Food Security for Equitable Futures

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Jasmine Fledderjohann's article, that she drafted along with Dr Amy Clair and Dr Bran Knowles, is published in the Big Issue North - Big Issue North is a charity based news-magazine that promotes socially conscious media content. The article entitled 'Why Don’t We Just… make policy that […]

Dr Jasmine Fledderjohann (Twitter: @JFledderjohann1), Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University was recently interviewed by Dr Michael Lambert (Twitter: @GrandCamouflage), the Research and Engagement Lead for the Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities (CASEI). CASEI (Twitter: @CaseiLancaster), based at Lancaster University Sociology Department, is an inter-disciplinary Centre researching on causes and solutions to a […]

In 2021, project PI Dr. Jasmine Fledderjohann served as a breakout room facilitator for Research at a Distance: Changing Approaches & Equitable Partnerships event. This event was organized by Dr. Adrian Healy (a fellow Future Leaders Fellow), in collaboration with several other fellows. The event focused on adapting research in the Global South under Covid […]

Our third issue of the project newsletter is out! In this issue, you can meet our newest team member; learn about the presentations and research results from the project including findings on education and food insecurity in India, publication of a National Centre for Research Methods Wayfinder Guide on equitable research partnerships, and new research […]

In this video, the first in our Expert Interview Series, Dr. Jasmine Fledderjohann, lead investigator on the Food Security for Equitable Futures, interviews Dr. Lam Van Phong about his views on food insecurity in Vietnam. Dr. Lam Van is a medical doctor in the Nutrition and Dietics Department at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital in Vietnam. […]

Food Security for Equitable Futures project PI Dr. Jasmine Fledderjohann will be presenting her latest work from the project at this year's ReproFest in Preston on 29th of April. The event runs all day, but Dr. Fledderjohann will be speaking at 11:30am. She will be talking about the range of ways that food insecurity is […]

In this video, the second in our Expert Interview Series, Dr Jasmine Fledderjohann, lead investigator on the Food Security for Equitable Futures, interviews Dr Eduardo Zegarra Méndez about his views on food insecurity in Peru. Dr Zegarra is an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied […]

Dr Alula Pankhurst is a social anthropologist, and the Country Director for Young Lives Ethiopia since 2009. His role involves coordinating Young Lives research in Ethiopia and leading on topics including urban relocation, child work, early marriage and violence against children. In addition, he has been involved in policy dialogue on child marriage, FGM, and […]

In the fourth episode of our “Expert Interview Series”, Dr Jasmine Fledderjohann, the Principal Investigator on the Food Security for Equitable Futures Project, speaks to Dr Vuong Ngoc Thuy, an expert on issues of food insecurity in Vietnam. Dr Vuong is a researcher/lecturer at the Institute of Ho Chi Minh City Public Health. Her research […]

In the 5th episode of our “Expert Interview Series”, Dr Jasmine Fledderjohann, Principal Investigator on the Food Security for Equitable Futures project, speaks to Mr V R Raman, an expert on various social development systems and policies, especially in relation to the Indian subcontinent. He completed his post-graduate studies in Public Health at the University […]

In this Project Workshop, the research team led by Dr. Jasmine Fledderjohann and supported by Drs. Ankita Rathi, Charumita Vasudev, and Swayamshree Mishra will interact with key stakeholders of the project. The workshop will include the following: Fieldwork team presentation on challenges and early insights from the field Open discussion with stakeholders, including covering: Thoughts […]

Lancaster Asia Area Research Group (LAARG) Reading Group June 2023 Date: Monday, 26th June Time: 2.30 - 3.30pm Venue: Online on MS Teams This session is open for all to attend. Dr. Charumita Vasudev will be leading an open discussion on the reading by Ajantha Subramanian called ‘Meritocracy and Democracy: Indian Reservations and the Politics […]