Four ways to tackle health and climate together – and lift millions of people out of poverty Health and climate action can be designed together, supporting and reinforcing each other, instead of being treated as separate priorities.

Proud to see my research agenda on #3 in this article! Four ways to tackle health and climate together – and lift millions of people out of poverty theconversation.com/four-ways-to...

Should we eat a little bit less meat?

Vlees - Zondag met Lubach (S03) YouTube video by De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach | VPRO

This is old (Nov 2015), but so true and so funny. And because it's in Dutch (with English subtitles!) you may not have seen it yet. youtu.be/RXRQNlxN5KY?...

There’s a huge loophole in the new UK ban on daytime junk food ads New regulations target the product but not the brand.

There’s a huge loophole in the new UK ban on daytime junk food ads
theconversation.com/theres-a-hug...

Nikhil Datta, Amrita Kulka: Housing gap shows where to build New research shows what really matters is where new homes are placed within local authority boundaries, write two assistant professors at the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick.

🏘️ “Closing the housing gap will require building in the right places, not just building more.” @NikDatta.bsky.social and @AmritaKulka.bsky.social discuss their research into tackling the UK’s housing crisis for the Local Government Chronicle. 📰

The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism The CDC website used to state, clearly and correctly, that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism.

The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism
theconversation.com/the-united-s...

QS ranking requests are going out. If you need reminding about how awesome Warwick is, have a look at this website: warwick.ac.uk/about/excell...

How distorted food prices discourage a healthy diet A subsidy on fruits and vegetables that fixes price distortions would improve diets and could make all consumers better off.

Yes, it would! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

econjobmarket.org/positions/12... Assistant Professor positions in Macroeconomics or Development at Warwick Economics

🚨 Nearly six million adults are struggling to afford healthy food according to our latest #FoodInsecurity Tracker.

One in seven households with children are affected meaning they are cutting back on meals or skipping food for a day.

Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/4ozVF5j

LEAP conference 2026 Date for the 2026 LEAP conference

The LEAP conference is back in Oxford on 22nd April 2026. We have @martinwhite33.bsky.social and @suepritch.bsky.social as keynote speakers. Abstract submissions will open early next year. Save the date! @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social

Great podcast with @petescarbs.bsky.social on healthy and sustainable diets. Features some of my work among many other things. @warwickecon.bsky.social @sustainweb.org

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

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

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! 😢

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".
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‘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...

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!

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. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

The food industry has a dirty secret - and it's making Britain poorer and unhealthier, news.sky.com/story/money-...

Gulf of Mexico 🏳️‍🌈

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