Excited to share my first CfP for @rgsibg.bsky.social annual conference. Working with the fantastic @veronicaawhite.bsky.social and Alex Heffron, we're interested in hearing about the research around ongoing contestations of Green Transitions in UK agriculture. Deadline is 20th February
🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook.
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Postgraduate Research Students
Runner up - Seeking Shade in a Warming World, Veronica White
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
“Since the bicycle makes little demand on material or energy resources, contributes little to pollution, makes a positive contribution to health and causes little death or injury, it can be regarded as the most benevolent of machines.” Here’s the article by @carltonreid.com HT @sciam.bsky.social
Highlights For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement. Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design. Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically. Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street. There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.
"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm excited to finally share a short video overview of my low-carbon, human-powered research adventure - cycling 2000 miles across England for my PhD fieldwork! Do let me know what you think!
youtu.be/iDPS9EYVxHY
#PhDbyBike
Come and hear @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student @veronicaawhite.bsky.social presenting tomorrow on her Farming Futures Cycle Tour: reflections on a fieldwork adventure - Thurs 25 Sept 15.00-16.00, in Syndicate Room C/Building One, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter.
Good morning and welcome to those attending the first day of the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conferene! There are FGRG sponsored sessions in each of the time slots today, plus we're holding our AGM over lunch and our evening social tonight. See you soon!
#FoodGeog #RGSIBG25
For 12 weeks this year, my bike was my home. Here's everything I brougt with me on my fieldwork cycle ride.
www.covestocliffs.com/post/fieldwo...
#PhDbyBike #cycletouring #PhDchat
a better world is possible
Hi! I’m an interdisciplinary researcher exploring land use and food system pathways to support net zero and nature goals. Joined Bluesky to connect with others and stay up to date on the latest in climate, land use, and environmental sustainability! 👋 #NetZero #LandUse #FoodSystems #biodiversity
100% yes.
I would love a musical on regenerative agriculture.
The Food Geographies Research Group has joined LinkedIn! Follow along for updates on the upcoming RGS-IBG Annual Conference!
www.linkedin.com/company/food...
#FoodGeog #RGSIBG25
Really looking forward to attending my first-ever @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference this August! Lots of interesting food-related sessions being sponsored by the Food Geographies Research Group!
Text “PhD by Bike: Fieldwork overview” is overlaid over an image of Veronica cycling in the Lake District.
Just posted an overview of my #PhDbyBike, including my route and some stats!
www.covestocliffs.com/post/phd-by-...
Sharing the final update & images from @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student @veronicaawhite.bsky.social amazing cycle tour bit.ly/4697rO7. She is fundraising for the Farming Community Network's important work supporting farmers experiencing mental health challenges www.justgiving.com/page/farming...
Here’s my interview on BBC Farming Today about my #PhDbyBike!
youtu.be/lMDfnwhN4WM?...
It’s never too late!!
Congratulations to @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student @veronicaawhite.bsky.social on completing her Farming Futures Cycle Tour in support of the The Farming Community Network - in numbers: 2000+ miles, 85 days, 40 interviews!
I’ve finished now! Cycled over 2000 miles in the end!
A drone image, showing Veronica laid in the grass with all of the gear she took on her fieldwork laid out next to her.
My PhD fieldwork kit. This bike and everything I carried with me was my home for 12 weeks.
#PhDchat #PhDfieldwork
Thanks for sharing, Ollie!
Inspiring to hear @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student @veronicaawhite.bsky.social being interviewed on BBC's Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this morning - on women farmers' visions of the future of farming - and talking about her PhD research fieldwork cycle tour.
Update from our intrepid @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD researcher @veronicaawhite.bsky.social who has reached Lincoln (1380 miles of cycling). N. Yorkshire & Cumbria farms next - pls share with female farmer contacts. Fundraising for the Farming Community Network: www.justgiving.com/page/farming...
Here’s the project website, please share with anyone you know who might be interested in being involved!
sites.exeter.ac.uk/farmingfutur...
Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Liverpool to explore the mental health and environmental impacts of outdoor advertising, focusing on meat and dairy
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join this event tomorrow Wednesday 28 May also including @danbebber.bsky.social and Jennifer Dodsworth, at RGS or online #FoodStudies #FoodSecurity
@exeter.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #Cornwall #Innovation #Community
Fully funded PhD opportunity on the Isles of Scilly
University of Exeter website: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
FindAPhD website: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Brett and Veronica cycling toward the camera on a country lane, with cows in the field on the left
Veronica is standing knee-deep in a field of wheat.
My bike, loaded up with all my touring gear, sits underneath a signpost marking the “Marriott’s Way” cycle route
Veronica stands with her bike on a country lane in Essex, lit by warm golden hour lighting
I’m over 1000 miles into my #PhDbyBike and have visited 19 farms across 7 counties, so far!
I’m still looking to speak with women involved in large-scale horticulture and dairy, as well as pig and poultry farming! If you know anyone who might be interested, please do share the project with them!
