Past Events

ECR Event: Healthy Eco-Systems Ideation Workshop  

From peer review and point size to successful abstracts and succinct sentences, this event will provide early career researchers with essential information about journal publishing.   

Please find the event report and recording here.

What harm does junk food really do us? Do we need legislation to control its consumption?

Speaker to be confirmed.

Dr David Godding (Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge) 'Developing a predictive model for an emerging epidemic on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa'

Dr Carol Ibe (John Innes Centre)  'Democratising plant science research to accelerate food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa'

This Forgotten Crops Society event featured author and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Food Programme, Dan Saladino in conversation with Geneviève Renard about his recently published book, Eating to Extinction The World’s Rarest Foods an

Dr Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge) "The interface between Biodiversity, Intellectual Property, and Food Security" Friday 13th May 2pm GMT. 

Prof Yasemin Kor (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) "Entry into the organic food segment and the role of the chief executive’s experience". Friday 6th May 2pm GMT. 

Dr Daniel Borch Ibsen (MRC Epidemiology; Aarhus University) "Legumes in a sustainable healthy diet: (how) to be or not to be, that is the question" Friday 29th April at 2pm GMT.