Research
My research interests include social and health consequences of food insecurity and its determinants, nutritional inequalities, impacts of austerity on food access and mental health, charitable food systems, and understanding the impacts of national and local policy interventions and food aid interventions on food insecurity.
Research groups
Research grants
The Health Of Care Experienced People_PHASE 1 (old PRU)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2019 - September 2024
New Policy Research Unit (PRU)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2024 - December 2028
Supporting Communities in social Housing and Optimising Urban food System interventions for Equity (SCHOUSE)
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2025 - March 2028
SPHR3: HPHP 3.2 Healthy food shouldn’t cost the earth: co-produced community centred healthy and sustainable food
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2022 - March 2029
SALIENT - Food System triALs for Impact on Environment, Nutrition and healTh)
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2023 - March 2026
Transforming Urban Food Systems for Planetary and Population Health (The Mandela Consortium)
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2022 - March 2026