“…For instance, to assess the extent to which the public health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has led to a deeper transformation in the urban food system in Vienna, Austria, food policy scholars (e.g., Cifuentes & Fiala, 2022 ) have used a conceptual framework combining a food democracy framework ( López Cifuentes & Gugerell, 2021 ) and the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions (e.g., Geels & Schot, 2007 ). Elsewhere, to examine the emergence of transformative food governance innovations in the metropolis of Cape Town, South Africa ( Kroll & Adelle, 2022 ), researchers have used the multiple streams theory and the concept of “policy windows” ( Kingdon & Stano, 1984 ) in tandem with a vital systems security lens ( Collier & Lakoff, 2015 ), illustrating how government and civil society worked together to innovate and cushion the impacts of the lockdown.…”