Political Economy Approaches to Food Regimes

By Sophie Van Hullen|February 16, 2018|Conferences, Talks and Seminars|0 comments

On January 19, 2018 the SOAS Food, Nutrition and Health in Development Research Cluster organises a one-day workshop that brings together topics in contemporary food regime studies examined from a political economy perspective. Topics include inequality and food security, the state and food sovereignty, food regimes and the politics of conflict and financialisation of food and were discussed in four panels covering 11 papers. A full descriptions of the panels

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Food: From Bread Riots to Obesity

By Sophie Van Hullen|January 13, 2017|Talks and Seminars|0 comments

Jane Harrigan, Professor of Economics at SOAS University of London and author of ‘The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty‘, William Sitwell, author of ‘Eggs or Anarchy‘, and Bee Wilson, author of ‘First Bite‘ discussed: ‘Food – From Bread Riots to Obesity‘ on BBC4, 27 June 2016. Presenter Andrew Marr guides his listeners through the many links between food and politics through history; from World War II to the Arab Spring. The programme

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