Past Events

This Food for Thought on-line panel discussion on Monday 17^th April looked at the cost of food, not just in terms of the price the consumer pays, but the toll our current system takes on human health, the environment and the implications for future generations. 

Dr Soujanya Mantravadi, (Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge) presented her research on the importance of digital technologies to urban food security and supply chains.

Short presentation followed by Q&A with Dr Nadia Mohd-Radzman (Sainsbury Lab, University of Cambridge) on 

This well-attended public webinar was organized with University of Cambridge Decarbonisation Network as part of the Cambridge Festival  in March 2023.

Short presentation followed by Q&A with Simone Markoff (University of Basel, Switzerland) on Analyzing possible pathways to align biodiversity conservation with agricultural development in Tanzania.

Short presentation followed by Q&A with Zsuzsanna Ihar, (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge) on Dietary Downfall: Examining the Role of Diet and Nutrition in the Depopulation of St. Kilda

Please find the recording here.

Date: Friday, 24 February, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00

Venue: Main Seminar Room, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ

Short presentation followed by Q&A with Dr Charlotte Kukowski (Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge) Reducing UK Meat Consumption: The Promise of Targeting Decision Contexts

Forecasting risks from invasive pests like locusts affecting staple food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr Renata Retkute (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge)

Abstract:

Dr Joeva Rock (Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge) We are not starving: the struggle for food sovereignty in Ghana.