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We take a ‘food systems’ approach to understand and address issues across the food value chain and associated human and ecological drivers of change.

Food systems are at the intersection of major sustainable development challenges. They intersect climate change, biodiversity, water, energy, economics, gender, social inclusion, digital innovations, and human wellbeing.

There is a need for research to have positive impacts on social, economic, and environmental systems. This requires food research to look beyond production, to focus on value chains, markets, stakeholder values and social equity. 

As a research intensive institute, we are always adapting methods to meet societal and environmental challenges through research and practice.

Read more about our research expertise and methodologies by downloading our Food systems capability statement (PDF).

Expertise areas

Team

  • Associate Professor and Research Director

    Food systems, peri-urban agriculture, organic waste value chains, phosphorus security.

  • Research Director

    Food systems and social science.

  • Research Principal

    Community and region building through food systems and urban agriculture.

  • Research Principal

    Food justice, applying systems thinking approaches to food/water/gender equality synergies.

  • Research Principal

    Social equity in natural resource management and land use change, climate change mitigation.

  • Professor and Director, ISF

    Sustainable diets.

  • Senior Research Consultant

    Peri-urban agriculture, qualitative research, social science.

  • Senior Research Consultant

    Focusing on cross-cultural consumption, animal rights and human-animal interactions.

  • Adjunct Professor

    Land use and conservation planning.

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

    Organics waste management, integrated planning for managing waste in a circular economy.

  • Judith Friedlander.
    Judy Friedlander
    Adjunct Fellow

Graduate research students

  • The Politics of Regenerative Agriculture in Australia

    Exploring the relationship between sustainable food movements, governments and agrifood corporations.

  • Faisal Nadeem
    Faisal Nadeem
    Agricultural vulnerability assessment to climate change at district level in Pakistan

    Exploring the connection of top-down processes with bottom-up information for informed policy.

Let's collaborate

Whether you have a problem that needs support or an idea for change, our innovative and solutions-focused approach can help you achieve your goals.

Contact Dana Cordell on Dana.Cordell@uts.edu.au for more information.

Dana Cordell

Contact us

t: +61 2 9514 4950
e: isf@uts.edu.au

Level 10, UTS Building 10
235 Jones Street
Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
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