Research centres and areas

The School is organised into five research areas:

• Animal Science
• Crops
• Economics
• Environment
• Livelihoods

Many research topics are wide ranging and encompass several disciplines across the School and University, particularly sustainability and international development: the Economics research group is the best initial contact point for these subjects, unless the primary focus is clearly animals, crops or environment.

Animal Science

Professor Ian Givens

'animal-derived food products that make a positive contribution to human nutrition and are conducive to long-term health produced in a welfare friendly way while minimising production and environmental costs'

Animal Science Research Group, incorporating:

Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Research Unit

Crops

Professor Mike Gooding

'temperate and tropical crop physiology from seed development, storage and germination to crop senescence and food quality for sustainable agriculture in current and future environments'

Crop Science, incorporating:

Economics

Professor Bruce Traill

marketing, management and microeconomics in the food chain – applied economic analysis contributing to the socio-economic evaluation of policies and research in an interdisciplinary setting'

Economics Research Group, incorporating:

Environment

Professor Ken Norris

'reconciling agriculture with the conservation of biodiversity through increasing our understanding of ecological processes and interactions in agro-ecosystems'

Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, incorporating:

Livelihoods

Professor Chris Garforth

'putting people at the centre of development – analysing the human and social dimensions of economic, technological and institutional change at local, national and global levels'

Livelihoods Research Group , incorporating: