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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

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Lydia Certa

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Sustainability Fellow at the Institute for Sustainability

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Professor Tao Chen

Associate Vice-President, International and Professor in Chemical Engineering

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Dr Elena Dawkins

Surrey Future Fellow

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Dr Abel Bulamu Ekiri

Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

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Dr Sarkawt Hama

Research Fellow (ASAP-Delhi project)

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Dr Zoe Harris

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

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Dr Suzie Hingley-Wilson

Lecturer in Bacteriology

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Dr Charo Hodgkins

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

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Dr Helen Lambert

Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition

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Professor Clare Mills

Professor of Food and Molecular Immunology

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Professor Stephen Morse

Chair in Systems Analysis for Sustainability

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Dr Sneha Pinto

Senior Lecturer in Proteomics

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Professor Monique Raats

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

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Dr Michael Short

Associate Professor of Process Systems Engineering

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Professor Roberta Sonnino

Professor of Sustainable Food Systems

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Dr Erick Sperandio Nascimento

Associate Professor (Reader) in AI for Clean Air and Programme Lead of AI and Sustainability

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Dr James Suckling

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

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Dr Shelini Surendran

Associate Dean International FHMS, Associate Professor in Biosciences

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Dr Alireza Tamaddoni Nezhad

Reader (Associate Professor) in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence