Dr Effie Papargyropoulou
- Position: Lecturer in Sustainable Food Networks
- Areas of expertise: sustainable food systems; food poverty; food policy; food surplus and food waste management; low carbon cities
- Email: E.Papargyropoulou@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 8316
- Location: 11.105 School of Earth and Environment
Profile
I am interested in the interactions between people and the environment, and the management of the impacts human activity has on the environment. I explore these interactions in the context of global environmental challenges such as climate change, and food security, with a focus on sustainability and sustainable development. My research focuses on two main themes: food systems, food waste management and food consumption; and low carbon cities, decarbonisation of human activities and climate change mitigation. 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 Malaysia for six years, and before that as environmental consultant in the UK.
Responsibilities
- Programme Lead MSc Sustainable Food Systems
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 acheive food waste prevention along the food supply chain
- Low carbon cities
Current research projects:
From 2019: Principal Investigator, N8 AgriFood Resilience Programme University of Leeds Pump Priming, ‘FAmiSHEd: Interactions between Food wAste, Surplus and HungEr’
<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 teach on the MSc Sustainability and Consultancy, MSc Sustainability and Business, MSc Environment and Development, and MSc Climate Change and Environmental Policy
- I am the module leader for SOEE5223 Delivering Sustainability Through Projects
- I am the Programme Lead for MSc Sustainable Food Systems https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/i868/sustainable-food-systems-msc
Research groups and institutes
- Sustainability Research Institute
- Business Organisations for Sustainable Societies
- Environment and Development
- Sustainable Food Systems