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From Food Desert to Food Apartheid: A Capabilities Approach to Navajo Food Insecurity

In our new 2022/2023 masters students' blog series, Amelia J Van Komen disputes the current terminology we use around food insecurity...
Planet Earth taken from space.

Star Wars: With Coruscant back on the screen maybe now is a good time to talk about urbanization here on planet Earth

Earth will never be an ecumenopolis like Coruscant but our cities are devouring the world...
Masters student blog series #1

How the Sustainable Livelihood Framework can increase WaSH access for marginalised groups

In our new 2022/2023 masters students' blog series, Kabir Dave discusses how our approach to providing acceptable levels of water, sanitation and hygiene access must be re-examined.

Fresh vegetables in bowls
Fresh vegetables

Job alert - PhD Studentship - Inequalities in Market Access to Nutrient Dense Foods: A Mixed Methods Investigation in Rural India

The Department of Geography has an exciting PhD opportunity to research how inadequate access to nutritious diets poses a major challenge to the health of poorer and marginalised people in rural India.

ID blog series 2022

Masters student blog series: 2022 recap

Last year we invited some of our International Development students to write blog articles exploring key topics from their courses. Here's a roundup of all those articles in one place.
Geography and USP building

Job alert: Senior Finance Assistant

The Department of Geography and Department of Urban Studies and Planning are seeking to recruit a Senior Finance Assistant who will manage and deliver finance functions for both departments within the Finance hub team.

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics of Food Consumption and Nutrition

The Department of Geography has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as Postdoctoral Research Fellow to help deliver a prestigious new research project.
Food Institute

Major new project to study ways to improve access of poor to nutritious foods in India

A new research project to study ways in which poor communities in India can gain improved access to nutrient-dense foods in climate-friendly ways has been launched.