Research output per year
Research output per year
DR
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), University of Edinburgh
Jan 2007 → Jun 2010
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Isabel Fletcher (Organiser) & Catherine Lyall (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Isabel Fletcher (Speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Isabel Fletcher (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Isabel Fletcher (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Isabel Fletcher (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
1/06/20 → 31/07/20
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
6/04/18 → 6/04/18
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Moore, N., Wilson, M., Darmon, I., Fletcher, I. & Bruce, A.
14/09/15 → 5/06/17
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Knight, C., Skafida, V., Wilson, M., Darmon, I. & Fletcher, I.
1/08/14 → 31/07/15
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