PhD students
Current PhD students
Ceyhun Gungor
PhD work
Learning and knowledge transfer processes of non-competitive collaborative groups and their role in shaping food sustainability policy.
Education
- 2014 – present: PhD Candidate, Centre for Food Policy (City University London)
- 2012 – 2014: MA (distinction) Human Geography and Global Studies (Eberhard Karls University Tubingen / Germany)
- 2009 – 2012: BSc Geography (University of Augsburg / Germany)
Karl-Axel Lindgren
PhD work
A food policy analysis of the Indian National Food Security Act, and its potential impact on the urban poor.
Education
- 2014-present: PhD Candidate, Centre for Food Policy (City University London)
- 2012-2013: MSc Food Policy (City University London)
- 2009-2012: BA Sociology (University of York)
Jannie Armstrong
PhD work
Competing Claims in a Changing World: An Interpretive Analysis of Food Security Discourse in Lao PDR.
Education
- 2010-present: PhD Candidate, Centre for Food Policy, School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City University London
- 2007-2009: City University, London, Master of Sciences, with distinction, Food Policy
Awarded the Worshipful Company of Farmers prize for food policy and agriculture, 2009 - 1990-1994: Vassar College, New York, United States
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude
Hannah Brinsden
PhD work
Monitoring the food industry: the role of advocacy and the definition of the public good
Education and Experience
- BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Food Science, The University of Reading
- Worked at Consensus Action on Salt and Health for 3 years, working on and taking forward the UK's salt reduction policy.
- Hannah has since taken a research post with The International Association for the Study of Obesity/International Obesity Taskforce (IASO/IOTF), where she will be researching and developing their advocacy programme.
Harvey Ells
PhD work
Street food markets and consumer wellbeing: a study of developed urban city centres
Education
- Part-time PhD research student, Centre for Food Policy, City University London
- MA Learning and Development, University of Brighton
- MSc Food Policy, City University London
Janice Moorhouse
PhD work
Reconnection: marketing fresh produce in the post-Curry era
Education
- BSc (Hons) Business and Administration
- Certificate in Education (FE)
- MA Marketing
- PG Diploma in Research Methods
Sharon Noonan-Gunning
PhD work
Food, family and obesity: Are parents the unheard stakeholders in food and obesity policy?
Education
- Bsc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics (London Metropolitan University)
- Post Graduate Diploma Epidemiology (London School Hygiene Tropical Medicine)
Daphne Page
PhD work
Exploring the Perceived Link between Urban Agriculture and Sustainability in Municipal Urban Food Strategies within the United Kingdom’s Sustainable Food Cities Network.
Education
- 2014 - Present PhD Food Policy
- 2012 - 2014 MA Environmental Applied Science & Management, Ryerson University, Canada
- 2010 BA Environmental Studies & Geography, Bishop’s University, Canada
Kelly Parsons
PhD work
Constructing a National Food Policy: policy integration and co-ordination pathways and challenges in Australia and the UK.
Education
- 2012-present: PhD Candidate, Centre for Food Policy (City University London)
- 2009-2012: Project Officer, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
- 2010-2011: MSc Food and Nutrition Policy (City University London). Awarded the Worshipful Company of Cooks Dissertation Prize
- 1997-2010 Journalist specialising in law and policy and - more recently - food law, policy, and sustainable food. Former correspondent for the Informa journal EU Food Law
- 1994-1997: BSc (Hons) Sociology (London School of Economics and Political Science) . Awarded the Hobhouse Memorial Prize for academic achievement
Tracy Pottinger
PhD work
Food Aid in the UK
Education
- BSc (Hons) Nursing with Education (University of Huddersfield)
- MPH (University of Leeds)
Rosalind Sharpe
PhD work
The social dimension of sustainability, as it is being interpreted and implemented in food supply chains
Education
- Currently PhD research student, Centre for Food Policy, City University London
- MA Food Policy, Thames Valley University
- MA (Hons) English Language and Literature, Oxford University
Past PhD students
David Buffin
David Buffin has been Programme Director for the Masters in Food Policy since July 2009. He is currently carrying out a research exercise mapping sustainability across the whole curriculum at City University London.
During 2008 he carried out research into the public health implications of food safety alerts in the UK and EU food supply chains as part of the TRACEBACK Project, a European Commission funded Integrated Project with the Sixth Framework Programme. Between 1989 David was Programme Manager at Pesticide Action Network, a UK-based public interest non-governmental organisation. In the late 1980s he worked as a pesticide researcher at Friends of the Earth (FoE) based in London and at Sahabat Alam Malaysia (FoE Malaysia) based in Penang, Malaysia. Before that David worked in the urban pest control industry in London.
PhD work
UK Pesticides Policy - A policy paradigm in transition?
Education
- BSc (Hons) Agricultural Zoology, Newcastle University
- MSc Environmental Sciences, Salford University
- PhD Food Policy, City University London
Jessica Duncan
PhD work
The reformed Committee on World Food Security and the global governance of food security.
Education
- October 2010- present: PhD Candidate, Centre for Food Policy, School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City University, London
Supervisors: David Barling, Tim Lang - Masters of Arts, Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada.
Supervisors: Martha McMahon, Ken Hatt, William Carroll. - Bachelor of Arts, Sociology (hons), Political Science, Bishop's University, Canada
Andy Gatley
PhD work
Transitions in culinary cultures: a comparative study of France and Britain.
Education
- 2011: Awarded PhD in Food Policy at City University London in September subject to amendments (Expected re-submission, March 2012)
- 1995: BSc (Hons) Open University
- 1986/7: City & Guilds 706/3 Advanced Pastry & Advanced Kitchen/Larder, Ealing College, London
- 1984: Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Garnett College, London
- 1977: HND in Hotel and Catering Management, Middlesex Polytechnic, London
Miriam Greenwood
PhD work
Governance in the UK seafood chain - how well does current supply/commodity chain theory explain it?
Education
- BA (Social Anthropology)
- MSc (Sociology of Health and Sickness)
- MA (Food Policy)
Jess Halliday
PhD work
Enablers and barriers to local level and urban food policy in England.
Education
- 2011 - PhD candidate, Centre for Food Policy, City University London
(Early stage researcher under EU Purefood programme) - 2008 - 2010 MSc Food Policy, City University London
- 2004 PGDip Periodicals Journalism, London College of Printing
- 1994 - 1997 BA (Hons) Classics, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Mary Ellen Hodgins
PhD work
Innovation policy in Canada's agri-food system: The functional food and natural health products' segment.
Education
- 2011: PhD in Food Policy, City University London
- Master of Business Administration, University of Saskatchewan
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Ontario
Ariadne-Beatrice Kapetanaki
PhD work
The link between social marketing and food policy in Greece
Education
- Oct. 2007- today: PhD candidate at Centre for Food Policy City University London, U.K. (in cooperation with the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)
- Nov. 2005 - May 2007: MSc in Health Management, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2005: BSc in Marketing and Communication, Athens University of Economics and Business.
Georgia Machell
PhD work
Healthy Start: food welfare and the relationship between policy design and practice.
Education
- October 2011- present: PhD Candidate, Centre for Food Policy, School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City University London
Supervisors: Martin Caraher, Helen Crawley - Masters of Science, Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City University London
- Awarded The Worshipful Company of Cooks Dissertation Prize
Supervisors: Martin Caraher, Tim Lang - Bachelor of Arts, American Studies (hons), University of Manchester
Barbara Seed
PhD work
The Integration of Food Security into British Columbia Public Health: A Policy Analysis. The full dissertation and a 10 page "lay" summary are available for download.
Education
- 2011 - PhD in Food Policy, City University London, UK
- 2007 - Certificate in Food Security, Ryerson University
- 1994 - Master of Public Health, Nutrition Administration, University of Minnesota
- 1985 - Diploma in Dietetics, Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba
- 1984 - Bachelor of Human Ecology (Dietetics), University of Manitoba.
Anita Tull
PhD work
Why teach young people to cook? - a critical analysis
Education
- BEd (Home Economics and Education)
- MSc (Human Nutrition)
- MA (Food Policy)
Lisa Vaughan
PhD work
A socio-cultural study investigating the influences on food and lifestyle choices, and the cultural transition, of British Bangladeshis living in Tower Hamlets East London.
Education
- 2011: PhD in Food Policy, City University London (viva voce October 2011)
- Master Health Science, QUT
- Graduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics, QUT
- Bachelor Applied Science, Microbiology/Biochemistry, QUT