How to create a good food revolution

At this talk, Professor Kevin Morgan will explore government attitudes to food around the world.

Kevin Morgan is Professor of Governance and Development at Cardiff University. His research focuses on governance, development, and innovation in places, including:

• Smart specialization
• Place-based innovation systems
• Sustainable food systems.

He also has expertise in areas like multi-level governance, experimental governance, and the foundational economy.

Professor Kevin Morgan has spent more than twenty years studying the Good Food movement's impact internationally – assessing policies which seek to develop a fair, healthy and sustainable food system.

His latest book, Serving the Public: The good food revolution in schools, hospitals and prisons (Manchester University Press), explores government attitudes to food around the world, highlighting public bodies that are endeavouring to serve good food 'against the odds'.

After his lecture, Professor Morgan will be joined by the following panellists for a discussion and interactive Q&A Session.

Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley is Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an interdisciplinary social scientist specialising in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Policy.

His focus is on inter-connectivities between:

• Food production and consumption
• Environmental sustainability
• Economic development
• Health and social justice.

He has provided expert advice to the European Commission, the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) the House of Lords and House of Commons.

He is also a former Chair of the Good Food Greater Manchester food policy network.

Jemma Hyne

Jemma Hynes is a food strategist with many years of experience offering a multidisciplinary approach to food consultancy, including:

• Economic development
• Regeneration
• Food technology
• Nutrition
• Strategic planning and policy formulation.

Currently she is the strategic director of Fork, providing food-related strategic decision-making to unlock the potential of food to transform places.

Julie Froud

Julie Froud is Professor of Financial Innovation at The University of Manchester's Alliance Manchester Business School.

Working with a team of UK based researchers, as well as being part of the European foundational economy network, she has played a key role in the development of foundational thinking and contributed to the development of the original

Manifesto for the Foundational Economy in 2013 and the Foundational Economy book in 2018.

Most recently, the team has published a new book When Nothing Works, which focuses on the crisis of liveability using UK empirics.

Lisa Dale-Clough

Lisa Dale-Clough, is (Interim) Director, Economy at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

Lisa's role is to manage the economic portfolio and Directorate within the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, ensuring the right policies, investment and delivery is in place to achieve the city-region's economic priorities and ambitions.

This includes driving the implementation of the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy – including driving innovation-led growth across Greater Manchester and increased international trade and investment - the Good Work and Real Living Wage campaigns, and the commissioning and management of business, innovation and enterprise support programmes.

Lisa has 20 years' experience working in and researching public policy development and implementation, as well as private sector experience in ethical finance and consultancy.

There will be refreshments served with the opportunity for networking before the lecture from 5:00pm.

The event is a joint initiative between the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, the Sustainable Consumption Institute and the Work and Equalities Institute.