Food Security for Equitable Futures

LAARG Reading Group
2023-10-27 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Lancaster Asia Area Research Group (LAARG)
Reading Group October 2023
Date: Friday, 27th October
Time: 12 – 1pm
Venue: Lancaster University
Dr. Swayamshree Mishra will be leading an open discussion on the reading by Professor Janaki Abraham called ‘What will the neighbours say?’: Legitimacy, Social Control and the Sociocultural Influence of Neighbourhoods in India.
This article talks about the importance and influence of neighbourhood on lives of the people, their behaviour and how it shapes their preferences in Indian context, while also highlighting how gender is produced in these settings. This article argues that the narrative of neighbourhood is as vital as caste, class, ethnicity or religion.

BMC Medicine is calling for submissions!!
2023-11-07 00:00 - 2024-11-06 00:00
Call for papers on Food environments and health is LIVE NOW. You can find more details on the link here.

Our very own Dr. Jasmine Fledderjohann is part of the guest editorial team, and will be editing this Special Collection from BMC Medicine on food environments and their impact on public health.

Symposium - The Politics and Practices of Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice
2024-02-16 08:00 - 17:00
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 (BSA 2024)
2024-04-03 - 2024-04-05
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, preferences , planning for and allocation of food within the family.

British Journal of Sociology Conference, LSE, UK
2024-04-15 08:00 - 2024-04-16 17:00
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 children: Deciphering meaning-making and agency through an intersectional approach‘

Conference details can be found here. More information about the papers to follow.

Project team presenting at Population Association of America (PAA 2024), Annual Meeting
2024-04-17 - 2024-04-20
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 can thus better inform policy.

European Population Conference (EPC) 2024
2024-06-13 08:00 - 17:00
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.

Project team presented at Development Studies Association (DSA) conference 2024 at SOAS University of London
2024-06-26 - 2024-06-28
Social justice and development in a polarising world
rights and representation; redistribution and restoration; reproduction and production

Our very own Dr Rathi presented her paper titled ‘Food Insecurity, labour precarity and Debt in India: Links between Debt and Social Reproduction’ at DSA conference.

You can find session details here⬇️

https://www.devstud.org.uk/conference/conference-2024/programme/#14874

Project team presenting at 20th Biennial ESHMS conference 2024: Intersectionality & Inclusion in Health
2024-07-04 08:30 - 10:00
European Society of Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) Conference in Antwerp
Dr Charumita Vasudev will be presenting the paper : What a ‘Good Mother’ Eats: Food Choices, Sacrifices and the Politics of Provisioning at ESHMS conference.

Short Courses - Food Security for Equitable Futures
2024-10-05 - 2024-10-06 | Private: India Habitat Centre, India
Here is an exciting opportunity!
Lancaster University in collaboration with IIT Kanpur has organized short courses for early career researchers and postgraduate students.

5th October – 6th October
9.30am – 5.30pm
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

Fully funded registration for all.
Travel stipends available on need basis.
Click here to apply. Deadline: 8th September, 2024

It will include multidisciplinary insights and perspective from renowned experts on food security and nutrition in India. Our expert panel includes …

Dr Sutapa Agarwal

Monitoring Evaluation and Research Expert

Prof Carlo Cafiero

Senior Statistician and Economist, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann

Professor in Sociology and Social Justice, Lancaster University

Mr Biraj Patnaik

Executive Director, National Foundation for India

Mr V R Raman

National Convenor, Public Health Resource Network and
Executive Director, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability

Prof Dipa Sinha

Independent Food Insecurity Expert

Prof Sukumar Vellakkal

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

If you have any queries, please contact us at foodequity@lancaster.ac.uk.
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Interviews with experts in our Expert Interview Series is available to view on our YouTube channel.

Podcast 'Learning to Sleep Hungry' by The Pentland Centre & Biraj Patnaik
2025-05-01
Our very own project stakeholder and expert advisor, Mr Biraj Patnaik, talked about food equity with respect to climate change in a podcast organized by The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business in their Transforming Tomorrow series.

To listen to the podcast, Leaning to Sleep Hungry by Biraj, click here.

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