploring how AI developments could shape food systems and related fields over the coming decades. AltProtein.Jobs is the leading talent platform for the food-system transition, and this project extends our work: understanding where the field is heading, so that your research can help influence where talent and resources are directed over the coming decades.
The mentee's role
Mentee work may include:
- Researching foresight and scenario-planning methodologies, relevant literature, and expert communities, including approaches from adjacent fields such as climate, biosecurity, and AI governance
- Conducting a pilot scenario-planning exercise to test and refine the methodology
- Compiling findings and recommendations into a structured report that informs the design of the full study.
Who I'm looking for
Must-haves:
- Strong research and synthesis skills
- Self-directed working style
- Genuine interest in the AI×Animals×Food systems intersection
- Experience with or strong affinity and willingness to learn foresight or scenario-modeling methods
Nice-to-haves:
- Background in food systems, animal welfare, AI governance, or economics
- Experience writing for public or funder audiences
Questions for applicants
Briefly describe a research or writing project you completed independently – what was the output, and what would you do differently now?
Support offered
- Shaping direction and scoping
- Giving regular feedback on drafts
- Connections into the alt protein, animal welfare, and EA ecosystems
- Accountability support
- format
- Project scoping · Field-building & outreach · Research & writing
- topic
- Near-term impact · Tools for advocates · Macrostrategy
Liliia Lisina
AltProtein.Jobs (a project of CellAg Germany)
I'm General Manager at AltProtein.Jobs, the leading talent platform for the food-system transition – ~33,000 users across 80+ countries, 113+ influenced career placements in 2025. We operate as a project of CellAg Deutschland e.V., a partner in the EU Horizon consortium FEASTS, where we lead the German National Action Plan for cellular agriculture.
My background spans marketing, operations, program development, and fundraising. I am currently developing programs at the intersection of AI, alternative proteins, and animal welfare, including a research project on how AI trajectories will reshape the protein transition. I care about ensuring the movement's talent and resources go where they matter most.