Director, Centre for Food Policy
City, University of London
Professor Corinna Hawkes is Director, Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, UK, a unit dedicated to shaping a more effective food system through education, research and engagement with the world of food policy. With over 20 years’ experience working with UN agencies, national and city governments, NGOs, think tanks and academia, her work supports the design of more effective action throughout the food system to improve diets, from local-level initiatives to national policies and global strategies. She ha worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva, the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, as Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report and as Head of Policy and Public Affairs at World Cancer Research Fund International in London, where she established the NOURISHING Framework which tracks policies to promote healthy eating worldwide. She is also Vice Chair of London’s Child Obesity Taskforce and a Distinguished Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health.
Corinna was a member of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems and the Lancet Commission on Obesity and between 2016-18 co-chair of the Global Future Council on Agriculture and Food Security, World Economic Forum. Her over 100 publications explore the problem of unhealthy diets, its linkages with the systems that provide our food, and the policies and actions to address it. She blogs at www.thebetterfoodjourney.com.
Friday, November 13, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Friday, November 13, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Thursday, November 19, 2020
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
