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food policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 76 food policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Examining the role of culture, religion and traditional knowledge on risk perception in food safety.

  Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. The WHO (2022) estimates that 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year. Read more

QUADRAT DTP: AgriTherm - The role of geothermal energy in decarbonising the UK Agri-Food sector

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK.  In Northern Ireland, agriculture remains the highest-emitting sector and the only sector to have shown an increase since the base year of 1990. Read more

3-year PhD studentship on “Innovation and Policy Acceleration” at SPRU, University of Sussex Business School (2024)

This 3-year PhD studentship on “Innovation and Policy Acceleration” will explore the potential for using technical innovation, finance, policy change, or even social change to accelerate progress towards tacking pressing social problems such as climate change, energy insecurity, poverty, healthcare, or industrial manufacturing (among others). Read more

PhDs in Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Food & Nutrition

PhDs in Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Food & Nutrition. The subject groups of Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Food & Nutrition are in the Department of Service Sector Management in the Sheffield Business School (SBS). Read more

Towards effective healthier Digital Food Environments: Exploring the roles of consumers, practitioners and industry.

Digital food environments, including supermarket websites, are policy targets for change to support population health (1). Aspects of these food environments which may support healthier diets include the provision of front-of-pack nutrition labelling (i.e. Read more

Can land and soil restoration help control flooding?

  Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Fully funded PhD position available to UK and international students! Apply by 12 noon, 5 January 2024 (international applicants must have contacted supervisor by 11 December 2023). Read more

SCENARIO: The green guardians: agroforestry trees protect UK food production but can they do it under erratic climate?

Co- supervisors. Steven Newman Biodiversity International Ltd; Martin Mokros, University College London. The use of sustainable environmental practices in agriculture and their potential role in mitigating climate change has garnered significant attention in recent years. Read more

Sustainable Agroforestry Adoption for Policy Implementation in Colombia

Funding. This PhD project is part of a competition funded by SRUC. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover tuition fees at the UK rate, plus a stipend to support living costs. Read more

Closing the nutrient loop: Recycling of local organic waste streams through vermicomposting and its potential as a fertiliser replacement

Funding. This PhD project is part of a competition funded by SRUC. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover tuition fees at the UK rate, plus a stipend to support living costs. Read more

5 Year iPhD Studentship - Evaluating Meat and Alternative Meat-eating habits in Europe and supporting Alternative Meat industry responses.

Researchers want to know more about the sustainability of different diets in advanced economies, in particular to better understand how to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from food consumption as well as to better understand health implications of dietary choices. Read more

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