Dr. Michael Clark

Biography

Michael Clark is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Food Solutions at the University of Oxford, leading the Sustainable Food Solutions Programme at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. His research primarily focuses on how food systems can meet the Triple Challenge of climate change, biodiversity, and human wellbeing. He employs a combination of quantitative methods, such as big data and food system modeling, alongside behavioral experiments, including ecolabeling, to explore the capacity of food systems to transform and meet environmental and human health targets. His work has been published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Prior to joining the Smith School, he was a researcher at Oxford's Nuffield Department of Population Health, contributing to the Livestock, Environment, People programme. He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota, where his research concentrated on the environmental impacts of food systems.

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