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Dr Adrian Evans is an Associate Professor in Food, Water and Resilient Communities. He has worked on several European projects relating to issues around food, farming, animal welfare and water consumption. He was a member of the management team of the EU project Dialrel, which addressed religious slaughter issues and the consumption of halal and kosher foods. He worked as a social-scientific researcher for the Welfare Quality® project, an EU-funded project which addressed issues of farm animal welfare. He also worked for the Sustainable Practices Research Group (SPRG), investigating the links between political economies of water provision, water consumption and sustainability. Adrian is the lead author of several European Union reports, journal articles and book chapters relating to issues such as; consumer concerns about farm animal welfare; the public understanding of animal welfare science; media representations of religious slaughter and the consumption of halal and kosher foods. His current research areas include; the practical ethics of food and drink consumption, especially in relation to sustainability and farm animal welfare; engaging citizens around food and farming issues; theories of consumption practices; food and communities research. Other interests include: historical geography; science and technology studies; geographies of material-culture; theories of practice.
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Vision Statement
My research is inspired by the urgent need to develop and promote types of farming and food consumption that are sustainable, just and resilient and that pay due care and attention to the needs of humans, animals and the natural environment. My work has focused on using novel practice-based approaches to understand the nature of the demand for food and drinks and to foster more sustainable eating and drinking practices. In an era in which many Western consumers are becoming increasingly detached from modern, often technologically-driven, farming practices, my work also seeks to encourage science-society dialogue about food production.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Living Labs For Invasive Alien Species Management - LivingLabs4IAS
Dehnen-Schmutz, K. & Evans, A.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/11/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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FOOdIVERSE: Diversifying sustainable and organic food systems
Evans, A., Kneafsey, M., Schmutz, U. & van Kesteren, R.
1/01/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Organic-PLUS: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe
Schmutz, U., Conroy, J., Evans, A., Rayns, F., Green, S., Burbi, S., Touliatos, D. & van Kesteren, R.
1/05/18 → 30/10/22
Project: Research
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Situating halal: religiosity, identity and lifestyle in halal consumption in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates
Miele, M., Lever, J., Evans, A. & Fuseini, A., 1 Jan 2024, In: Consumption and Society. 3, 1, p. 37–55 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Farmers concerns in relation to organic livestock production
Manuelian, C. L., Valleix, S., Bugaut, H., Fuerst-Waltl, B., da Costa, L., Burbi, S., Schmutz, U., Evans, A., Katsoulas, N., Faliagka, S., Aksoy, U., Çiçekli, Ö., Dróżdż, D., Malińska, K., Whistance, L., Johnson, M., Knebl, L., Righi, F. & De Marchi, M., Dec 2023, In: Italian Journal of Animal Science. 22, 1, p. 1268-1282 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cooking up an injustice: A critical examination of the role of cooking programs in reducing health inequalities
Van Kesteren, R. & Evans, A., 1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Critical Dietetics. 5, 2, p. 65-77 13 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cooking Without Thinking: How Understanding Cooking as a Practice can shed new light on inequalities in healthy eating
Van Kesteren, R. & Evans, A., 1 Apr 2020, In: Appetite. 147, 104503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., 27 Jan 2020, The Halal Food Handbook. Al-Teinaz, Y. R., Spear, S. & El-Rahim, I. H. A. A. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 343-351 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Examination
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PhD Progress Review Panel (PRP) - Independent Chair
Sara Burbi (Independent Chair) & Adrian Evans (Examiner)
24 May 2019Activity: Examination