Contact information
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1664-9029
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
Research groups
Emma Garnett
PhD
Post doctoral Researcher
Behaviour change and sustainable diets
I am a Researcher in the Sustainable and Healthy Food Group, funded by the LEAP, SHIFT and SALIENT projects. I am investigating the efficacy of different approaches to reduce meat consumption and move to more plant-based diets. More generally, I'm interested in how we can overcome fairly overcome economic, political and social barriers to live well within planetary boundaries.
I enjoy teaching and science outreach. I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and won the Janet Moore prize for supervising in Zoology (University of Cambridge). I have discussed my research at outreach events including the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, Soapbox Science, Earth Optimism and the Cambridge Science Festival.
Biography
I read Zoology at the University of Cambridge for my Bachelor’s degree. I then spent two years studying in five different countries for an Erasmus Mundus Master in Applied Ecology. I returned to Cambridge for my PhD funded by NERC; I researched which interventions were most effective to increase vegetarian sales in university cafeterias. My PhD research was one of the finalists in a global Solution Search for behavioural approaches to mitigating climate change and has been profiled by national and international news organisations. During my PhD I undertook a 3-month placement at DEFRA and produced a report on the environmental impacts of bio-based plastics.
After my PhD I carried out a Fellowship at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership on evaluating the promises and pitfalls of different policies to bring about more sustainable diets, such as carbon labelling.
Key publications
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Garnett EE. et al, (2019), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 20923 - 20929
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Marteau TM. et al, (2021), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 375
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Garnett EE. and Balmford A., (2022), Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 319 - 321
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Garnett EE. et al, (2020), Nature Food, 1, 485 - 488
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Garnett EE. et al, (2021), Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75, 101589 - 101589
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Smith KG. et al, (2021), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 350 - 350