Postdoc Opportunities
Tammara Soma
An exciting PhD opportunity is currently advertised to explore the impacts that surplus food redistribution is having on food loss and waste reduction and to identify ways to optimise these impacts (summary below). The PhD will be basedin @TCD_Geography @TCD_NatSci @tcddublin and is funded by Science Foundation Ireland via the BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre
See full details under the Food Waste Challenge: https://biorbic.com/biorbic-vacancies/
Please note short deadline: 7/7/24
Any queries please email me: dav...@tcd.ie
Best wishes
Anna
Post Summary
This project will establish and analyse the actual and potential sustainability (i.e. social, economic and environmental) impacts of ICT-mediated food sharing initiatives (FSIs), which include community growing, cooking, eating and surplus food redistribution activities, for waste prevention and reduction in Ireland in order to develop appropriate policy supports to meet SDG Target 12.3: to halve global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses, including postharvest losses, along supply chains by 2030. The PhD student will gain important transdisciplinary and teamwork skills throughout the project, refining and applying the SHARING SOLUTIONS (see: https://www.sharingsolutions.eu/ ) approach alongside the existing SHARING SOLUTIONS team, developing novel metrics for aggregating sustainability impacts and engaging with FSIs, city and county council officers, food supply actors and researchers to establish impacts and provide policy and practical recommendations.
PhD Studentship: Sharing Solutions
Salary: €22,000 tax-free per annum (+ university fees)
Location: Trinity College Dublin
Hours: Full time
Contract: 4 years
Deadline: Apply by 7th July 2024
Applicants should submit in one document: a cover letter setting out your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills meet the requirements set out in this document AND a full Curriculum Vitae to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses), by July 7th Noon (GMT) to:- Professor Anna Davies Email: dav...@tcd.ie
Tom Quested
Hi All,
Some of you may be – or know someone who is - interested in an opportunity to join my team to work on food-waste and food-systems research.
More details are at this link here: (22) Junior Analyst | WRAP | LinkedIn
Any questions, please let me know.
All the best,
Tom
Dr Tom Quested (he / his)
Senior Specialist – Food Research in WRAP’s Policy & Insights Team
My usual working pattern is full days on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; half days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My diary should be up-to-date.
Tammara Soma
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