School for Business and Society
Rebecca Lait
- PhD student
Profile
Thesis supervisors
Thesis Title
Investigating power dynamics shaping UK meat and livestock reduction
Biography
Biography
Rebecca Lait is a PhD student at the University of York researching how power dynamics shape meat and livestock reduction. After graduating with an undergraduate and master's degree in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester in 2020, Rebecca has worked as a researcher on a range of research, science communication and outreach projects including those focused on calculating and communicating environmental impacts of foods, designing and presenting food and climate workshops in schools and researching barriers to better procurement practices for the Yorkshire public food supply chain. Now, for her PhD research, she is working in the Transforming UK Food System's FixOurFood research group to get to the heart of how power dynamics in the meat and livestock system can be conceptualised and how they can shape meat and livestock reduction.
Research
Research Topic
Power dynamics shaping UK meat and livestock reduction
Research interests
- Power
- Food systems
- Livestock
- Climate change
- Animal welfare
Publications
Publications
Kluczkovski, A., Lait, R., Martins, C., Reynolds, C., Smith, P., Woffenden, Z., Lynch, J., Frankowska, A., Harris, F., Johnson, D., Halford, J., Cook, J., Tereza da Silva, J., Schmidt Rivera, X., Huppert, J., Lord, M., Mclaughlin, J. and Bridle, S., 2021. Learning in lockdown: Using the COVID‐19 crisis to teach children about food and climate change. Nutrition Bulletin, 46(2), pp.206-215.
Kluczkovski, A., Menezes, C., da Silva, J., Bastos, L., Lait, R., Cook, J., Cruz, B., Cerqueira, B., Lago, R., Gomes, A., Ladeia, A. M., Schmidt Rivera, X., Vianna, N., Reynolds, C., Ricardo R. Oliveira 3ORCID and Bridle, S., 2022. An Environmental and Nutritional Evaluation of School Food Menus in Bahia, Brazil That Contribute to Local Public Policy to Promote Sustainability. Nutrients 2022, 14, 1519.
Buckton, Sam & Fazey, Ioan & Carmen, Esther & Kendrick, Ian & Ball, Peter & Bryant, Maria & Connolly, Annie & Denby, Katherine & Doherty, Bob & James, Anthonia & Morris, Belinda & Stewart, Sophie & Bridle, Sarah & Cain, Michelle & Nixon, Nicola & Om, Eugyen & Sharpe, Bill & Sinclair, Maddie & Yap, Christopher & Pickett, Kate & Lait, Rebeccca. (2024). Transformative Action Towards Regenerative Food Systems: a Large-scale Case Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10.2139/ssrn.4718690.
