Past Events

Are you graduate student or a postdoc? Are you wondering about what will you will do next in your career? Would you like to find creative ways to think about your future career, and hear from people who have gone on to do a variety of things, post-PhD or postdoc?

If so, this event could be for you!

Join us for a symposium exploring food and environmental sustainability. To capture a wide range of perspectives, Cambridge Zero Postgraduate Academy have brought together expert panellists and early career researchers to effect a deep-dive into this vital subject matter.

A short presentation by Robert Powell, Postgraduate Student, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge on Limitations of improved grazing for climate mitigation in global rangelands followed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker.

A short presentation by Isabel Teixeira-Pearce, MPhil student, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, on Political economy of agribusiness in Brazil: Producing soybeans, reproducing food insecurity followed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker. 

A short presentation by Pei Jiang (PhD Candidate, Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge) on Biopolitics of Breeding: An Investigation into Herbicide-Resistant Foxtail Millet in China followed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker.

A short presentation by Elin Falla (PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge) on Plant virus spread in crops: why modelling insect behaviour is important for prediction and control, followed by a Q&A and discussion.

This symposium organised with Cambridge Zero, highlighted ground-breaking research within the food security sphere happening across the University of Cambridge.

A short presentation by Mariel Alem-Fonseca (PhD Candidate, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge) on Evaluating Emerging Food Supply Chains from a Resilience and Cost Perspective: A Study on the Alternative Protein Industry followed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker.

This public webinar on Wednesday, 6 March, 2024, attended by an audience of 70, focused on what food deserts are, why they exist and what the solutions might be. 

A short presentation by Elisapeththu Hoole (PhD Candidate, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge) on Supporting women farmers: optimizing climate-adaptive organic agriculture policies in Sri Lanka’s Dry-Zone followed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker.