Date: Monday, 29 April 2024
Time: 11am - 12.30pm
Location: Engineering Research Building and Millsteam Courtyard

As part of UL Research Week 2024, Professor Eoin Devereux, Dr Martin J. Power and Dr Majka Ryan (KBS) are convening a Panel Discussion on Food Poverty and Insecurity.

The panel will take place on April 29th and will critically engage with the growing issue of food poverty in Ireland. It will include UL experts from the social sciences and human nutrition as well as speakers from organisations working to alleviate food poverty on a daily basis.

Panellists include: Yvonne Fleming, Senior Manager for Community Services, CROSSCARE Ireland, Dr Anne Griffin, Associate Professor and Course Director, MSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics, UL, Dr Amy Healy, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology UL, Lorraine O'Connor, Chairperson, Muslim Sisters of Eire, Dr Martin J. Power, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Popular Culture and Popular Music at UL, Dr Majka Ryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Work and Employment Studies, KBS, UL. Panel Chair: Professor Eoin Devereux, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Popular Culture and Popular Music.

Early booking is advised and can be done on Eventbrite.