Senior Climate Scientist | Met Office
Climate change research focused on the production of crops such as maize, wheat, and tea in the UK and China, aiming to better understand the supply chain and the decision-making processes related to climate change.
Dr Stacey New is a senior climate scientist with a strong background in physical geography and climate science. Stacey earned a PhD specialising in wildfires from the University of Exeter. Since joining the Met Office in 2019, Stacey has been part of the Climate Services Development team within the International Applied Science and Services area. Stacey's work focuses on developing climate services to guide resilience and adaptation decisions, primarily in Europe and Asia. Stacey leads a work package in the CSSP China project, concentrating on the impact of climate change on agriculture. This includes developing a climate forecast for maize, a seasonal forecast for tea, and exploring coffee production. Stacey's work, which ranges from lighting fires to engaging with tea farmers in China and the UK, is dedicated to preparing communities for the future.
Social Researcher | The James Hutton Institute
I am a human geographer with research interests that focus on land tenure and property regimes, multi-stakeholder decision making, and food systems. I use qualitative, participatory methods to research the social and economic impacts of land use and land tenure change.
Professor of Food Systems | University of the West of England
Collaborative projects that aim to transform the food system to be healthy, sustainable and accessible to all.
Angelina Sanderson Bellamy is Professor in Food Systems at UWE Bristol and has won £22.5 million in funding (£10.5 million as PI), including as PI of the UKRI-funded Agrifood for Net Zero Network+ (EXP0110621) and TGRAINS project (BB/S014292/1), and co-I on the Land Use for Net Zero Hub. She has extensive experience in leading challenge-led interdisciplinary sustainability research on food systems, ecological resilience and ecosystem services and social justice. She has expertise in using co-production, place-based methods, SES frameworks and interviews, facilitating workshops, advising Welsh Government and local food partnerships and embedding EDI in all professional activities.
Doctoral student | Teesside University
Climate change adaptation and mitigation.
I am a doctoral student at Teesside University with research interests spanning health, sustainability, and environmental economics, specifically focusing on environmental policy, health policy, and climate change economics. My research centers on two closely connected areas: environment and development and environment and climate change.
Sr Lecturer of Operations Mgmt & Information Systems | University of the West of England
Using digital systems to manage operations and supply chains to meet sustainability targets
I'm an academic and former consultant seeking ways to actively engage with challenges to the food system. I have extensive experience in using new technologies to improve processes, both for sustainability and cost management.
Program Manager, Geospatial Innovation for Food Security | Taylor Geospatial Institute
I lead a collaborative research and innovation program focused on applications of geospatial technologies in the food system and sustainable agriculture. I'm happy to hear from anyone interested in participating in an ongoing program or partnering to develop a new initiative.
From 2009-2023 I served as a university researcher and lecturer. My research focused on investigating long term landscape change using remote sensing methods, primarily airborne laserscanning and hyperspectral imaging.
Research Assistant | Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (UEA)
Associate Professor in Urban Food Sovereignty and Resilience | Centre for Agroecology, water and resilience (CAWR), Coventry University
I welcome proposals of collaboration around urban agroecology and agroecological urbanism.
I am a critical human geographer, with a background in politics, sociology and planning. I work at the intersection between agroecological farmers' movements and urban food justice and sovereignty movements, exploring how to transform and recentre urbanisation models around the Earth stewardship role, and the social justice ethics of agroecological farmers. My recent work include the conceptualisation and implementation of an Agroecological Urbanism, with particular attention to four of its building blocks: Landed community kitchens, farming fragmented urban and peri-urban farmlands, political pedagogies for urban agroecology, and urban soil care.
Associate Professor | Cardiff University
Senior Lecturer | University of Bristol
engage with other member to become more active and being able to contribute more directly in the AFN+ initiatives
I\'m Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Dairy Production Science from the University of Bristol. I have been working with research aspects related to dairy and beef systems including production; rumen function and methane emissions. The main aspects that I have worked with are sustainable and agroecological grass-based systems, herbage management and sustainability, production and quality aspects like nitrogen fertilizer application, mixed swards species dynamics and nitrogen fixation. I also investigate animal aspects like welfare, weaning techniques, behavior, herbage utilization and supplementation, rumen function, methane emissions, feed efficiency, milk production and quality. My overall research interest is in the sustainable livestock production area as well as social scientist interested in looking at strategies to transform the food sector in order to consistently promote the production and utilization of more sustainable products.
Research Fellow | City, University of London
Food policy assemblages, integrating food and nature policies, more-than-human city, just and sustainable city-regions, food waste, gleaning, beekeeping.
I am a cultural anthropologist with extensive international research and teaching experience on just and sustainable cities, food systems and social change. My work explores the socio-cultural contexts, ethics, politics and sustainability potential of diverse social food economies in cities. I have conducted ethnographies on food waste, urban beekeeping, non-monetised alternative food economies, and food sharing in Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Norway and the UK. This research contributes knowledge to urban natures, conservation, design, and healthy and resilient cities. Awarded my PhD on 12 May 2015, I have published more than 40 academic refereed publications, including 3 edited books ('Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Principles', 'Food, Senses and the City', and 'Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City') and 1 monograph ('Food Resistance Movements: Journeying through Alternative Food Networks'). I also have experience designing and delivering global, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral research panels, programs and networks. Positions held include: Sustainability Fellow (University of Surrey, current), UrbanA Fellow for Just and Sustainable Cities (EU project, 2019-2021), leading the governance infrastructure, networks and institutionalisation work package for the EU H2020 IA project EdiCitNet to establish an international edible cities network (RMIT Europe, Barcelona 2018-2020), World Social Science Fellow on Urban Issues in the Global South (International Social Science Council, 2013), Australian Anthropology Society Fellow (2016 ongoing), and Honorary Research Associate for the Centre for Urban Research (RMIT University, 2016-2019). In my current role at the Centre for Food Policy (City St. George's) I am contributing to research on food policy as part of the UKRI Fix Our Food project.
Business Development Manager | Advanced Plant Growth Centre, James Hutton Ltd.
Controlled Environment Agriculture and Food System Transformation
🌱 Driving the future of agriculture through innovative business strategies and sustainable solutions – that's where my passion lies. My journey involves collaborating with industry leaders, insightful investors, pioneering researchers, and tech innovators, all united by a vision of transforming agriculture. 🚀 I thrive on identifying and fostering new opportunities that can accelerate progress in the agricultural sector. My focus is on creating business solutions that are not only economically viable but also environmentally sound. 🌍 This dual approach aims to shape a more sustainable and resilient future for our planet. Let's connect 🤝 and explore how we can collaborate to make a substantial and lasting impact on the agricultural industry. I'm all about turning visionary ideas into actionable strategies that drive growth and positive change. Together, we can innovate and grow in ways that benefit the industry and our world!
