Assessing local authority policy interventions to reduce food-related GHG emissions

评估地方当局减少食品相关温室气体排放的政策干预措施

• 批准号: ES/Y007913/1
• 负责人: Mark Wilson
• 金额: $ 15.23万
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY007913%2F1
• 关键词: Assessing; local; authority; policy; interventions; Assessing; local; authority; policy; interventions

This ESRC postdoctoral fellowship aims to contribute to our knowledge of how local authorities can apply policies to reduce food-related carbon emissions. The fellowship encompasses five objectives which will advance our understanding in this area, as well as provide the skills, experience, and professional networks to help me develop my research career.The first objective of this fellowship is to disseminate the key findings of my PhD research by publishing two papers in academic journals. My PhD focused on the adoption of online food hubs (also called 'online farmers' markets') and to what extent using them could reduce carbon emissions. Empirical data was collected through a collaboration with Open Food Network, an open-source direct marketing platform which operates in 20 countries. There are two key findings that I will present in these papers, and which inform the second objective of this fellowship. First, using an online food hub encourages people to eat a healthier, more seasonal diet and waste less food, irrespective of their motivation for joining the hub. Second, using food hubs reduces carbon emissions, within uncertainty ranges, through six mechanisms. I will publish these findings in two relevant high impact journals (Agriculture & Human Values; Journal of Cleaner Production) in order to share my research with academic audiences who focus on similar themes in their work.The second objective is to run a series of stakeholder workshops that will consider innovative policy interventions for local authorities to reduce food emissions, as well as providing co-benefits such as improved dietary health. The first workshop will investigate how local authorities could prioritise environmentally responsible supply chains, such as online food hubs, for procurement for schools, hospitals, and public catering outlets. This supply-side intervention could be combined with consumer messaging or 'nudges' in public canteens to encourage healthy, low carbon food choices in situ. The second workshop will explore the potential of applying the social prescribing model to food to improve the dietary health of particular social groups. One key recommendation of the National Food Strategy (2021) was 'trial a Community Eatwell programme' targeted at individuals from low-income households who would benefit from access to fresh produce and food skills training. This workshop will consider how this would work in practice: which organisations should be involved, what resources are required, and how successful outcomes would be determined and measured. The third is a lateral-thinking workshop which will consider any other ways that local authorities could intervene in the food system or influence food behaviours to achieve policy goals. The workshop participants will decide which ideas to explore, but options include 'council-supported agriculture' (adapting the 'community-supported agriculture' model) or local business support using food identity (applying the 'terroir' concept).The impact of these workshops will ultimately depend on the participation of multiple stakeholders who have the capacity and knowledge to bring about strategic change in public food provision and dietary health. Thus, a third objective of this fellowship is to build my professional network so that I can invite key stakeholders to be involved in these discussions. The knowledge production and networking outcomes of these workshops will form the basis for a future funding proposal, which is a fourth objective of the fellowship. A final objective is to develop my teaching experience to progress my career as an academic.

ESRC博士后研究金旨在为我们了解地方当局如何应用政策以减少与食品相关的碳排放量做出贡献。奖学金涵盖了五个目标，这些目标将提高我们在这一领域的理解，并提供技能，经验和专业网络来帮助我发展研究职业。该奖学金的第一个目标是通过在学术期刊上发表两篇论文来传播我的博士研究的关键发现。我的博士专注于采用在线食品中心（也称为“在线农民”市场），并且在多大程度上可以减少碳排放。经验数据是通过与在20个国家 /地区运营的开源直接营销平台Open Food Network合作收集的。我将在这些论文中提出两个关键的发现，并为这一研究金的第二个目标提供了信息。首先，使用在线食品枢纽会鼓励人们吃更健康，更多的季节性饮食，而浪费更少的食物，而不论他们加入枢纽的动机如何。其次，使用六种机制在不确定性范围内使用食物枢纽可减少碳排放。我将在两个相关的高影响期刊（农业和人类价值观；清洁生产杂志）中发表这些发现，以便与专注于工作中类似主题的学术受众分享我的研究。第二个目标是举办一系列利益相关者研讨会，这些工作将考虑一系列的利益相关工作室，以考虑对地方当局进行创新的政策干预，以减少食品的饮食量，以及提供额外的饮食健康，例如改善饮食量。第一个研讨会将调查地方当局如何优先考虑对环境负责的供应链（例如在线食品中心），以供学校，医院和公共餐饮商店采购。这种供应方干预措施可以与公共食堂中的消费者消息传递或“裸露”相结合，以鼓励原位健康的低碳食品选择。第二个研讨会将探索将社会处方模型应用于食品以改善特定社会群体的饮食健康的潜力。国家食品战略（2021）的一个关键建议是“试用社区伊特韦尔计划”，该计划针对的是来自低收入家庭的个人，这些计划将受益于获得新鲜农产品和食品技能培训。该研讨会将在实践中考虑如何工作：应该参与哪些组织，需要哪些资源以及如何确定和衡量成功结果。第三个是一个横向思想的研讨会，它将考虑地方当局可以干预食品系统或影响食品行为以实现政策目标的任何其他方式。研讨会的参与者将决定要探索哪些想法，但选择包括“理事会支持的农业”（适应“社区支持的农业”模型）或使用食品认同的本地业务支持（应用“ Terroir”概念）。这些研讨会的影响最终将依赖于有多个利益养分的饮食来养成饮食的影响，而这些饮食习惯都可以使饮食融入策略和策略性差异。因此，该奖学金的第三个目标是建立我的专业网络，以便我可以邀请关键的利益相关者参与这些讨论。这些研讨会的知识生产和网络成果将成为未来资助建议的基础，这是奖学金的第四个目标。最终的目标是发展我的教学经验，以发展我作为学术的职业。