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Bethan Thompson

Dr,

  • West Mains Road, Kings Buildings

    EH9 3JG Edinburgh

    United Kingdom

20172020

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Research interests

Bethan is a food and agriculture researcher with expertise in statistical analysis for the social sciences. Her work focuses on understanding, motivating and evaluating changes that can have positive social and environmental impacts including as changing diets, reducing food waste and adopting new technology. 

She is currently a post-doctoral researcher on a Horizon 2020 project investigating the adoption and impact of low-input, ecosystem-based farming across the EU (www.lift-h2020.eu) and has recently worked on the preventing food waste workstream of the Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021. 

Prior to returning to academia Bethan worked as a management consultant in a range of project management and analytical roles with clients in international development, finance and government.

 

Education/Academic qualification

PhD

2014 → 2018

Award Date: 30 Nov 2018

Master, University of Edinburgh

2012 → 2014

Award Date: 30 Sep 2014

Bachelor, University of Oxford

2001 → 2004

Award Date: 30 Sep 2004

External positions

Accenture

2007 → 2012

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Projects

Low-Input Farming and Territories - Integrating knowledge for improving ecosystem-based farming

Barnes, A., Toma, L., Shrestha, S., Ferreira, J., Thompson, B., McCracken, D., Latto, D. & Spencer, M.

European Commission

1/05/18 → 30/04/22

Project: Research

Research Output

Date-label use and the waste of dairy products by consumers

Thompson, B., Toma, L., Barnes, A. P. & Revoredo-Giha, C., 20 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 247, 119174.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Food Waste and Food Safety Linkagesalong the Supply Chain

    Toma, L., Revoredo-Giha, C., Costa-Font, M. & Thompson, B., 29 May 2020, In : EuroChoices. 19, 1, p. 24-29 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File
    • 2 Downloads (Pure)

    Food waste in primary production: Milk loss with mitigation potentials

    March, MD., Toma, L., Thompson, B. & Haskell, MJ., 12 Nov 2019, In : Frontiers in Nutrition. 6, 9 p., 173.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File
    • 15 Downloads (Pure)

    The effect of date labels on willingness to consume dairy products: implications for food waste reduction

    Thompson, B., Toma, L., Barnes, AP. & Revoredo-Giha, C., 28 May 2018, In : Waste Management. 78, p. 124 - 134 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File
    • 7 Citations (Scopus)
    23 Downloads (Pure)

    Impact of consumers' understanding of date labelling on food waste behaviour

    Toma, L., Costa-Font, M. & Thompson, B., 17 Oct 2017, In : Operational Research.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File
    • 6 Citations (Scopus)
    5 Downloads (Pure)