We invite proposals for presentations at a workshop on Food Systems
Policies and Health Inequalities: Lessons from the UK and India, organised
as part of a networking project funded by the UK Academy of Medical
Sciences. The workshop is co-organised by Royal Holloway, University of
London and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and will take
place on September 11, 2025, in Senate House, London. The workshop aims
to bring together researchers, policymakers, and civil-society actors to
examine how food-system policies in both countries contribute to or help
mitigate dietary and health inequalities, with a focus on sharing
cross-country insights.
We welcome contributions that explore the design, implementation, or impact
of relevant policies and programmes—such as food subsidies, school meal
schemes, public health nutrition campaigns, sugar taxes, or food bank or
community pantry models—as well as analyses of how these intersect with
socio-economic status, ethnicity, geography, or caste. We are very
interested in work that draws on empirical research or practitioner
experience and that can highlight opportunities for mutual learning between
the UK and India. Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted by
email to Ivica Petrikova (ivica.petrikova@rhul.ac.uk) by August 15, 2025.
Reasonable travel costs can be covered by the networking grant.