Comments Off on New article: Experiences of food poverty among undocumented parents with children in three European countries: a multi-level research strategy
A growing literature addresses undocumented migrants in different countries, with governmental exclusion from welfare and health services a common theme. However, little is known comparatively about the difference social context.. Read More
Comments Off on We’re not ‘all in this together’: COVID-19 exposes stark realities of food insecurity
While slogans of solidarity – “We’re all in this together” – plaster social media, millions of households with children are experiencing coronavirus lockdowns further plagued by food insecurity. The global.. Read More
Comments Off on Living Hand to Mouth: children and food in low income families – published today
Over four million children in Britain are growing up in poverty, with many at risk of going without nutritious or adequate food. As poverty has risen, families with children are.. Read More
Comments Off on Food and hard times in three European countries
New findings and panel discussion with Danny Dorling, Hannah Lambie-Mumford and Liz Dowler. Tuesday 30th April 2019, 5.15-8pm, University College London. Further details Having enough to eat of a decent.. Read More
Comments Off on When children cannot invite friends to have a snack’: article in Público newspaper, Portugal
Público, one of the leading Portuguese newspapers, published an article on the Families and Food in Hard Times research project last Tuesday, as part of a series on the occasion.. Read More
Comments Off on Children’s experiences of food poverty in UK newspapers
The dramatic rise in food banks has driven food poverty into Britain’s public consciousness. But our new article finds that the consequences for families with children rarely hit the headlines.. Read More
Comments Off on Published today: Special Issue of Children & Society ‘Children’s and Young People’s Food Practices in Contexts of Poverty and Inequality’
Coedited by Wendy Wills and Rebecca O’Connell, this Special Issue of the journal Children & Society addresses the social and economic determinants shaping what children and young people eat and the.. Read More
Comments Off on Which Types of Family are at Risk of Food Poverty in the UK? A Relative Deprivation Approach
Food banks have become a metonym for food poverty in breadline Britain, but data about their use underestimate the scale of the problem. Our new article in the journal Social.. Read More
Comments Off on The Violence of Austerity: chapter on Food Poverty
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
Comments Off on Families and Food Poverty in Austerity Europe: keynote at University of Copenhagen LOM conference
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
Comments Off on Private spaces and hiding places: talk at the Nordic Geographers Meeting
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
Comments Off on Families and Food in Austerity Britain: early findings
On Monday 27 March 2017, Dr Rebecca O’Connell will present early findings from the UK research for Families and Food in Hard Times at the Centre for Innovation and Research in.. Read More
Comments Off on Special Session at CTC2016: Children’s and teenagers’ food practices in contexts of poverty and inequality
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
