John Lever

Personal profile

Biography

I am an interdisciplinary social scientist with a background in sociology, human geography and latterly management. Before moving to the University of Huddersfield, I worked in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University and for Cities Research Centre at UWE: Bristol. Throughout this period, my research has focused very broadly on 'sustainable communities' and 'sustainable food systems'.

My current research interests revolve around local and place-based food systems and the role of food entrepreneuers in ethnic and religious food markets. I am currently working with Deema Refai and Radi Haloub on the BA/Leverhulme funded project: 'A Better Future - Understanding Refugee Entrepreneurship' (BFURE); and on an Academy of Marketing funded project with Claire McCamley, Fiona Cheetham and Brendan Canavan about visualising a more sustainable sense of place in Kirklees.

My teaching has a specific focus on food sustainability, circular economy and environmental policy at both UG and PG level. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Norbert Elias Foundation. For a complete list of talks, presentations and research outputs see www.johnlever.com.

Research Expertise and Interests

Sustainable food systems
Ethnic and religious food markets
Migrant workers & refugee entrepreneurs

Research Expertise and Interests

sustainability of urban regional food systems
local food
halal & kosher meat
sustainable communities
religion
place based food
immigration
refugees
circular economy

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Research Output 2005 2020

10 Citations (Scopus)

The Structural Invisibility of Outsiders: The Role of Migrant Labour in the Meat-Processing Industry

Lever, J. & Milbourne, P., 1 Apr 2017, In : Sociology. 51, 2, p. 306-322 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

migrant worker

migrant

labor

industry

exploitation

Establishing a Dialogue Between Science, Society and Religion About Religious Slaughter: The Experience of the European Funded Project Dialrel

Miele, M., Lever, J. & Evans, A., 3 Jan 2020, The Halal Food Handbook. Ramadan Al-Teinaz, Y., Spear, S. & H. A. Abd El-Rahim, I. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 343-351 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Muslims

Religion

Meat

Killing

Kosher

Food Fraud

Pointing, J., Ramadan Al-Teinaz, Y., Lever, J., Critchley, M. & Spear, S., 3 Jan 2020, The Halal Food Handbook. Al-Teinaz, Y. R., Spear, S. & El-Rahim, I. H. A. A. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 321-329 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Food

Fraud

Meat

Muslims

Diversion

The Halal and Kosher Food Experience in the UK

Ramadan Al-Teinaz, Y., M. Regenstein, J., Lever, J., Katme, A. M. & Unsdorfer, S., 3 Jan 2020, The Halal Food Handbook. Ramadan Al-Teinaz, Y., Spear, S. & Abd El-Rahim, I. H. A. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 331-341 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

kosher foods

Muslims

slaughter

animal law

Jews