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Author: Maia Elliott

Policy lab report: Low-agency population interventions to reduce meat consumption

  • Date: September 2020
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

The report from the 2018 Policy Lab winners explores interventions that require little to no personal or psychological effort to discourage meat consumption in the UK.

Read more - Policy lab report: Low-agency population interventions to reduce meat consumption

Winners of Speak Up for Food Security competition 2020

  • Date: March 2020
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

Mirjam Hazenbosch from the University of Oxford has been named Winner of the 2020 Global Food Security research storytelling competition ‘Speak Up for Food Security’ at Cambridge Science Festival. Nina Goodlad from the University of Dundee won the Public Choice Award.

Read more - Winners of Speak Up for Food Security competition 2020

Speak Up for Food Security 2020

  • Date: December 2019
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

Applications now CLOSED for GFS’ annual research storytelling competition that challenges early career researchers to not only inform food system change, but to inspire it.

Read more - Speak Up for Food Security 2020

Once Upon a Global Food System

  • Date: 20 June 2019
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

Maia Elliott (Global Food Security) discusses why narrative is a powerful tool for communicating and navigating the complexities of our food system in a time of misinformation, and outlines the rationale behind the Speak Up for Food Security project.

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Speaking Up For Food Security: Results of first ever GFS science communication competition

  • Date: 19 March 2019
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

Following an intensive masterclass in science communication, Claire Kanja and Lauren McGale have been named the winner and runner-up of the Global Food Security programme’s first ever ‘Speak Up for Food Security’ science communication competition.

Read more - Speaking Up For Food Security: Results of first ever GFS science communication competition

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Food system resilience in the spotlight in new policy brief

  • Date: 25 February 2019
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

A new policy brief from the ‘Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context’ (GFS-FSR) programme addresses the insecurity of the UK food system and examines pathways to making the food system more resilient to shocks and stresses.

Read more - Food system resilience in the spotlight in new policy brief

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Paris-compliant healthy food systems: Policy Brief for United Nations Climate Change Conference

  • Date: 30 November 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

The Global Food Security programme has published a policy brief ahead of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), held in Katowice, Poland.

Read more - Paris-compliant healthy food systems: Policy Brief for United Nations Climate Change Conference

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Policy brief: Food systems approaches to a sustainable future

  • Date: November 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

This policy brief conveys five key messages for this year’s Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (COP24), based on the outputs of GFS’ Paris-compliant healthy food systems workshop.

Read more - Policy brief: Food systems approaches to a sustainable future

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GFS project advises Co-op on its approach to food systems resilience

  • Date: 9 November 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

IKnowFood, one of the projects in the Global Food Security’s Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context programme has helped to shape the Co-op’s new Future of Food ambition.

Read more - GFS project advises Co-op on its approach to food systems resilience

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Second Paris-compliant healthy food system Taskforce workshop

  • Date: October 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

On 15 October a Taskforce of academics, industry and policymakers attended a GFS workshop in London to discuss and develop four different 2050 food system scenarios that meet the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Read more - Second Paris-compliant healthy food system Taskforce workshop

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Communicating the complexity of our food system

  • Date: July 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

This project will aim to characterise the obstacles that hinder the effective communication of complex systems, identify strategies to overcome these and equip systems-thinkers with the tools to articulate the complexity of our food system to a broad range of stakeholders.

Read more - Communicating the complexity of our food system

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Transformative innovation across supply chains to improve decision-making

  • Date: July 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

This project will explore how 21st century data technologies could improve transparency, safety, authenticity and traceability within the food system.

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Is the UK ready for plant-based diets?

  • Date: 7 January 2021
  • Author(s): Christopher Waite, Sajeev Mohankumar, Rebecca Martin, Michael Norman

The 2019 Policy Lab winners present their new report which identifies the potential impacts of the emerging trend of plant-based diets on the UK food system. Here the team give a ‘behind the scenes’ to their process of writing a Think Piece, how they successfully engaged with stakeholders, and why now is the opportune time to be discussing plant-based diets.

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Building back better: How can we increase the resilience of the UK food system?

  • Date: 21 December 2020

A new GFS and BBSRC report details the findings from a workshop with stakeholders across the food system, exploring how we could ‘build back better’ and create a more resilient post COVID-19 food network which simultaneously delivers resilience and sustainability.

Read more - Building back better: How can we increase the resilience of the UK food system?

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LAST CHANCE to join our FINAL Q&A session (Friday 9th April, 2-3pm) for the £14M Transforming UK Food Systems Funding Call! Please join if you have any questions relating to your application, the funding call, or the programme! All details on ukrifoodsystems2.meeting-mojo… pic.twitter.com/WR9fT6NLcY

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