Sustainable Healthy Innovative Food System Transformation

Baukje conducts human intervention studies to assess how food and dietary patterns, and food environments, affect human and planetary health outcomes. She also exploits data-driven approaches to model food swaps and optimised dietary scenario’s that increase healthiness and food biodiversity, whilst reducing environmental impacts. She has extensive expertise in the research area of seafood and health.

David is a social scientist who is interested in how healthy and sustainable food systems can be achieved through behavioural changes at all stages, from production to consumption. He uses quantitative methods to understand broad patterns and attitudes, and qualitative methods to understand the lived experience of food choice.

Ben uses statistical and computational modelling to untangle decisions and consequences across the food system, focussing both on healthy and sustainable diet choices and agricultural production. Ben's broader interests include understanding how research across the food chain is turned into evidence-informed policy.

Shashika is an applied economist specialising in consumer demand analysis, food and agricultural economics, and econometric modelling. She has expertise in demand system estimation, time series modelling, panel data analysis, and simulation modelling. Her research examines how economic, and policy factors shape food consumption patterns, food and nutrition security, and sustainability, generating evidence-based insights to inform policies that promote healthier, more sustainable food systems.

Magaly is a public health nutrition expert with extensive experience in evidence synthesis and decision-support tool development. She is interested in leveraging data and new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, to drive innovation in nutrition and health. She utilises nutrition-related data and metadata to frame knowledge and enhance understanding of current public health and nutritional issues and their alignment with present environmental sustainability challenges.

Licida draws on expertise in soil health, sustainable diets, and environmental sciences to explore how dietary choices impact sustainability outcomes. She has experience in evidence synthesis, evaluating diet-related environmental impacts, and developing frameworks and decision-support tools. Her work bridges environmental science and food systems, supporting informed dietary choices by highlighting trade-offs between nutrition, convenience, and environmental impact.

Surbhi is a public health nutritionist with an experience of working in health inequalities, and data-driven policy research. She specializes in the analysis of large-scale health and nutrition datasets, using statistical modelling and geospatial analysis. She is broadly interested in understanding the environmental and health impacts of current food systems and their global transformation toward more sustainable models that support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.