Food Studies
Essential Reference on Food Security
For those interested in, doing research on, or teaching about food security, Mark Gibson’s “The Feeding of Nations: Redefining Food Security for the 21st Century” (2012) is an essential reference to have. The book is a hardcover 640-page academic work, and unfortunately not cheap. There are a couple of ways to access the ideas if […]
Tags: #Agriculture #Food Security #Food Studies #Nutrition #Technology
Post-doc: Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities
Title of project: Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities: mapping the factors in the social and physical food environments that drive consumption of energy dense nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods and beverages, to identify interventions targeting women and adolescent girls throughout the reproductive life course. Project objectives: To examine factors in social and physical food environments of African […]
Tags: #Dietary transition #Food Security #Food Studies #Ghana
MA & PhD Studentships: Critical Urban Food Studies
Start date will be January 2017 (preferably) or possibly September 2017. Please apply internally to Prof. Dr. Marit Rosol on or before 25 August 2016. Qualifications: Research project idea that fits within the team’s focus on critical urban food geographies and food justice Outstanding previous degree performance Enthusiasm for research, including interest (M.A.) or experience […]
Tags: #Food justice #Food Security #Food Studies #Geography #Social Justice
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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