Expertise
I am a cultural anthropologist with close to twenty years international research and teaching experience on just and sustainable cities, food systems and social change. My work explores the socio-cultural contexts, ethics, politics and sustainability potential of diverse social food economies gin cities. I have conducted ethnographies on food waste, urban beekeeping, non-monetised alternative food economies, and food sharing in Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Norway and the UK. This research contributes knowledge to urban natures, conservation, design, and healthy and resilient cities. Awarded my PhD on 12 May 2015, I have published more than 40 academic refereed publications, including 3 edited books (1 forthcoming), with 1 published monograph and another monograph under contract. I also have experience designing and delivering global, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral research panels, programs and networks. Positions held include: Sustainability Fellow (University of Surrey, current), UrbanA Fellow for Just and Sustainable Cities (EU project, 2019-2021), leading the governance infrastructure, networks and institutionalisation work package for the EU H2020 IA project EdiCitNet to establish an international edible cities network (RMIT Europe, Barcelona 2018-2020), World Social Science Fellow on Urban Issues in the Global South (International Social Science Council, 2013), Australian Anthropology Society Fellow (2016 ongoing), and Honorary Research Associate for the Centre for Urban Research (RMIT University, 2016-2019). I am currently manage two work packages and conduct research on integrated, urban food policies and networks for the EU FoodCLIC project at the University of Surrey.