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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · 29d

With the ambition of connecting people, ideas, and disciplines for a better food future, we invited SCAF members to our hybrid two-day event for talks, research posters, and networking 💡

Thank you to our speakers, panellists, and moderators for inspiring conversations and new ideas! 👏

#FoodStudies

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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Aug 25

🌟 SCAF MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Dr Lindsay Williams is a post-doctoral researcher at The University of Edinburgh's
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social! 🌟

Lindsay is a molecular biologist who specialises in post-harvest quality and the safety of vegetable crops to reduce food loss and waste. 👇 #FoodStudies

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Jun 6

all SCAF events are free and inclusive - check the SCAF website for info www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

SCAF Residential Writing Retreat | 2nd - 5th June 2025, Cultivating Change Webinar | 10th June 2025, Food Futures Networking Event | 12th June 2025, Quantum Solutions for Food and Nutrition Workshop |...

Open to all SCAF members actively working on professional pieces of writing, including SCAF-related writing projects as well as manuscripts, grant proposals, or fellowship applications. , A look at wh...

www.gla.ac.uk

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Jun 6

2nd Scottish Alliance for Food (SCAF) writing retreat - loads of writing completed, many new connections!

With every SCAF event, we are building a more cohesive cross-disciplinary, cross-sector network around #FoodStudies

@scafarc.bsky.social

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Apr 27

⏳ We are looking for two researchers to join our team in U of Glasgow to explore food and health inequality in the city.

❓ open to candidates with grounding in public health / nutrition, particularly people with experience working in the community.

#FoodStudies @scafarc.bsky.social

Ada Garcia @dradagarcia.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 2 Job opportunities to join an exciting research project on diet inequalities and community nutrition in Glasgow, Scotland

Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6

Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Apr 24

we re at Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 1.50 - the food is there, looking amazing, and we are looking forward to two great presentations by Jay Burns and Kathrin Lauber!

@scafarc.bsky.social @edresearch.bsky.social

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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Apr 3

SCAF marks its second anniversary! 🎉

Professor Emilie Combet, SCAF Director, reflects on two years of SCAF—what has been achieved and the opportunities ahead for the next 2.5 years 🍴

Read Emilie’s blog here 👉 bit.ly/3G3kF3O
@emiliecombet.bsky.social #foodstudies

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Mar 22

Trump is picking off the universities one by one and they are caving very quickly.

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Worth reposting this article i wrote the other week.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities

I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

christinapagel.substack.com

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · Mar 22

Peder Mørk Mønsted .(Danish,1859-1941)
"At the beach" ,1919
Oil on canvas

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Mar 22

#OtD 22 Mar 1974 Scottish workers in the East Killbride Rolls Royce factory refused to work on plane parts from Pinochet's Chile. They kept the refusal up for 4 years, leaving the engines outside to rust, before they went missing one night stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...

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The European Association for the Study of Obesity @easoobesity.bsky.social · Mar 22

Join us to support exceptional early career researchers and celebrate their contributions to #obesity science!

A dedicated session at #ECO2025 will showcase three outstanding finalists and their research.

🗓️Monday, 12 May, Málaga, Spain, 16:30-18:00

easo.org/title-easo-e...

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · Mar 22

Agree👇!
A reminder of just how quickly institutions bend the knee & how eager many individuals/institutions are to enforce & enact clearly undemocratic & often blatantly racist edicts.

This, combined with the apathy ("I'm ok") of the masses, is exactly how fascism and dictatorship take hold.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Mar 22

The cowardice of institutions has always been staggering, but since January 20 American institutions have folded near-instantaneously.

The word “disgraceful” in no way encapsulates the depth and scope of the cravenness of our institutions.

If we are to save this country, it will be as individuals.

Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped

The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

www.nytimes.com

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · Mar 21

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility

In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

www.chronicle.com

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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Mar 22

Austerity kills.

“For society’s sake, we need to reverse these cuts, not add more. We need to use the power within our communities – our collective voice – to demand that austerity policies are reversed.”

@gerrymccartney1.bsky.social
@deependgp.bsky.social

www.chex.org.uk/latest/artic...

The outrage of austerity — CHEX

In this blog, David Walsh and Gerry McCartney discuss the disastrous effects that austerity policies have had on life expectancy - exacerbating health inequalities and causing many people in our most ...

www.chex.org.uk

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Association for the Study of Obesity UK @ukaso.bsky.social · Mar 22

Less than 2 weeks to go!

ASO members – do you have insights on obesity research, clinical care or public health? Shape the #UKCO2025 programme in Aberdeen.

📅 Deadline: 31 March
Info: tinyurl.com/4xw2kkuu
Submit: tinyurl.com/4wtenyhu

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Dec 20

🍎 JOBS x2 on new research project on dietary advice and allergy at the University of Glasgow, Human Nutrition 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1️⃣ Technical position: findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1574...
2️⃣ postdoctoral level position my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecru...

⌛ Deadline: January 3rd

@scafarc.bsky.social #FoodStudies #nutsky

Research Technician

findajob.dwp.gov.uk

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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Nov 15

📢 SCAF Writing Retreat!

Open to all SCAF members actively working on professional pieces of writing, including SCAF-related writing projects as well as manuscripts, grant proposals, or fellowship applications ✍️

More information & application form 👉 bit.ly/40J1c0z

#foodstudies

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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Dec 3

📣 SCAF Pump Priming Round 3 Awards!

Following the announcement of the round 2 awardees and projects, we're excited to announce our next round of seed funding! 💰 🌱

Deadline: 14/02/2025, 5pm

More information and application 👉 bit.ly/3TSdHDS

#foodstudies

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Nov 30

⏳ Another few weeks to go until deadline. Interested? pls get in touch to discuss your application.

Glasgow Uni is a vibrant place to study diet, nutrition and health inequalities

#FoodStudies #nutsky @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Nov 7

📢 PhD project opportunity

join us on this interdisciplinary project exploring Time, Convenience, and Identity as roots of health inequalities in the Glasgow diet
ℹ️ www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

⏰ Deadline 12/01/25 please get in touch for guidance on applying

#FoodStudies @dnblane.bsky.social

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Nicola Holden @nicholden.bsky.social · Dec 13

#foodsystems post
For the budding photographers out there, there is still time to submit to the 'Food for Thought' competition from @scafarc.bsky.social - you have til 9th Jan! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

Food for Thought: Capturing the Big Picture | 16th October 2024

People of all ages across Scotland are invited to explore different perspectives around food using art and photography.

www.gla.ac.uk

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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Dec 11

We will be holding our first writing retreat at SCENE soon - an opportunity to gather with other SCAF members and write, in a supportive environment. Interested? apply by jan 6th

#food #foodstudies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@sceneuog.bsky.social

Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Nov 15

📢 SCAF Writing Retreat!

Open to all SCAF members actively working on professional pieces of writing, including SCAF-related writing projects as well as manuscripts, grant proposals, or fellowship applications ✍️

More information & application form 👉 bit.ly/40J1c0z

#foodstudies

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · Dec 9

When I try to explain how things are actually getting worse, people look at me like I'm crazy.This piece is spot on. #SIStem (senior #womeninSTEM)

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Dec 9

"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."

Women faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climate

The gender gap in faculty attrition worsens after tenure, according to a new study

www.science.org

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Claire Niedzwiedz @drcenz.bsky.social · Nov 14

Starter pack to find University of Glasgow related people...

Please post if you want to be added/removed.

go.bsky.app/PgJ23HK

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Emilie Combet @emiliecombet.bsky.social · Dec 4

Well done!
Looking forward to hear the findings of this round of projects at our annual event in June 2025

Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Dec 3

SCAF Pump Priming Round 2 awardees... 🥁

Congratulations to the successful recipients! Each project reflects SCAF's commitment to collaborative, interdisciplinary research addressing issues on food, health, equity, and sustainability 🌱🍴🌍🔬

Explore the projects here 👉 bit.ly/4fPWBP0

#foodstudies

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