A brief history of Africville, Nova Scotia
October 24, 2018
In this blog post we discuss the origins of Africville, a community in Halifax, Canada. Exploring the history of Africville was part of the Geographies of Black Protest research project conducted by Dr Karen Salt, Bright Ideas Nottingham (a social enterprise based in Nottingham) and colleagues, funded by AHRC as part of the network funding …
An interview with Dr Tereza Campello, Visiting Research Fellow, Future Food Beacon
October 19, 2018
Dr Tereza Campello was the Minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger in Brazil, from 2011-2016. Dr Campello formulated and coordinated the Brazil without Extreme Poverty Plan, which contributed decisively to the elevation of 22 million people out of extreme poverty. She coordinated the Food and Nutrition Security National Policy, which saw Brazil’s …
Innovations in Agriculture and Food for Healthy Societies: Workshop Report
October 11, 2018
This post is written by the Future Food Beacon Nottingham Research Fellows, on their recent workshop in Shanghai. We are a multi-disciplinary team of early-career researchers based in the Schools of Biosciences, Computer Science and Physics at the University of Nottingham. We are all Research Fellows in the Future Food Beacon. Our research focuses on …
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