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Thijs van Rens

@tvanrens.bsky.social

Professor @warwickecon. Nowadays most interested in healthy and sustainable food, field experiments, digital tools.

42 Followers  |  42 Following  |  7 Posts  |  Joined: 03.12.2024  |  1.6446

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Special lecture: Her Excellency Edna Adan Ismail - β€˜From Rubble to Revitalisation: Building Somaliland’s Health Services’ @warwickecon.bsky.social

08.10.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super exciting event at the Oxford Martin School tomorrow with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social. Please do come along. Registration sheet in the link elow.

30.09.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we don't measure it, then perhaps we can forget that 13.5% of the US population (in 2023) does not have consistent access to enough nutritionally adequate and safe food. That is 1 in 7 people! 😒

24.09.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UNBELIEVABLE - USDA terminates 'redundant' Food Insecurity Survey, because it does "nothing more than fear monger" and "failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder".
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

24.09.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I’m proud to have made this stand’: over-60s arrested at Palestine Action ban protest explain their decision From a retired British colonel to a Catholic priest, half of the 532 people arrested in Parliament Square were 60 or older. Many believe they had a greater share of responsibility to take in defending...

These are today's heroes. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

17.08.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Shocking!

17.05.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. β€œWe’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. β€œAnd what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

14.05.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13918    πŸ” 4944    πŸ’¬ 792    πŸ“Œ 483
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The food industry has a dirty secret - and it's making Britain poorer and unhealthier, news.sky.com/story/money-...

28.04.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gulf of Mexico πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

21.01.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LEAP conference 2025

On 8 Apr the 7th LEAP conference will take place in Oxford. This is for anyone working on food with a particular focus on meat and dairy. Health, environment, politics, economics, philosophy, etc. all welcome!

Deadline for abstracts: 14 Feb

Please share widely! @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social

05.12.2024 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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