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Listening to the recent Freakonomics podcast “Policy-Making is not a Science (Yet)” encouraged me to stop and think more carefully about some of the research conducted within the Food Focus team. Broadly, we are focused on small-scale or regional issues looking at how people change their behaviour when some kind of intervention is introduced. My own research looks at how individuals react to different information presented on food products. While some of the consumer research

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or Human Machine Interface (HMI) is a growing area of research that has begun addressing issues related to ecological sustainability. Given the environmental impacts of food waste, some researchers have begun developing technologies that seek to reduce household food waste generation. From fridge cameras to “smart” bins, a new era of food waste technology is emerging. However, prior to being implemented on a large-scale, it is important to ass