Food Security for Equitable Futures

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 […]

Dr Swayamshree Mishra will be presenting a talk on 'Food, education, and aspirations: An intra-household narrative analysis of the mid-day meal scheme in India' on 26th Oct at the University of Oxford. This is a hybrid event, open for all to attend. You can join on zoom. Details https://talks.ox.ac.uk/.../aa40d3f0-e262-4a55-bb20.../ Free seminar, but registration is required […]

Roundtable with senior academics including our very own Dr. Jasmine Fledderjohann at the Politics and Practices of Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice at School Of The Arts Library - University of Liverpool, Liverpool.

Project team presenting at British Sociological Association - Virtual Annual Conference 2024: Crisis, Continuity and Change Dr. Charumita Vasudev will be presenting a paper entitled - What a ‘Good Mother’ Eats : Food Choices, Sacrifices and the Politics of Provisioning. This paper discusses how socially constructed ideals of a 'good mother' affect women's daily choices, […]

Project team will be presenting at the British Journal of Sociology Conference, 15-16 April 2024, LSE, UK Dr Ankita Rathi will be discussing her paper titled 'Food Insecurity, Labour Precarity, and Debt in India Links between Debt and Social Reproduction' in the upcoming BJS conference. Dr Swayamshree Mishra will be discussing her paper titled 'Research with […]

Project team presenting at Population Association of America (PAA 2024), Annual Meeting Dr. Charumita Vasudev will be presenting a paper entitled - Understanding the demographics of food insecurity: A praxis-oriented reflexive approach . The paper questions the focus on objectivity in demographic research and suggests methods to generate data that is closer to the lived realities and […]

Project team presenting at European Population Conference Dr Charumita Vasudev will be presenting the paper titled  'Understanding the Demographics of Food Insecurity: A Praxis-Oriented Reflexive Approach' at European Population Conference (EPC) 2024 in Edinburgh on 13 June.