The University of Leeds is one of the largest universities in the UK. It is part of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Within the University, the Global Food and Environment Institute (GFEI) is an interdisciplinary research community, which brings together members from across academia, industry and public policy. It aims to develop enduring solutions that help bring about transformative change to create a food system that is socially-just, climate-smart and goes beyond sustainability; able to adapt vigorously to enhance the future habitability of our planet.
Involved personnel
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Stephen Whitfield is a Professor of Food, Agriculture and Climate in the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on the social and political dimensions of international agricultural development. https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1606/dr-stephen-whitfield |
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Russell Cain is a research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. A multidisciplinary scientist with a background in tropical hydrometeorology, remote sensing, stakeholder liaison and hardware innovation, his work focuses on the representative integration of stakeholder-driven research analyses within the FoSTA-Health modelling framework. |
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Andy Challinor is a Professor of Climate Impacts and leader and founding member of the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Leeds. His research focusses on using models with a wide range of expert judgment to develop policy and practical pathways for resilient and sustainable food systems in our changing climates. https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1200/professor-andy-challinor |
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Jonas Cromwell is a lecturer in food security at the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on food loss and food waste in agri-food production, and the social and political dimensions of domestic and export food supply chains.
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/11172/dr-jonas-cromwell |
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Steven Sait is an insect ecologist in the School of Biology, University of Leeds. His research focuses on how interacting species, such as crop pests and their natural enemies, respond to environmental change, particularly in the context of ecosystem services, biological control and sustainable agriculture. https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/school-of-biology/staff/132/dr-steven-sait |
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Ruth Smith is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the social and political dimensions of food systems transformation at the University of Leeds, UK. Ruth is a social scientist with a background in critical approaches to power asymmetries, gender inequality and intersectionality within agri-food systems policy and practice. |
| Ajay Bhave is Lecturer in Environment and Development, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds. An interdisciplinary researcher, he explores emerging risks associated with climatic and non-climatic factors, and approaches for taking adaptation decisions under uncertain future conditions. | |
| Fiona Smith | |
| Hemant Tripathi | |
| Mapenzie Tauzie | |
| Peter Yiga is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds. Peter is a Nutritionist, and his research focuses on understanding the nutritional effects of food system transformations and designing novel lifestyle interventions to moderate the health effects of the food system transformations. https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-yiga/ | |
| Pui Yee Tan | |
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Rupert Quinnell |
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Susannah Sallu is Associate Professor of Environment and Development in the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds. Her interdisciplinary research lies at the theoretical and empirical intersections of political ecology and complex systems science, focusing on rural livelihoods, ecosystem services and human well-being, natural resource governance and climate compatible development policy and programming in Africa. https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1517/dr-susannah-m-sallu |
| Yun Yun Gong |