Jess Halliday

I am a consultant, researcher and journalist specialising in governance of food policy and the food system.

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As an associate of the RUAF Global Partnership since 2018, I work with a number of cities, NGOs and universities on projects to advance sustainable urban and city region food systems.

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My areas of expertise include:

• ​Participatory multi-stakeholder planning

• Food policy assessment and monitoring

• Training and capacity-building

• Case studies and knowledge systematisation

 

Previous experience
 

In 2016 and 2017 I worked with the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) on a report investigating the  factors that enable the development and delivery of urban food policies ('What makes urban food policy happen').

 

In 2015 I was employed by Cirad in Montpellier, France, to conduct research for the UNESCO Chair on World Food Systems on cities' sustainable food aims and policy levers they can utilise.  

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I received my PhD in food policy from the Centre for Food Policy, City University London in 2015 (thesis title: 'A new institutionalist analysis of local level and urban food policy in England between 2012 and 2014'). From 2011-2014 I was a Marie Curie Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy, under the PUREFOOD project (EU Seventh Framework PEOPLE programme).

 

Prior to this, I worked as a journalist for over a decade -- including six years as editor of food industry publication FoodNavigator.com, and two years as a researcher for 'Planet Food', a food and travel TV series for the Discovery Channel.