Food Thinkers Lunches: Michaelmas term 2017

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Food Thinkers Lunches: Michaelmas term 2017

By Michael Panagopulos

Date and time

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:15 - Fri, 8 Dec 2017 13:30 GMT+1

Location

Linacre College (Private Dining Room)

St.Cross Road Oxford OX1 3JA United Kingdom

Description

There are many people working directly or indirectly on food across the University’s staff and student body, and across a vast range of disciplines. Food Thinkers Lunches aim to provide an informal atmosphere for the stimulation and exchange of ideas, and the building of collaborations. Each lunch has a theme and two speakers who will speak briefly (5-10 minutes) on their work as it relates to the theme.

Speakers and themes

27 October 2017: Nutrition and Society

Dr Alexandra Richardson, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Founder Director, Food and Behaviour (FAB) Research, UK.
Changing Diets, Changing Minds - the impact of Nutrition on Brain development and Behaviour.

Dr Tammy Tong, Nuffield Department of Population Health.
Vegetarian diets and health.

7 November 2017: Institutional Food Waste

Hannah Fenton, Good Food Oxford Manager.
An introduction to Good Food Oxford – the city’s network for healthier, fairer and more sustainable food

Aaron Hanson, Good Food Oxford intern.
Current food-waste practices and potential improvements across the colleges of the University of Oxford

24 November 2017: Food foresights

Dr Monika Zurek, Senior Researcher, Environmental Change Institute.

Dr John Ingram, Food Systems Programme Leader, Environmental Change Institute.

8 December 2017: Food change

Anthony Warner, The Angry Chef
A brief guide to combating pseudoscience, misinformation and misunderstanding in the world of food. Making the boring messages of nutrition science exciting, and helping people celebrate uncertainty and nuance.

Dr Carmen Piernas, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences


More about the Food Thinkers Lunches:

The lunches are hosted by Linacre College in their Small Dining Room, an ideal venue for people with like-minded interests to gather and eat together in a convivial and relaxed atmosphere.

The lunches are sponsored by the IFSTAL programme (www.ifstal.ac.uk), the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food (www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk), the ECI Food Systems Group (www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/food/index.html) and Linacre College (www.linacre.ox.ac.uk).

Please note. The event is free to attend; please only register if you are certain you will be able to attend. If you register and have to cancel please contact us as soon as possible so that we can offer your place to someone else. We reserve the right to refuse attendance to persistent no-shows.

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