My research interests

My broad interest has been food system sustainability in an age of climate and socioeconomic injustice.

Within this, I have focussed on systemic causes of food waste and analysis of efforts to manage this (particularly the global spread of food banking). I have also conducted research into relationships between housing and food insecurity, urban food system change through stakeholder coproduction and, more recently, food system resilience for Indigenous communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories, with a focus on food infrastructure and fisheries governance.

I have a particular interest in applying more-than-human theoretical approaches, particularly political ecology. I am also ever-curious about the utility, for research, of social movement frameworks such as agroecology, regeneration and food sovereignty. Finally, I have always found ways to mobilise my research beyond formal academic papers and reports, whether through media writings, podcasting, or public events.

My current research project

GlobalSeaweedPROTECT: Funded by July25 - Feb 28