Food Transitions students have a cohort experience to ensure regular collaboration, connection and peer-to-peer learning across disciplines.

Our 2023 Cohort

 

Baptiste Hamon

University of Canterbury, Manaaki Whenua

Agricultural profitability, resilience, and sustainability in an uncertain future: a decision support tool for policy development in NZ.

Baptiste has now completed the requirements for his doctorate and is eligible to graduate. Congratulations Baptiste..

Alexandra Cox

University of Canterbury, Plant & Food Research

Protecting New Zealand food crops in the molecular arms race against Phytophthora cinnamomi by understanding its pathogenicity.

Marcus Robinson

Lincoln University, Manaaki Whenua

Agricultural Urbanism and Urban Food Sovereignty in peri-urban Aotearoa.

Jeremy Roberts

University of Canterbury, Plant & Food Research

Bottom up or top down?: Potential impacts of drought on tri-trophic systems of relevance to NZ agriculture.

Jeremy has now submitted his thesis and is currently under examination. All the best Jeremy.

Nicola Sullivan

Lincoln University, Plant & Food Research

What role do spiders play in pest suppression for future food production systems? | Tō te pūngāwerewere tūranga i te tāmoe riha mō ngā punaha whakaputa kai ā mua?

Nicola has now completed the requirements for her doctorate and is eligible to graduate. Congratulations Nicola.

Vicky Tsui

University of Canterbury, Plant & Food Research

Creating soilless precision farming via ultraclean water production.

Vicky has now submitted her thesis and is currently under examination. All the best Vicky.

Haley Jones

University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, Plant & Food Research

Exploring Regenerative Agriculture Perspectives and Consumer-Farmer Interrelationships