New CMO report out today on health trends and variation in England. My team delivered this using a RAP developed in R, which made a nice change from lots of people running around putting numbers into excel then pasting into powerpoint... Was not without challenges though! www.gov.uk/government/p...

Super pleased about this DPhil opportunity with @thrivingfoodfuture.bsky.social project at Oxford University, working on policies for sustainable diets. Great supervisory team with @hannahforde.bsky.social, @ashakaur.bsky.social and Rachel Pechey.

Come and join the THRIVING team! If you're looking for a funded DPhil, this one might be for you. 👇#PhD #funding

We're are now accepting applications for an exciting DPhil at the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, *FUNDED* by the THRIVING Food Futures research hub! The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3 Pls share! ✨

Really excited to be recruiting to this role at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk. We're looking for someone to help broaden our connections between the school and the worlds of academia and policymaking. Sound interesting? Details below. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...

📢 Very happy to share our newest article! Thanks to all my co-authors for the amazing work 😍: Catherine Chen (cathchen.com), @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, Caezilia Loibl (u.osu.edu/loibl.3/) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sharing this excellent starter pack on #foodsecurity and nutrition (of which we're happy to be part) go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ

📣 Open for applications CIRN Intesa Sanpaolo Visiting Fellowship The fellowship invites an an outstanding early career postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on Italy to spend a period of time at Cambridge in Spring 2026 Apply by 16 Sept 2025 buff.ly/avKFQEe @cirn-cambridge.bsky.social

Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...

Applications are open for @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology - broadly construed to include sociology, demography, criminology, social & medical statistics, public policy, and social policy Deadline: 22 Sep More: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

⏰ Deadline Reminder ⏰ Applications for ORFC 2026 bursaries must be in by next Thursday, 4 September, at midday. Our bursaries help fund individuals to attend ORFC who might not otherwise be able to. Apply today: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-bu...

We're hiring! We have permanent Gr8 (lecturer) and Gr9 (senior lecturer) Teaching & Research posts available @livunipsyc.bsky.social. See here for more info/to apply: shorturl.at/cFFsf Please share with your networks 👍

New investigation by @desmog.com reveals how the industrial beef industry may be using environmental groups to make beef look “climate friendly.” As our ED Anna Lappé says: “The industry spends millions on this kind of tactic because it can be so effective.” It’s greenwashing—and it’s working. 📖👇

I wrote a piece for @theconversation.com on climate change, diets, and resilience. In high income nations we can go plant-rich now and harness the benefits or wait and likely climate change will force us our hand. theconversation.com/by-changing-...

📢 New research from Oxford researchers reveals a significant perception gap: policymakers estimate only 37% of people support climate action, when in fact 69% do. This mismatch could be holding back ambitious policy. 🔗 Read more from our researchers: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/policym...

New study led by @jessicarenzella.bsky.social that used online Group Model Building workshops with Newham residents to map areas for action to create healthier diets Full paper here: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

The Cambridge Centre will be awarding a number of Prize Research Grants for the academic year 2025-2026. Applications are now open. Submission deadline is 4 September 2025. Click below for further information, eligibility and how to apply. www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/prize.html

Our early career researchers have set up a network to support those working in #research related to healthy, sustainable, and equitable diets and food systems. Is that you? You can find out more on our website: www.phc.ox.ac.uk/research/res... cc @betheveleigh.bsky.social @petescarbs.bsky.social

Check out this Original Ideas podcast ep on our relationship with food featuring yours truly, @charlottehardman.bsky.social and @beckyevans.bsky.social

The RCC is looking for an intern to assist its #editorial and #communications team as well as the project #management team. This three-month fall #internship can be structured as either part-time or full-time. Deadline for #applications is 8 August 2025. More info online: lnkd.in/dCZQKQqf

Postdoc vacancy in an interdisciplinary team of food-system researchers based in London and Oxford, supervised by Dr Marco Springmann! Deadline for applications 12th August my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

And DHSC have launched a consultation to exclude brand advertising from new HFSS TV and online restrictions. Tight turnaround; deadline for responses 6th August www.gov.uk/government/c...

New parliamentary inquiry into tackling the obesity epidemic launched today, deadline for written submissions 28th August. Do consider submitting! committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...

Not self-defence. Not even collateral damage. Collective punishment. In other words, revenge… Astonished to find myself agreeing with Lord Sumption but every word of this, on Gaza, from the @NewStatesman’s front page, is powerfully, painfully true.

How can we create more inclusive learning environments for neurodivergent students in higher education? 🧠 The NESTL Toolkit offers practical guidance, case studies, and resources to foster inclusive teaching, co-created with neurodivergent voices. Explore the toolkit: bit.ly/4lmJ4Rd #Edusky

Policy paper published today on the UK government's food strategy for England: www.gov.uk/government/p...

New article alert! Interested in crisis narratives in public health? (Including in AMR...?) Find our work HERE: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

NEW 🔔 How governments influence public health research: a scoping review ✍️ Helen Jane Senior, Navid Teimouri, Michael Waller, Simon Capewell, Katherine Cullerton OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf097

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

This nestled on page 64 of the 10 Year Health Plan for England hasn't got much exposure. Maybe it should? This seems massive (massively bad)

Keep thinking about the reference in the NHS 10 year plan about the UK Nutrient Profiling Model being 'plainly out of date'. Really? Or is it a timeless classic like Prince, Casablanca, the little black dress, Psyduck, The Grapes of Wrath.

Looking for a new opportunity in epidemiology? There's an awesome Postdoc opportunity available in the Natsal study at UCL. Working on complex data covering sexual behaviours, STIs, with data linkage and biodata. I've joined this group a 10 months ago and it's been the best move!

The BMJ has run a news story about our open letter. There is still an opportunity to add your name if you wish to co-sign www.bmj.com/content/390/...

🚨 After a brief hiatus, the UK Public Health Science conference returns in 2026 in collaboration with @socsocmed.bsky.social! 📅 Join us in Newcastle on 21 April, with dinner + ECR event on 20 April 📣 Call for abstracts coming soon 🏠 ukpublichealthscience.org 🤝 socsocmed.org.uk

🚨Our new analysis with our partners @oha-updates.bsky.social & @aha-uk.bsky.social highlights the proportion of people living with multiple risk factors. The 10-Yr Plan is an opportunity for Govt to bring in policies to make it easier to be healthy. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

📢🌍 Excited to announce that we are advertising for a Social Science Research Fellow post. Closing date 8th July 🌍📢 This full-time post is available immediately for three years and will be based at Exeter’s Streatham campus. Hybrid working is welcome. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN846/p...

with the final round of UN plastic treaty negotiations in 4 weeks time, we've written a short piece that sets out the concept of a 'petrochemical historical bloc' to reveal the depth and extent of forces opposing strong global governance of plastic

Sustain are recruiting a Public Affairs Manager - is that you? Closing date: 9am, Friday 11 July 2025. Apply here ▶️ buff.ly/cxsXNuU

Astonishing: 3% of UK people take 30% of all flights According to a new report, these ultra-frequent-flyers, UFFs (>6 flights/yr) were responsible for 63% of new passenger traffic over the last 20 years. New infrastructure is largely fulfilling the carbon burning habits of this tiny minority

🌱🍽️ Our SHIFT research team is co-creating an interactive game in collaboration with Manchester residents to spark conversations about food sustainability. Check out how community workshops are shaping this innovative project for Manchester Museum! 🎮 #FoodSustainability #CommunityEngagement

📢 New report: UK alcohol industry groups spent 2024 misleading the public on harm, the economy, environment, and policy. We analysed 140+ industry documents and found a strategy of cherry-picking evidence, overstating economic value, and downplaying health harms. ➡️ www.ias.org.uk/report/spin-...

Open letter to the Director of US National Institute of Health, Jayanta Bhattacharya, from public health and nutrition scientists seeking to defend "our ability to openly discuss and debate scientific controversies in our field, without political filtering, censorship or intimidation."

We are looking forward to welcoming @rachgarr.bsky.social to @oxmartinschool.bsky.social next week Wednesday (18 June) to talk about equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains. Open to all! Bookings: www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/talk-b...

New research paper published by (among others) colleague Nava Gottlieb! Finds that young people's exposure to unhealthy food marketing varies by age, socioeconomic status, & race/ethnicity. Congrats team on this important work! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Happy to share this new article just published in Food Policy journal! We show that concentrated corporate power matters for people's agency within food systems. Open access! Highlights and abstract below

🚨Climate politics job alert🚨 Interested in the opportunity to focus on your own climate politics research project for 1 year in a stimulating and supportive environment at a leading university in Berlin? Open to postdocs & graduates. hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...

Absolutely horrifying. Palestinians gunned down while trying to access food. Leaders across the world have a duty to speak out against these continuing atrocities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Local Authority colleagues - help us to prioritise our work on research governance and ethics. Short survey at eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...