Rebecca O’Connell and Laura Hamilton have a chapter on ‘Food Poverty’ in the recently published ‘The Violence of Austerity’, edited by Vickie Cooper and David Whyte. Austerity, a response to.. Read More
On Wednesday 21st June 2017 Dr Rebecca O’Connell will give a keynote lecture at the Trends in Excellent and Interdisciplinary Lifestyle, Obesity and Metabolic Research Conference, University of Copenhagen. Food poverty.. Read More
This week Dr Abigail Knight will give a presentation at the Nordic Geographers Meeting, Stockholm University, Sweden, as part of the stream on ‘Austerities, Economic Crises and Neoliberalisms: Experiences of children, young.. Read More
Today, 16th September 2016, Abigail Knight, one of the UK study team, presents early findings from our qualitative research in England at the Leeds Centre for Interdisciplinary Childhood and Youth.. Read More
On Monday 19th September Antonia Simon, a member of the study’s UK research team, presents at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) in La Barrosa Cadiz Spain. The.. Read More
Guest Editors: Wendy Wills (University of Hertfordshire) and Rebecca O’Connell (Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL) Deadline for abstracts: 30th September 2016 Contemporary concern with food security and nutritional diets indicates.. Read More
At the 7th Child and teen consumption conference this week in Aalborg, Denmark, Dr Rebecca O’Connell and Professor Wendy Wills are convening a special session on children’s and teenagers’ food.. Read More
Laura Hamilton, Postgraduate Researcher on the Families and Food in Hard Times study, participated in a workshop on food poverty that was hosted by the Food Research Collaboration and jointly.. Read More
FoodNet and ReACH Seminar, University of Hertfordshire – All Welcome Thursday, 3rd December 2015 1-4pm What young people eat and drink in the neighbourhood around schools is viewed as a.. Read More
Following the success of the event on ‘Food, poverty and policy: evidence base and knowledge gaps’, jointly hosted by Speri and the British Sociological Association’s Food Study Group, SPERI.. Read More
Fully Funded PhD Studentship Ref: 1483875 UCL Department / Division UCL Institute of Education Specific unit / Sub department Department Social Science Duration of Studentship 3 years Stipend £17,493 per.. Read More
Call for Papers: 7th Child and teen consumption 2016: Cultural contexts, relations and practices Aalborg University, Denmark, 27-29th of April 2016 Special Session: Children’s and teenagers’ food practices in contexts.. Read More