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Gurpinder Singh Lalli

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Professor in Education | @wlvuni.bsky.social | @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social | views my own

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Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives | Berghahn Books Independent Publishing since 1994

Food, culture and society in India, available from November 2025. Pleasure working withDr Rituparna Patgiri and contributors on this critical work! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Patgir... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social‬ @wlvuni.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ifpri.org

30.07.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

23.06.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Universal free school meals are beneficial and popular – but the UK’s provision remains patchy Universal free school meals improve health, boost learning and tackle child povertyβ€”yet England lags behind in rolling them out.

🍽️ Universal free school meals: a welfare policy or an investment in future generations?

In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform.

πŸ“– Read more: bit.ly/4c57uvk

25.03.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service; A Case Study The UK school meals service has a distinctive history shaped by early welfare policies, austerity measures, and the introduction of universal free school meals, thus making it a useful case study f...

πŸ“’ New OA article written with Isabelle Carter for the Oral History Review!

Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service
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#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

09.03.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

18.06.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty Join us for a seminar on food poverty & free food provision in education, featuring top scholars & practitioners. #FoodInsecurity #Education

One-day seminar event May 8th at Brunel University of London: "The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty" - please join us at this free event with excellent speakers on food poverty and use of food banks. Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-role-o...

27.03.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social

30.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP

Deadline: 9 June

Please repost- thanks!

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16.05.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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The location & time of my keynote book talk at British Postgraduate Network 4 Chinese Studies annual conf. are revealed. Join me if you are in Glasgow on 23 May at 4:20 pm. Let's discuss #time #inheritance #education #mobilities in #China. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social

17.05.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ad Hoc 03: Intersection of Food Insecurity and Reproductive Justice
YouTube video by Indian Sociological Society ISS Ad Hoc 03: Intersection of Food Insecurity and Reproductive Justice

It was an honour and a privilege to speak w/Ad Hoc Group 3: Food, Culture, & Society of the Indian Sociological Society #ISS last week. Thank you to Rituparna Patgiri for the invite!

My talk on #FoodInsecurity & #ReproductiveJustice in India is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3V...

07.04.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great to be here at #NEHC2025! Here to talk about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project as well as knowledge networks in 19thC @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #histed

14.05.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The School Meals Service: Past, Present - and Future? Join us for this free, full-day conference to discuss the past, present and future of the UK School Meals Service.

Join us for our free 1-day end-of-project conference on 19th June at Friends House, London! We'll share our key findings & recommendations and discuss all things #schoolmeals with some great people including @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social!
#histed
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-school...

09.05.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Join us on 7th May 11am BST for an online roundtable to celebrate the launch of our new edited volume: A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry! #histgeoguni #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social

30.04.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fascinating findings from the Global Flourishing Study (www.nature.com/collections/...): no correlation whatsoever between GDP and human flourishing. Indonesia ranks highest, Japan lowest. Full table: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

30.04.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
issue741

The School Dinners exhibition featuring our research at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has been featured in the Waitrose Weekend Magazine! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsy.social
www.weekend-online.com/issue741/

14.04.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Brilliant news from our friends at @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social !

14.04.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr Heather Ellis (@heatherlwellis.bsky.social) Talking to BBC radio stations today about our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research & partnership with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social on a new #schooldinners exhibition! People sharing great memories of their school meals in Newcastle, York, Cambridge, Hereford, Berkshire, Nottingham, Merseyside #histed

Serving up a spoonful of nostalgia πŸ₯„

Gary McCulloch's @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project on the history of the School Meals Service contributed to this exhibition, featured in Waitrose Magazine: www.weekend-online.com/issue...

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20.04.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be starting a period as a Visiting Researcher at HEX, Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University.

Looking forward to sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research on the history of #schoolmeals #histed
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

09.04.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team

Wonderful to see the #SchoolMeals Exhibition we collaborated on with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social featured on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social this morning! Bridget Phillipson was even asked for her favorite school meal memories #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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02.04.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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School dinners exhibition in Stowmarket will celebrate history - BBC News Anyone for semolina, sponge pudding and turkey twizzlers?

Lovely to have been able to attend the launch of this yesterday and to collaborate with the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social on this wonderful #schoolmeals Exhibition featuring our archival research and oral histories #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.04.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save the date! πŸ“† April 22, 9:30 AM EDT

πŸ“Œ Ending Hunger and #Malnutrition: Keeping Our Eyes on the Road

🀝IFPRI and the World Bank

πŸ“In-person & online 🎟️ bit.ly/ending_hunger

@cgiar.org

28.03.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A productive team meeting in Wolverhampton today. Thanks to @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social for hosting! Good progress on the monograph, exhibition launch, and end-of-project conference.
#histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social

24.03.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More than a meal: How school feeding programs are shaping the future A recent seminar analyzed emerging evidence and future directions for school meals in the 21st century.

Today is #InternationalSchoolMealsDay!

A recent IFPRI policy seminar offered a deep-dive discussion of the role of school meal programs in addressing some of the world’s most pressing issues:

@lshtm.bsky.social @fao.org @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social @gcnf.bsky.social @cgiar.org

13.03.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heading into London today to present our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project findings to the APPG for School Food! We will miss @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social today. @unishefplayer.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed

13.03.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, on International School Meals Day, Gary McCulloch and @heatherlwellis.bsky.social presented our project findings to the APPG School Food. Thanks for the invite & for supporting our research! We missed @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social today.
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social #ISMD2025

13.03.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What does "educational equity" mean? Authors focus here on at least 5 different conceptualizations of the term journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

11.03.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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School Meals project selected as finalist in Children's Food Awards Congratulations to Heather Ellis and the School Meals project on their shortlisting for the Children's Food Awards 2025.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/ne...

03.03.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to our February newsletter! We say goodbye to our colleague @ellenlaurab.bsky.social and talk about upcoming plans incl. the launch of the School Meals exhibition with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social and the excellent Childrens Food Summit 2025! #histed @sustainweb.org @childrensfood.bsky.social

28.02.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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University of Birmingham announces new Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair - University of Birmingham Professor Daniel McNeil will take up the new post as Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair at the University of Birmingham in the summer.

The School of Social Policy and Society at the University of Birmingham appointed Prof. Daniel McNeil as the inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair #BirminghamSchool #CulturalStudies #StuartHall
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

24.02.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
REF: SMED-2251-1025 - DEN-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast

PhD opportunity @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social Implementing food policy change in school www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

11.02.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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