Research output per year
Research output per year
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I am a qualitative social scientist whose research focuses the interactions between nutrition research and public health policy. My PhD Obesity: A historical account of the construction of a modern epidemic spanned medical sociology, public health policy and the history of medicine. I have subsequently worked on food security policy and commercial actors’ understandings of public health regulation. I have a growing teaching portfolio, experience of a range of research methods, including documentary analysis and interviewing lay and professional publics. I am also co-convenor of the interdisciplinary network Food Researchers in Edinburgh (FRIED) and currently organise the network’s seminar series.
National and international food policy, especially the areas of public health nutrition, food security and sustainability
Global health governance and the work of the WHO and the FAO
The development of nutrition science and chronic disease epidemiology in the UK and the US
Interactions between research evidence and public policy
Popular understandings of nutrition and healthy eating
Science and Technology Studies, Master of Social Science
Jan 2006 → Jan 2007
Award Date: 6 Aug 2008
Science and Technology Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Obesity: A historical account of the construction of a modern epidemic , University of Edinburgh
Jan 2007 → Jun 2010
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Working paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fletcher, I. (Organiser) & Blair, K. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Fletcher, I. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Fletcher, I. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Fletcher, I. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Fletcher, I. (Speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Brennan, M. (Principal Investigator), Moore, N. (Co-investigator), Fletcher, I. (Co-investigator), Jaacks, L. (Co-investigator), Alexander, P. (Co-investigator), Wilson, M. (Co-investigator), Darmon, I. (Principal Investigator) & Simm, G. (Co-investigator)
1/04/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
Fletcher, I. (Principal Investigator), Alexander, P. (Co-investigator), De Oliveira Silva, R. (Co-investigator), Gorjanc, G. (Co-investigator), Jaacks, L. (Co-investigator), Moran, D. (Co-investigator), Watson, M. (Co-investigator) & Wilson, A. (Co-investigator)
1/06/22 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
Fletcher, I. (Principal Investigator) & Haddow, G. (Co-investigator)
1/06/20 → 31/07/20
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Fletcher, I. (Principal Investigator)
6/04/18 → 6/04/18
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Moore, N. (Principal Investigator), Wilson, M. (Co-investigator), Darmon, I. (Co-investigator), Fletcher, I. (Co-investigator) & Bruce, A. (Co-investigator)
14/09/15 → 5/06/17
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
6/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
2/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment