Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
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.
Research Interests
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
Education/Academic qualification
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), University of Edinburgh
Jan 2007 → Jun 2010
Keywords
- HM Sociology
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Producing food in a fragile food system – a case study on Isle of Skye, Scotland
Bruce, A., Bruce, D. M., Fletcher, I. & Lamprinopoulou, C., 13 Jun 2021, Justice and food security in a changing climate. Schübel, H. & Wallimann-Helmer, I. (eds.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, p. 140-145 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Co-production and managing uncertainty in health research regulation: A Delphi study
Fletcher, I., Birko, S., Dove, E. S., Laurie, G., McMillan, C., Postan, E., Sethi, N. & Sorbie, A., 1 Jun 2020, In: Health care analysis. 28, 2, p. 99-120Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stem cells and serendipity: Unburdening social scientists’ feelings of failure
Fletcher, I. & Lyall, C., 4 Nov 2020, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Failures: Lessons Learned from Cautionary Tales. Fam, D. & O'Rourke, M. (eds.). Routledge, p. 45-61Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Eating less meat ‘to save the planet’: Studying the development of sustainable healthy eating advice in the UK
Fletcher, I., 11 Nov 2019, What is Food?: Researching a Topic with Many Meanings. Gustafsson, U., O'Connell, R., Draper, A. & Tonner, A. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 108-126 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Charting regulatory stewardship in health research: Making the invisible visible?
Laurie, G., Dove, E. S., Fletcher, I., Ganguli-Mitra, A., Mcmillan, K., Sethi, N. & Sorbie, A., Apr 2018, In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics. 27, 2, p. 333-347Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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SHAPE-ID Learning Case Workshop 2
Isabel Fletcher (Organiser) & Catherine Lyall (Organiser)
20 Jan 2020 → 21 Jan 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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How do people in remote, upland regions shop for (or otherwise acquire) food?
Isabel Fletcher (Speaker)
20 May 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Should We All Give Up Meat to Save the Planet?
Isabel Fletcher (Organiser)
6 Apr 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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4e Conférence Internationale d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation
Isabel Fletcher (Advisor)
7 Jun 2018 → 8 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Food Debunked
Isabel Fletcher (Advisor)
11 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Projects
- 4 Finished
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A Social Science Investigation of the role of Guts and Microbes in Health and Disease
1/06/20 → 31/07/20
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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Should We All Give Up Meat to Save the Planet?
6/04/18 → 6/04/18
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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PTAS: Principal's Teaching Award Scheme
Moore, N., Wilson, M., Darmon, I., Fletcher, I. & Bruce, A.
14/09/15 → 5/06/17
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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For capacity-building events during the 2014-15: Institute of Academic Development Researcher-Led Networking Fund, FRIED Network (GBP 2,000)
Knight, C., Skafida, V., Wilson, M., Darmon, I. & Fletcher, I.
1/08/14 → 31/07/15
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Press / Media
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Where does your food come from?
6/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Dr Fletcher talks about sustainable diets in relation to upcoming EISF SciMart
2/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment