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Centre for Food Security
Food Security at
Reading
© University of Reading 2007
www.reading.ac.uk
Our vision
Cross Government Themes (RCUK)
• Economic resilience
– Food supply, trade and
prices
• Resource efficiency
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GHG
Waste
Energy
Water
Nutrients
• Sustainable ecosystems
– Farming systems
• Sustainable food production
and supply
– Crop production
– Soil
– Livestock production
– Aquaculture
• Sustainable, healthy, safe
diets
– Healthier food and nutrition
– Sustainable consumption
and healthy eating
– Consumer attitudes and
beahviours
– Food safety
Our strategy
• Positioning ourselves to respond to significant calls;
• Capacity building at the interface between existing
research groups.
• Building strategic collaboration;
– Industry;
– HE/research institutions.
Centre for Food Security
Building on our
established strengths
in agri-food science
and its allied
disciplines to address
the challenges facing
the international food
system.
The Henley Centre for Sustainable Enterprise
HC4SE Objectives
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A pre-eminent centre of applied research on organisational responses to
social, environmental and ethical issues related to sustainability
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Leadership, enterprise, cultural change, eco-efficient & eco-effective
innovations in products, services & business models, environmental &
social reporting throughout the supply chain, sustainable consumption &
brands, impacts of new government legislation
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A large and diverse organisational membership
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A series of debates and dialogues
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Action research projects and commissioned research
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A large network of high calibre dialogue partners
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PhD and DBA research
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Dr Andy Wood, Chief Executive of Adnams
Guy Mercer, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Atkins
Geoff Mackey, Head of Sustainable Development BASF
Jan Buckingham, Director of Values, The Body Shop
Paul Dickinson, Founder and Chief Executive Carbon Disclosure Project
Karl Feilder, Founder and Chairman of Carbon Neutral Group
Mike Mason, Founder of Climate Care and Bijoule
Neil Morris, Chairman Digital Public
Louis Notley, Director, DHL Energy Performance Management
Dr David Strong, Chief Executive, Inbuilt
Rob Evans, Chief Executive, Cenex
Ramon Arratia, European Sustainability Director, InterfaceFLOR
Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business, Marks and Spencer
Drew Watson, Global Head of Executive Development, Standard Chartered Bank
Martin Blake, Head of Sustainability and Environment, Royal Mail Group
John Elkington, co founder of Sustainability and Volans
Richard Hames, The Hames Group & Asian Foresight Institute
Sir David Brown, Multiple Non Executive Directorships
Professor Derek Clements-Croom, Intelligent Buildings, University of Reading
Professor Raj Sisodia, Co founder Conscious Capitalism Group, Bentley University USA
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Susan Matos
Head of Knowledge Transfer Programmes
Knowledge Transfer Centre
University of Reading
August 2, 2017
© University of Reading 2008
www.reading.ac.uk
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
• Government scheme running for over 35 years
• Brings together academics and external partners
working on commercial projects
• Funding for significant proportion of the project costs
• University of Reading hosts one of the largest and
most successful KTP centres in the UK
• Currently working with companies of all sizes,
charities, Primary Health Care trusts
• Wide range of subjects and disciplines
About KTP
• Typically 2-3 year projects
– Commercially based, not research projects
– Graduate employed to work on the project, and based at the
host organisation
– Academic team commit to ½ day a week
• KTP team provides full service
• Regular submission dates
• High success rates