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PhD student - Centre for Food Policy & UK Food Systems Doctoral Training Working on policy coherence, healthy diets, agriculture, land use and biodiversity 🌱🐝
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Our new paper tracking process (or not) on food systems transformation globally using harmonized metrics. A valuable accountability mechanism: lnkd.in/ebRdbqim

Do you study policies & programs in Africa or South Asia relating to agriculture, nutrition & health? Our ANH Science-Policy Fellowships could fund a year of work linking your research to action. Webinar with Q&A+details is here: www.anh-academy.org/science-poli... +follow @anhacademy.bsky.social!

JOB ALERT: the Centre for Food Policy at City University of London are looking for a Research Fellow to evaluate and prioritize Nature Based Solution Strategies 🌱 Apply before the 22nd December: www.city.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...

I've put together a starter pack of PhD students working in sustainable food systems, food justice, and environmental sciences, for anyone that would like to connect with fellow PhD students. Let me know if you would like to be added! #academicsky #foodstudies go.bsky.app/Rh1AvK5

Looking for PhD students working on the political ecology of the sea. Let's exchange the experience. #politicalecology #bluejustice

Our evaluation of London’s universal primary free school meals policy found it provided a welcome reset on dinner money payments for families. 🧽Govt should act to wipe out dinner money debt – alongside an expansion of FSM to prevent debt building again. Read more: urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...

I've put together a starter pack of PhD students working in sustainable food systems, food justice, and environmental sciences, for anyone that would like to connect with fellow PhD students. Let me know if you would like to be added! #academicsky #foodstudies go.bsky.app/Rh1AvK5

Job - Alert 🚀 🌱 2 PHD POSITIONS IN SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH, FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM GOVERNANCE 100% Deadline: 2025-01-06 Location: Switzerland, Basel Apply: www.academiceurope.com/job/?id=6071 #hiring #PoliticalScience #politicaleconomics #SocialScience #sociology #AgriFoodSystems

The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on? direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... A 🧵 1/n #AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub

Want to work in climate? Well, odds are that your job is *already* a climate job — if you think about it the right way. Learn more through our Drawdown Job Action Guides — because every job is a climate job. drawdown.org/programs/dra...

💪There is a strong trend of international collaboration in biodiversity and transformative change research! 🌍🔬 🧪Key findings: Strong global cooperation, mainly between European Research Area (ERA) countries and others. #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Science www.biodiversa.eu/2024/11/18/m...

“Climate friendly”, “CO2 neutral”, “climate neutral” and similar claims will be banned in the EU from 2026. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

The Food Ethics Council are currently developing their latest UK Food Issues Census and they want your perspective on the questions you would like included in the survey! Today is the last day to add your input here - www.menti.com/aljy1v3dyjkq #foodstudies #foodpolicy

"we found that climate researchers reported engaging in considerably more advocacy and activism on climate change and, to a lesser extent, high-impact lifestyle changes than non-climate researchers" www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Before the porridge moralists jump in, pls note, that the report found poorer households would have to *double* their food spend to be able to eat a healthy diet. Poverty sickens society. Raise benefits & minimum wage, for cost effective benefits to society. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hi there! I'm a PhD student in sustainable food systems with a background in nutrition. My work focuses on coherence between agriculture policy and nutrition in the UK, and the potential biodiversity impacts of better integration. www.city.ac.uk/about/people... #foodpolicy #foodsecurity