

Transforming food systems
Transforming food systems: for people, planet and health explores how we can reimagine how food is produced, distributed, and consumed to tackle global challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss, poor nutrition, and inequality. Our approach is systemic, spanning science, policy, culture, and community to create just, resilient, and sustainable food futures.
Research projects
Institute Fellows working in this field

Lydia Certa
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Sustainability Fellow at the Institute for Sustainability

Professor Tao Chen
Associate Vice-President, International and Professor in Chemical Engineering
Dr Elena Dawkins
Surrey Future Fellow

Dr Abel Bulamu Ekiri
Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Dr Sarkawt Hama
Research Fellow (ASAP-Delhi project)

Dr Zoe Harris
Director of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainability

Dr Suzie Hingley-Wilson
Lecturer in Bacteriology

Dr Charo Hodgkins
Senior Lecturer & Director of Innovation for School of Psychology; Institute for Sustainability Fellow

Dr Helen Lambert
Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition

Professor Clare Mills
Professor of Food and Molecular Immunology

Professor Stephen Morse
Chair in Systems Analysis for Sustainability

Dr Sneha Pinto
Senior Lecturer in Proteomics

Professor Monique Raats
Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability; Professor; Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre

Dr Michael Short
Associate Professor of Process Systems Engineering

Professor Roberta Sonnino
Professor of Sustainable Food Systems

Dr Erick Sperandio Nascimento
Associate Professor (Reader) in AI for Clean Air and Programme Lead of AI and Sustainability

Dr James Suckling
Lecturer in Life Cycle Assessment and Research Fellow B (ReVerDi and VF-UKFSR Projects)

Dr Shelini Surendran
Associate Dean International FHMS, Associate Professor in Biosciences

Dr Alireza Tamaddoni Nezhad
Reader (Associate Professor) in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence