Dr. Alison Briggs

Biography

Alison Briggs is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Manchester. Her current research examines food insecurity through a relational lens, investigating how intimate social relations are reconfigured in various contexts. She draws on understandings of food insecurity at both personal and organizational/community levels. Influenced by feminist ethics of care, her work utilizes ethnographic methods and has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Prior to her role at the University of Manchester, Alison worked for 14 years as an Early Years Practitioner with Stoke City Council and Staffordshire County Council. During her undergraduate studies, she contributed to research on breaking the cycle of domestic violence and re-offending, co-authoring a final report with Dr. Em Temple-Malt. In 2017, she co-presented her research at the British Sociological Association's annual conference at the University of Manchester and served as an elected student ambassador for the Centre for Health Development (CHAD) at Staffordshire University. Currently, she is a member of the Morgan Centre for Research on Everyday Lives and is actively engaged in research related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on global inequalities and food security.

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