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        Fedra Vanhuyse

        Head of Division: Societies, Climate and Policy Support

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      Fedra Vanhuyse is Head of Division – Societies, Climate and Policy Support at SEI HQ, leading teams of sustainability researchers on the team cities, communities, and consumption; the team water, coasts and ocean; and the team environmental policy and strategy.

      She is passionate about cities, food, and people, and tries to combine these topics in her research portfolio. Currently, she is investigating how cities can become climate neutral and what funding that would require in the Viable Cities’ Finance project, funded by Viable Cities. She also leads a project on circular cities, funded by the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova, where the aim is to develop a tool that will allow cities to measure their circularity level and assess the societal consequences of a transition to a more circular economy, including what it would mean for employment, community cohesion, political systems and access to goods, energy and services. She is Principal Investigator of CANDIES, a research project that looks at how digitalisation can be utilised to support more sustainable food systems and sustainable food consumption and production.

      Prior to working in research, she worked for a municipal government in the UK and supported social economy enterprises and programmes in Belgium. Also in the UK, she led parliamentary inquiries for the UK House of Commons, and evaluated government programmes and projects on value for money.  She lived in the Philippines for five years, leading a Decent work programme for a labour rights NGO, and worked in P.R. China as a teacher for a year. She worked with governments, trade unions and social movements on capacity building and monitoring and evaluation systems in Cambodia, India and Rwanda.

      She holds a PhD in Agricultural and Food Economics from the University of Reading, UK; an M.A. in Conflict and Development from the University of Ghent, Belgium; and an M.Sc. in Applied Economics from the University of Leuven, Belgium. She is certified in project management (Prince2) and in contract and commercial management (IACCM).

       

      Publications by Fedra Vanhuyse

      • Air pollution and the world of work in Southeast Asia: findings from regional case studies
      • Climate-neutral cities in Sweden: true commitment or hollow statements?
      • Case study: Urban Deli’s digital tool use and sustainability vision
      • Household waste and the circular economy in Bangkok
      • Including the social in the circular: a mapping of the consequences of a circular economy transition in the city of Umeå, Sweden
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      Perspectives by Fedra Vanhuyse

      • The role of information and consumer behaviour in the food system
      • The right to food: a global cry for urgent action towards sustainable food systems

      Featured stories with Fedra Vanhuyse

      • SEI held executive training for Egyptian officials in preparation for COP27
      • Technical solutions for climate neutral cities
      • The pivotal role of cities in the sustainability transition
      • Can labels shift our food consumption patterns?
      • Financial instruments for investing in sustainable cities
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      Projects and tools with Fedra Vanhuyse

      • Material Assets Valuation: Estimating Risks and Impacts of Climate Change (MAVERIC)
      • The impact of air pollution on the world of work for women and youth in East and South East Asia
      • Urban Circularity Assessment Framework
      • Accelerera mot Agenda 2030: kommunal planering för minskade klimatfotavtryck
      • Financing urban transitions
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