University of Exeter Business School

Fatma Sabet

Fatma Sabet

Postdoctoral knowledge exchange research fellow

 F.Sabet2@exeter.ac.uk

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Overview

Appointed in January 2023, I am a postdoctoral knowledge exchange research fellow working on developing a sustainable school food landscape for Cornwall. I am currently employed by UoE, based and ESI and working closely with Sustainable Food Cornwall and the Public Health team at Cornwall Council to map out a strategy for sustainable school food which connects schools, caterers and local agroecological food producers.

My PhD theorised and developed an operational and theoretical framework for sustainable school food in England (reflected in school meals and food education practices in primary schools). The interdisciplinary nature of my work facilitated and deepened my interest in sustainable food system transformations as a mechanism for climate mitigation, environmental preservation, and public health promotion.

Qualifications

  • 2023- PhD | |University of Exeter; Graduate School of Education
  • 2022- LTHE | AFHEA | University of Exeter
  • 2018-2019 MSc in Educational Research | University of Exeter; Graduate School of Education (Distinction)- Dean’s commendation award for exceptional academic performance

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Research

Research interests

  • Sustainable school food systems including school meals procurement and experiential food education.
  • Realist evaluation, realist synthesis,
  • Public engagement in research

Research projects

I am a postdoctoral knowledge exchange research fellow working on developing a sustainable school food landscape for Cornwall. I am currently employed by UoE, based and ESI and working closely with Sustainable Food Cornwall and the Public Health team at Cornwall Council to map out a strategy for sustainable school food which connects schools, caterers and local agroecological food producers. 

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Publications

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External Engagement and Impact

Administrative responsibilities

  • Applying for funding and managing budgets and ensuring delivery of outputs with documented evidence for funders as required.
  • Data and project management

Awards and Honours

  • 2021 ESRC/ NPIF Accelerating Business Collaboration (ABC) Fund: ‘One Health Food’ educational project (£5000).
  • 2019 ESRC PhD full-time Studentship
  • 2019 UoE Dean’s commendation award for exceptional academic performance
  • 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) UoE (Second-Joint place)
  • 2022 Best research poster UoE (HASS) (Second place)

Conferences and invited presentations

• Sabet, F. (2022). Sustainable School Food in England; When There is a Will, There is a Way, EURSAFE22, Edinburgh

• Sabet, F. (2022). A place for realist evaluation in educational multi-disciplinary research [In-person presentation] GSE Conference, UoE, UK.

• Sabet, F. (2022). Contextualising sustainable school food interventions in three schools with three catering models in England [Online presentation to the Exeter Food Network, UoE]. Exeter, UK.

• Sabet, F. (2021). Evaluating sustainable school food interventions in three schools with three catering models in England [Online presentation to the SW Food Hub & Oxygen House]. Exeter, UK.

• Sabet, F. (2021). Theorising sustainable school food in England [Poster presentation to the University of Exeter Council at GSE, UoE, UK.

• Sabet, F. (2019). School meals: Towards human and environmental health in schools: a comparative study in two primary schools in England. [Conference paper]. GSE Conference, UoE, UK.


External positions

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Teaching

I have been teaching in the planetary Health module on the Master’s in Public Health (MPH) programme at Exeter for 3 years.

I have supervised various MSc students conducting research in sustainable school food on the Global Sustainability Solutions Programme at the University of Exeter.

I lectured and tutored both under and post graduate students in alternative/ sustainable food systems.

I also design embodied sustainable food system training at Shillingford Organics farm to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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