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Dr Effie Papargyropoulou

Dr Effie Papargyropoulou

  • Position: Associate Professor in Sustainable Food Networks
  • Areas of expertise: sustainable food systems; food poverty; food policy; food surplus and food waste management; food systems transformation, food justice
  • Email: E.Papargyropoulou@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 8316
  • Location: 11.105 School of Earth and Environment
  • Website: Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID

Profile

I am an environmental social scientist interested in food security and sustainability. In my research I take a systems approach to explore ways we can achieve food security (i.e. access to enough, affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all, in a sustainable manner) while respecting planetary boundaries. My research is transdisciplinary by engaging with academic and non-academic stakeholders, and interdisciplinary by combining approaches from various fields.

Before joining the University of Leeds, I worked as a Lecturer in Sustainability in Malaysia at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for six years, and before that as environmental consultant in the UK.

Responsibilities

  • Programme Lead MSc Sustainable Food Systems
  • Associate Director in Urban Food Systems at the Global Food and Environment Institute

Research interests

My research interests centre around the following topics/ areas:

  • How to make our food system more sustainable
  • The relationships between food surplus redistribution and food poverty
  • Ways to achieve food waste prevention along the food supply chain
  • Urban food systems
  • Low carbon cities

Previous Research projects

Food hubs for Food Security, Health, Inclusive Growth and Sustainability: Evaluating the benefits that Food Hubs bring to food systems and communities in terms of food security, sustainability, health, resilience and justice, and (ii) providing the necessary evidence base to make the case for policy support and funding.

FAmiSHEd: Interactions between Food wAste, Surplus and HungEr: Addressing the root causes of food poverty and systematic food waste generation

Mapping the Production-Consumption Gap, Health Outcomes and Potential Circular Economy of the Leeds Food System

Research skills for nutrition-sensitive food systems: Reducing hunger, malnutrition and health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa

KaLi - Kalimantan Lestari: Understanding the multiple drivers, impacts and interventions for peatfires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD, Sustainability Research, University of Leeds
  • MSc, Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle
  • BSc, Geology, National University of Athens

Professional memberships

  • Charted Member of the Charted Institution of Waste Management

Student education

  • I am the Programme Leader of the MSc Sustainable Food Systems 
  • I am the module leader for FOEV5100M Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems
  • I teach on the MSc Sustainability and Consultancy, MSc Sustainability and Business, MSc Environment and Development, and MSc Climate Change and Environmental Policy

Research groups and institutes

  • Sustainability Research Institute
  • Business Organisations for Sustainable Societies
  • Environment and Development
  • Sustainable Food Systems

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>