Articles on Study Updates

Living Hand to Mouth: children and food in low income families – published today

2nd Apr, 2019 6:00 am 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

Food and hard times in three European countries

11th Mar, 2019 4:56 pm 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

When children cannot invite friends to have a snack’: article in Público newspaper, Portugal

18th Oct, 2018 8:52 pm 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

Children’s experiences of food poverty in UK newspapers

24th Apr, 2018 9:45 am 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

Published today: Special Issue of Children & Society ‘Children’s and Young People’s Food Practices in Contexts of Poverty and Inequality’

6th Apr, 2018 1:40 pm 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

Which Types of Family are at Risk of Food Poverty in the UK? A Relative Deprivation Approach

21st Feb, 2018 1:51 pm 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

The Violence of Austerity: chapter on Food Poverty

19th Jun, 2017 12:14 pm 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

Families and Food Poverty in Austerity Europe: keynote at University of Copenhagen LOM conference

19th Jun, 2017 12:06 pm 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

Private spaces and hiding places: talk at the Nordic Geographers Meeting

19th Jun, 2017 11:59 am 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

Families and Food in Austerity Britain: early findings

16th Mar, 2017 11:48 am 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

Special Session at CTC2016: Children’s and teenagers’ food practices in contexts of poverty and inequality

25th Apr, 2016 3:40 pm 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