[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear all, Our next Economics seminar will be given by Dr Gulbanu Kaptan, Associate Professor in Behavioural Decision Making at Leeds University Business School, taking place on Thursday, 14 May at 13:00 in the Court Room, Cottrell Building. Dr Kaptan's talk, titled 'Understanding and Reducing Household Food Waste: Towards Food Supply Chain Resilience', draws on her extensive research into consumer behaviour, food waste reduction, and supply chain resilience. Her work spans large-scale empirical studies and policy-facing applied research, and this seminar will be of broad interest to colleagues and students across economics, behavioural science, marketing, sustainability, and food systems. All staff and students are warmly welcome. Please do share this invitation with anyone who may be interested. We look forward to seeing you there. Seda Bio: Dr Gulbanu Kaptan is an Associate. Professor in Behavioural Decision Making at Leeds University Business School. Her research is on judgment and decision-making, with a particular focus on risk and benefit perception, communication, and behaviour change. Gulbanu’s interdisciplinary and applied research examines how organisations and consumers can reduce food waste, improve food safety behaviours, promote the adoption of novel foods, and improve resilience to disruptions in food supply chains. Gulbanu has served as Principal and Co-investigator on numerous UK and international research projects funded by organisations including UKRI, the Food Standards Agency, the European Commission, and the Swiss National Science Foundation. She has contributed to several advisory and policy initiatives, including the European Consumer Food Waste Forum; Zero Waste Scotland’s Advisory Group on Household Intervention Plans for Food Waste Reduction; and the University of Leeds Climate Plan Research Partnership Committee. Abstract: The seminar presents Gulbanu’s research on reducing household food waste, with a particular focus on her recent collaboration with the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The project examined how socio-demographic characteristics and food management behaviours are associated with directly measured food waste in 1,783 UK households using waste compositional analysis. The seminar also summarises Gulbanu’s work for the European Consumer Food Waste Forum, which involved the collection and evaluation of 78 behaviour change interventions across the EU and beyond. This work aimed to identify the most effective, scalable, and efficient interventions to prevent food waste, providing evidence-based recommendations for European policymakers. The final part of the seminar introduces Gulbanu’s ongoing research on improving the resilience of UK food supply chains. The research has been funded by a UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund programme on Healthy soils, Healthy food, Healthy people. ------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Seda Erdem Head of Economics Division Stirling Business School |University of Stirling [Title: Email - Description: email-icon] seda.erdem@stir.ac.uk<mailto:seda.erdem@stir.ac.uk> [Title: website - Description: website-icon] www.sedaerdem.com<http://www.sedaerdem.com/> | www.econ.stir.ac.uk<http://www.econ.stir.ac.uk/> --------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
