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Professor Rebecca O'Connell

Rebecca

Professor of Food, Families and Society, Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Email: r.oconnell2@herts.ac.uk

Profile

I am Professor of Food, Families and Society at the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire and Visiting Professor at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, where I worked from 2008-2022. I am a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and from 2019-2025 I was trustee and chair of trustees of the charity School Food Matters.

Research

Publications

  • O'Connell, R and Brannen, J (2021) Families and Food in Hard Times: European comparative research.
  • O'Connell, R, Brannen J and Knight,  (2019). Living Hand to Mouth: children and food in low income families.

Expertise

My research examines the social, cultural and economic determinants shaping what children and families eat, and the part food plays in their everyday lives. I have particular interest in food inequalities and the right to food and in understanding and informing policies and practices that impact the diets and lives of children, families and communities who are marginalised.
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