The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Clare's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Clare
Clare Pettinger is an award winning Registered Dietitian, Public Health Nutritionist and experienced educator, who is actively engaged in community-focussed research around food systems, poverty and social justice.
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She is passionate about public engagement and radical creative approaches to tackle local (and global) health, (in)equality and social well-being challenges.
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Currently (from Feb 2021) Principal Investigator (Â鶹´«Ã½ workpackage) for 5 year national consortium project led by University of Reading (Chief investigator Professor Carol Wagstaff) ''. £6million funded by UK Research and Innovations (UKRI) Strategic Priorities fund. Leading local research team, liaising nationally and training community food researchers in Â鶹´«Ã½ to support inclusive approaches to food system change (see PhD student). This includes additional strands of activity: i) FoodSEqual-Health (Fresh Street fruit & vegetable voucher intervention) £65K and ii) Synergy project (shared lead with Prof Charlotte Hardman) £25K - What does 'co-production' look like for Food System Transformation? Mapping and curating the evidence across the Transforming the UK Food System (TUKFS) programme.
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Previously (2015-2018): Led the 'Food as a Lifestyle Motivator' (FLM) project (British Academy funded), exploring creative methods to engage 'marginalized' communities in food activities to enhance their health, well-being and life skills. See publications and link:ÌýÌýSee recent documentary film:ÌýÌý(produced by Fotonow CIC, funded viaÌýCreative Associates award from Sustainable Earth Institute).
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Completed research fellowship (2017) to evaluate the initial stages of the Thrive Â鶹´«Ã½ (4-4-54) 10 year inequalities programme, which led to winning the CAHPR Public Health Research award. Previously led comprehensive process evaluation of the Cities of ServiceÌý