Hannah Forde

Farm workers in a green field harvest leafy vegetables, placing them into yellow and gray crates. A tractor is visible in the background.

A shift to plant-based diets could rebalance global farming jobs.

🔻 Fewer roles in livestock
🔺 More in horticulture
💵 $995bn in potential labour savings

Oxford @ecioxford.bsky.social study led by Dr Marco Springmann.

Read more: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/global-...

We had a great seminar about food provision in 'asylum hotels' last night. Next seminar is on 13th November and all about the economics of alternative proteins. Please come and join us in person or online. Details below.

Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n

A reminder that we are still accepting applications to this funded DPhil post! Deadline 2nd Dec, though we recommend getting in touch before then.
Do please share!

Effects of brand-matched alcoholic and alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks adverts on drink selections: A UK-based randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket buff.ly/yh622RD @petescarbs.bsky.social @dremmadavies.bsky.social @hannahforde.bsky.social

As #COP30 approaches, look out for these #BigAg greenwashing terms:🧹❎

⚠️ Regenerative Agriculture
⚠️ Tropical Agriculture
⚠️ No Additional Warming
⚠️ Bioeconomy
⚠️ We Feed the World
⚠️ Efficiency Is Enough

Remember: industrial food systems drive 1/3 of global warming & 40% of petrochemicals.

Now open for applications - NIHR Doctoral Award (Cohort 2).

Closing date 15 January.

Get in touch with the NIHR Research Support Service for support to apply.

www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/doct...

PepsiCo downgrades its sustainability goals PepsiCo, in its latest sustainability update, becomes the latest major company to scale back its climate targets.

PepsiCo follows Coca-Cola in backtracking on commitments to reduce virgin plastic + abandoning reuse

despite all the talk of corporate sustainbility in UN plastic treaty negotiations, the reality is that Big Food companies are continuin to expand their use of single use plastics

YouTube video by Sky News The 'cool cows' fighting climate change

Will cows burping a bit less methane help fight climate change?
My answer: not really.

The most effective way to reduce methane from cows is to farm fewer cows.
Cows aren't able to fight climate change. We are: by going (mostly) plant-based.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/HU8Nt...

Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by “soft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakehol...

new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels

This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world

Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us...

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate The rising cost of cocoa has led to the manufacturers changing their recipe.

Penguin and club bars hit by climate change - you can't call them chocolate any more.

Though you wouldn't know it from the BBC, all they say is:

"poor harvests as a result of severe drought conditions in cocoa-producing countries"

I wonder what could be happening 🤷‍♂️

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

@petescarbs.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

Effects of brand‐matched alcoholic and alcohol‐free and low‐alcohol drinks adverts on drink selections: A United Kingdom‐based randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket Background and aims Restricting alcohol advertising may reduce alcohol consumption and related ill-health. However, advertisements for alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks (NoLos) with brand-matched ...

📣New paper led by Dr Ru Jia!

We conducted an RCT on an online supermarket to assess the effects of brand-matched alcoholic & NoLo adverts on drink selections

Exposure to adverts for brand-matched NoLos increased brand recall, but inconclusive impact on alcohol selection

doi.org/10.1111/add....

Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence Examining the role of patients and citizens in providing evidence for health care research

Our MSc module 'Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence' runs from 8-12 December @ox.ac.uk. Open to stand-alone students as a freestanding short course. #healthpolicy

lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/pati...

A flyer for a food research survey put out by TABLE, the Wellcome Trust and the Centre for Food Policy. The text says "Are you a food researcher or knowledge generator?We want to hear from you to help shape research within the UK and the EU! Take our survey to share your views on how research funding can better facilitate climate and health goals via food system transformation. Results are anonymous and will inform Wellcome Trust's research strategy for the next few years."

Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food?

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY

Excited to share that our research group is advertising 2 DPhil projects for 2026 entry. We’d love to hear from prospective applicants!

shorturl.at/I6SrW *FUNDED*

shorturl.at/lh4tB *Successful apps eligible for uni funding*

@hannahforde.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social @petescarbs.bsky.social

The 2026 UK Public Health Science Conference will be in Newcastle on 21 April 2026, with an ECR event the day before.

Abstract submission is now open! hg3.co.uk/ukphsc/

#PublicHealth #UKPHS2026
@nihrsphr.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @ukphsci.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social

#PhDSky #AcademicSky #FoodStudies #SustainableSky

The first paper from the COPPER project! Great work from @hannahforde.bsky.social who led deliberative forums exploring public views on food taxes and subsidies to make healthy & sustainable food more affordable

And a quick reminder about this DPhil position in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group @oxprimarycare.bsky.social! Happy to hear from anyone interested in applying

We had a great time seeing Pete's home town! Even if he did get a bit lost on the way to the beach

@petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social @jessicarenzella.bsky.social + others not on Bluesky

Public support for food subsidy and tax scenarios to promote healthy and sustainable diets: Evidence from deliberative forums in two UK locations Governments can utilise fiscal measures, through subsidies and taxes, to promote healthy and environmentally sustainable food choices. Despite their p…

We ran deliberative forums in Glasgow & Bridlington all about food subsidies & taxes to make healthy & sustainable food more affordable.

Read our findings in our latest article!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@oxprimarycare.bsky.social

Urban Transitions | About | Elsevier Urban Transitions | About

This looks like an excellent conference!

Urban Transitions
10-12 November 2026 | Sitges, Spain

Submit abstracts by 8 May 2026

Integrating housing, urban and transport planning, environment, climate action, circular economy and health for healthier urban living

www.elsevier.com/events/confe...

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’ Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

The relationship between UPFs and the environment is miles more complicated than this. UPFs are a hugely diverse category, but this article pretends they are all like M&Ms. What about plant-based meat and dairy alternatives?

PCP funding call - Dec 25 Opportunity for local authorities in England to apply for up to £10,000 to explore new or improved ways of involving diverse people and communities in public health research. This call is open to coll...

Opportunity for Local Authorities in England to apply for up to £10,000 to explore new or improved ways of involving diverse people and communities in public health research.

sites.google.com/view/nihrrss...

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Despite the introduction of calorie labelling regulations in England in 2022, researchers from the @mrcepid.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk, have found only a 2% reduction in the energy content of food available at chain restaurants.

Read – buff.ly/py0yIZQ

Visual depicting: a QR code to sign up for the event, the title of the book: Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World, the time of the event: Friday 24 October, 1pm-2.30pm, and a little blurb that says: This book brings together 25 authors to offer novel perspectives, critical insights and practical reflections based on original research about paradigmatic cases at local, national, transnational and global levels.

🌐 Online book launch (open access) 📚 'Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World' - Everyone welcome of this online event, which will feature editors, authors and discussion. Organised by DemFutures #Democracy. Free registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-as...

Family affluence shields children from the risks of obesity and unhealthy eating habits, even when they're surrounded by unhealthy food options, according to a study co-led by Dr @andreadsmith.bsky.social and Prof Clare Llewellyn @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

UCL blog buff.ly/NYr0V0x

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