John Lever

John is an interdisciplinary social scientist with a background in sociology, human geography and management. He previously worked at Cities Research Centre at UWE: Bristol and in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, where his research focused on food sustainability and sustainable communities. 

John's recent work on kosher and halal food markets focuses on the institutional, economic, technical and cultural management procedures through which goods are subject to processes of qualification and contestation. He is also interested in the Eliasian notion of informalisation, the ways in which - in an increasingly complex world - consumers must make more elaborate forms of justification for their food choices. John also has an interest in a range of issues linked to migrant workers and migrant/ refugee entrepreneurs; his recent work on migrant workers in the meat processing industryprovided evidence for the 2017 House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report: 'Brexit and the Labour Market'. Click here for John's Amazon page.

More recently, John has been looking at the links between notions of sharing and circular economies. His teaching has a specific focus on sustainable business and environmental policy at both UG and PG level. He is a member of the Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Communities and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). 

• Communities 
• Food 
• Religion 
• Migration