Food governance research
Located in the Charles Perkins Centre, the Food Governance node provides a platform for collaboration between lawyers, nutritionists, policy analysists, and health scientists. Our focus is on developing practical solutions to the problems of poor nutrition and diet-related disease, through submissions to government, developing grant applications, generating new multidisciplinary research, and more.
Strengthening local food systems governance
Running from 2019-2022, this ARC Discovery project aimed, to investigate the role of law, policy, and regulation in enabling local governments and communities to contribute to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems. Visit the strengthening local food systems governance website.
Past events
2024 Food Governance Conference
The 2024 Food Governance Conference was held on 14-16 February 2024. The conference explored the promotion of healthier diets via food policy and governance, Indigenous Peoples food system governance, equity and social justice in food systems, food security, and sustainability, and commercial determinants of health, and aims to create new opportunities for collaboration between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working in all aspects of food governance.
2021 Food Governance Conference
In December 2021 the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre (University of Sydney) hosted the Global Food Governance Conference, in collaboration with the George Institute for Global Health and the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments (Georgetown University Law Centre).
2019 Food Governance Conference
In conjunction with the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Law School hosted the second Food Governance Conference from 3-5 July 2019.
