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Last updated 22nd March 2023
John is an interdisciplinary social scientist with a background in sociology, human geography and latterly management. Before moving to the University of Huddersfield, he worked in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University and for Cities Research Centre at UWE: Bristol. Throughout this period, John's research interests revolved around 'sustainable communities' and 'sustainable food systems' - and he was involved in a number of ESRC and EU funded pojects, including Welfare Quality and Dialrel.
John's current research interests revolve around sustainable food systems, religious food markets, and refugee (food) entrepreneuers. He has been commissioned by NGOs, local authorities, and food certification bodies in the UK and beyond, and has completed work funded by BA/Leverhulme, among others. The question driving much of his research is: What can food tell us about people, place and politics? John holds an ESRC funded PhD in Public Policy and his work continues to have an underlying policy focus.
Before he bacame an academic, John worked for Oxfam in fair trade for a number of years. His teaching has a specific focus on food system sustainability, circular economy, and environmental management/ policy at both UG and PG level. John is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Norbert Elias Foundation (for a complete list of John's talks before 2014 see www.johnlever.com.)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Chair Kirklees Food Partnership, Kirklees Metropolitan Council
1 Oct 2021 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Leigh Morland (Speaker) & John Lever (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
John Lever (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
John Lever (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
John Lever (Speaker), James Scott Vandeventer (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Mara Miele (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
John Lever (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › PhD Examination
James Scott Vandeventer & John Lever
21/09/21
1 Media contribution
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14/09/21
1 Media contribution
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7/07/20
1 Media contribution
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John Lever & Adrian Barraclough
18/06/19
1 Media contribution
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