This week, we were delighted to welcome our ERA4Health, FOODPATH colleague, Prof. Gülşah Kaner, to Cork and UCC. She joined the Food Policy Research Team, toured our vibrant campus, and visited the School of Public Health.

In the last week of April, Ghent University, Belgium completed the last of the three Group Model Building Sessions.

The FOODPATH team at UCC has conducted Group Model Building sessions in Cork city. Focusing on the southwest of the city, including the neighbourhoods of Togher, Ballyphehane, Greenmount, Deerpark and the Lough.

Klaudia Alcer, from the Polish FOODPATH team, and  Evita van Duin from the Belgium team, had the pleasure of attending the Early Career Network meeting in Frankfurt. This network aims to provide a platform for early-career researchers, fostering skill development, mutual learning, and to create connections for potential collaborations.

Four online workshops (19-20 March and 26-27 March) have been completed in the process of developing the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index for Türkiye (Food-EPI Türkiye). 

"Last week, Evita van Duin had the opportunity to present the work of the Belgium FOODPATH team to professionals from the Flemish Institute of Healthy Living.

In the framework of the development of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index for Turkey (Food-EPI Turkey), a face-to-face workshop was organised with experts. Further workshops will take place online.

We would like to thank all participants for their contributions.

UCC’s FOODPATH team recently invited the rest of our colleagues on the Food Policy Research Team to join us for a workshop to discuss which stakeholders would be best placed to help us improve food environments in disadvantaged areas of Cork city. This stakeholder power analysis will be used in conjunction with the results of our Group Model Building sessions, to identify leverage points for change in local food environments.

The evidence document prepared within the scope of the work package for the development of a Food-EPI Türkiye was sent to the government office for evaluation. 

Insightful sessions have been held with professionals and citizens in Ede, the Netherlands, about systemic drivers of dietary behaviours among people living in socioeconomic insecurity as outlined in Work package One (WP1)

• FOODPATH is an initiative dedicated to identifying and addressing the determinants of food-related inequalities in Europe.
• The €1.6 million project includes partners from six European countries and is led by Dr Janas Harrington in the School of Public Health at UCC.
• FOODPATH will provide the necessary structural changes to ensure all European citizens, regardless of socioeconomic status, can make healthier food choices.