Study level

  • PhD
  • Master of Philosophy
  • Honours

Faculty/School

Faculty of Health

School of Public Health and Social Work

Topic status

We're looking for students to study this topic.

Research centre

Supervisors

Associate Professor Deb Duthie
Position
Associate Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Health
Professor Danielle Gallegos
Position
Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Health
Associate Professor Lee Wharton
Position
Associate Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Health

Overview

This project will be a desktop document review of international policy preferences to food sovereignty.

Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to health and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It incorporates the intergenerational transfer of cultural knowledge through food which is fundamental to maintaining identity, connectedness and traditional practices. The concept has traction in Canada, USA, and Aotearoa, but is only starting to gain traction in Australia.

The aim is to explore and map the references to food sovereignty in national and international documents.

This project is linked to an ARC Indigenous Discovery Grant 'Co-designing a Food Sovereignty Model with Indigenous Communities' (IN230100047).

Research activities

The student will work with the team that includes two First Nations academics and a First Nations PhD student to undertake a review of policy documents, which is like a literature review. They will be required to:

  • work with the team to develop and refine the key questions for the review
  • develop search terms
  • seek advice from the liaison librarian on searching Overton and other policy repositories and databases
  • use Covidence to manage the data
  • extract and synthesis relevant data, in conjunction with the team
  • write a paper for publication.

The student will gain:

  • knowledge around food sovereignty and its implementation with First Nations communities
  • skills regarding searching, screening and synthesising literature
  • experience in writing a research paper
  • experience in talking with researchers and key rightsholders.

Outcomes

We are expecting a paper that will be submitted for publication.

Skills and experience

You must:

  • identify as a First Nations student
  • have an interest in social determinants of health and food
  • be willing to take on feedback and to work flexibly with the team.

Keywords

Contact

Contact the supervisor for more information.