A paper published by a research team co-led by Professor Pia Christensen, Institute of Education, has won a 2008 Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award. Their paper, "Children's influence on and participation in the family decision process during food buying," was published in the Young Consumers journal.

Professor Christensen was the co-leader and co-fundholder of this mixed methods study together with Associate Professor Karen Brunsoe, from MAPP and Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus DK.

The Emerald Literati awards recognize and reward the efforts of authors and editors and celebrate the outstanding contributions many have made. They are awarded in seven categories including:

• Outstanding Papers

• Outstanding Special Issue
• ASLIB-Emerald Award
• Leading Editors
• Outstanding Reviewers
• Outstanding Service
• Emerald Partnership Award