During the Network's first year we appointed nine Champions to work across three research themes: Sustainable Production Systems, Land Use for Sequestration and Supply Chains and Demand. Champions focused on either System Interaction and Complexity, Individual and Institutional Behaviour or Novel Technologies and Analytics.
Senior Fellow in Food Innovation at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Parag is Senior Fellow in Food Innovation at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, with 14 years’ industrial R&D experience in the food and biotechnology sectors – including as Unilever’s science lead (2011-2020).
Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Leicester
Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Leicester and Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research.
Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) at University College London (UCL)
Robert is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) at University College London (UCL). He’s a Fellow in the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in the UK.
ECI Food Programme Leader at Oxford University
John is ECI Food Programme Leader at Oxford University, leads the ‘Interdisciplinary Food Systems Teaching and Learning’ programme, and co-leads the Foresight4Food and Food System Impact Valuation programmes.
Food Systems Research Lead at LettUs Grow
India is the Food Systems Research Lead at LettUs Grow, with eight years experience working across alternative food production methods and technologies in everything from start-ups to non-profits and multinational companies.
Associate Professor in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing at the University of Reading’s School of Agriculture Policy and Development
Anna is Associate Professor in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing at the University of Reading’s School of Agriculture Policy and Development. A public health nutritionist and consumer psychologist, she leads EIT Food’s Consumer TrustTracker® project on trust in the food system.
Professor of Natural Capital and Prosperity at University College London
Jacquie is Professor of Natural Capital and Prosperity at University College London, and previously UN Environment Programme Chief Scientist (2013-17) and Director of the European Environment Agency (2003-13).
Head of Biodiversity Science at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard is Head of Biodiversity Science at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. He has 25 years’ research experience of working with the farming industry and policymakers to balance sustainable food production with reversing biodiversity declines.
Principal Scientist at Rothamsted Research and Professor of Sustainability at University of Bangor
Simon is a Principal Scientist at Rothamsted Research and Professor of Sustainability at University of Bangor.
