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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Covid-19 monitoring in Scottish wastewater: Lessons Learned Review
Fletcher, I. & Lyall, C., 20 Oct 2022, (Unpublished) p. 1-17, 40 p.Research output: Working paper
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Embracing heterogeneity: Why plural understandings strengthen interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity
Vienni Baptista, B., Fletcher, I., Lyall, C. & Pohl, C., 29 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science and Public Policy. 13 p., scac034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Middle aged businessmen and social progress: The links between risk factor research and the obesity epidemic
Fletcher, I., 31 Dec 2021, The Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies. Gard, M., Powell, D. & Tenorio, J. (eds.). Routledge, 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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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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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
Activities
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Supermarket deliveries and backyard chickens: understanding
Isabel Fletcher (Speaker)
22 Jun 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Food and Food Systems in a time of insecurity
Isabel Fletcher (Organiser)
21 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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tdlab Brown Bag seminar on the SHAPE-ID Toolkit
Isabel Fletcher (Invited speaker)
2 Sep 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Improving pathways between Interdisciplinary Research and the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Isabel Fletcher (Speaker)
16 Feb 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in Interdisciplinary Research: what are the issues?
Isabel Fletcher (Speaker)
20 Nov 2020Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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TRAnsforming the DEbate about transforming livestock systems (TRADE)
Fletcher, I., Alexander, P., De Oliveira Silva, R., Gorjanc, G., Jaacks, L., Moran, D., Watson, M. & Wilson, A.
1/06/22 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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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