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The management team

The SHEFS programme would not have been as successful as it is today without the invaluable contribution of the late Prof Dame Georgina Mace. We are very grateful to have worked with her and she is greatly missed by the SHEFS team.

Professor Rosemary Green

Professor Rosemary Green

Co-Principal Investigator

Rosie Green is an Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Sustainability in the Department of Population Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The focus of her work is on the links...

Professor Pauline Scheelbeek

Professor Pauline Scheelbeek

Co-Principal Investigator

Pauline Scheelbeek is an Assistant Professor in Nutritional and Environmental Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Much of her research evolves around modelling the impact...

Professor Rob Slotow

Professor Rob Slotow

University of Kwazulu-Natal

Professor Rob Slotow has been appointed at the University of Kwazulu-Natal since 1996, and has been a Full Professor since 2007. Since 2014, he has been an Honorary Full Professor in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and

Professor Andy Haines

Professor Andy Haines

Co-Investigator

Andy Haines is Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health and has a joint appointment in the Department of Public Health, Environments and Society and Department of Population Health at the London School...

Dr Barbara Haesler

Dr Barbara Haesler

Co-Investigator

Barbara Haesler DVM, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Agrihealth at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the London Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health. She is a veterinary researcher with expertise in...

Professor Albert Thembinkosi Modi 

Professor Albert Thembinkosi Modi 

Co-Investigator

Albert Thembinkosi Modi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is also Professor of Crop Science. His primary goal is...

Dr Sailesh Mohan

Dr Sailesh Mohan

Co-Investigator

Dr. Sailesh Mohan is a Senior Research Scientist and Associate Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, India. He has trained...

Professor Bhavani Shankar 

Professor Bhavani Shankar 

Co-Investigator

Bhavani Shankar is Professorial Research Fellow in Food and Health at the University of Sheffield, where he co-leads the Food Consumption, Health and Sustainability research pillar. He has held past appointments at the University of Reading and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Anna Taylor

Anna Taylor

Co-Investigator

Anna Taylor OBE joined the Food Foundation as its first Executive Director in 2015. Prior to that, she had spent five years at the Department for International Development (DFID), where she led the policy team...

Isabel Hughes

The Food Foundation

Isabel joined the Food Foundation as Policy Engagement Manager in April 2020 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, where she worked on domestic and EU policy development.

Professor Richard Pearson

Professor Richard Pearson

University College London

Richard Pearson is a Professor of Ecology and Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, which is a research centre within the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London (UCL)...

Carole Dalin 

Carole Dalin 

University College London

Carole Dalin is a Senior Research Fellow and Proleptic Assistant Professor in the Institute for Sustainable Resources at University College London (UCL). She holds an Independent Research Fellowship from...

Abi Vanak

Abi Vanak

Dr. Abi T. Vanak is the Director of the Centre for Policy Design and Senior Fellow (Professor) at ATREE. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa. An ecologist by training, Dr. Vanak combines his interests across the fields of animal movement ecology, restoration ecology, savannah dynamics, and disease ecology to better understand the outcomes of interactions among humans, domestic animals, and wildlife in rapidly changing landscapes. In his current role, Dr. Vanak leads programs to restore degraded landscapes with benefits for carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and the improvement of rural livelihoods.

Mallika Sardeshpande

Mallika Sardeshpande

Mallika Sardeshpande does applied research across the fields of environment, food systems, and urban agroecology. She engages with communities and...

Rashieda Davids

Rashieda Davids

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Rashieda Davids is the UKZN SHEFS Programme Manager and Researcher in the disciplines of environment, ecosystem services, transdisciplinarity and adaptive organisational learning...

Professor Pete Smith

Professor Pete Smith

University of Aberdeen

Pete Smith FRS, FRSE, FNA, FRSB is Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Science Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise (ClimateXChange)....

Stephanie Walton

Stephanie Walton

Stephanie is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Food Policy working on the SHEFS project. She has an MSc...