Dr Cherry Law

Email:
t.law@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
100
Job title:
Lecturer

Responsibilities:

Seminar leader for Global Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects AP1A28
Member of Population Health Innovation Lab (PHI|Lab|PHI|Lab)

Areas of interest

My interests lie in the fields of agricultural, health and development economics. Most of my work focuses on understanding how government policies may drive changes in household food purchases and thus promote healthier diets through analysing large disaggregated purchase data and national expenditure surveys.

Research projects

Together with collaborators from diverse disciplines, my current research agenda includes:

Analysing the potential impacts of different government policies aimed at promoting healthy and sustainable diets
Designing innovative policies for healthier food choices using choice experiments
Identifying the linkage between homeworking and physical activity
Investigating the trade-off between energy use, food expenditure and health outcomes

Background

I hold a PhD in Economics from University of Kent and a MSc in Applied Economics from University of Nottingham. Prior to joining Reading in 2022, I was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine where I continue to hold an honorary position. I am also an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School.

I previously worked on modelling food demand in India and Somalia and investigating the effect of trade liberalisation and school feeding scheme on Indian household diets. As part of the Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS), I worked on analysing the recent trends of processed food purchases in India. As part of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy Evaluation team, I examined the effect of the sugar levy on soft drink industries and healthcare costs.

Websites/blogs

Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/cherrylaw/home

Publications

Jones, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-1425-0513 , Forde, H. , Penney, T. , van Tulleken, D. , Cummins, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3957-4357 , Adams, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-5733-7830 , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Rutter, H. ORCID: 0000-0002-9322-0656 , Smith, R. , White, M. (2023) Industry views of the UK soft drinks industry levy: a thematic analysis of elite interviews with food and drink industry professionals, 2018-2020. BMJ Open , 13 (8). pp 0. ISSN: 2044-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072223

Burlinson, A. , Davillas, A. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 (2022) Pay (for it) as you go: prepaid energy meters and the heat-or-eat dilemma. Social Science & Medicine , 315 ISSN: 0277-9536 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115498
Tak, M. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Green, R. , Shankar, B. , Cornelsen, L. (2022) Processed foods purchase profiles in urban India in 2013 and 2016: a cluster and multivariate analysis. BMJ Open , 12 (10). ISSN: 2044-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062254
Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 and Cornelsen, L. (2022) Persistent consumer response to a nationwide food safety recall in urban India. Q Open , 2 (2). ISSN: 2633-9048 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoac025
Faccioli, M. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Caine, C. , Berger, N. , Yan, X. , Weninger, F. , Guell, C. , Smith, R. , Bateman, I. (2022) Combined carbon and health taxes outperform single-purpose information or fiscal measures in designing sustainable food policies. Nature Food , 3 pp. 331-340. ISSN: 2662-1355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00482-2
Yau, A. , Berger, N. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Cornelsen, L. , Greener, R. , Adams, J. , Boyland, E. , Burgoine, T. , de Vocht, F. , Egan, M. , Er, V. , Lake, A. , Lock, K. , Mytton, O. , Petticrew, M. , Thompson, C. , White, M. , Cummins, S. (2022) Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for London network: a controlled interrupted time series analysis. PLoS Medicine , 19 (2). ISSN: 1549-1676 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003915
Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Smith, R. , Cornelsen, L. (2022) Place matters: out-of-home demand for food and beverages in Great Britain. Food Policy , 107 ISSN: 0306-9192 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102215

Burlinson, A. , Giulietti, M. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Liu, H. (2021) Fuel poverty and financial distress. Energy Economics , 102 ISSN: 0140-9883 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105464
Hussein, M. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Fraser, I. (2021) An analysis of food demand in a fragile and insecure country: Somalia as a case study. Food Policy , 101 ISSN: 0306-9192 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102092
Brown, K. , Venkateshmurthy, N. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Harris, F. , Kadiyala, S. , Shankar, B. , Mohan, S. , Prabhakaran, D. , Knai, C. (2021) Moving towards sustainable food systems: a review of Indian food policy budgets. Global Food Security , 28 ISSN: 2211-9124 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100462
Cummins, S. , Berger, N. , Cornelsen, L. , Eling, J. , Er, V. , Greener, R. , Kalbus, A. , Karapici, A. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Ndlovu, D. , Yau, A. (2021) COVID-19: impact on the urban food retail system and dietary inequalities in the UK. Cities and Health , 5 (sup1). pp. s119-s122. ISSN: 2374-8842 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1785167

Brock, M. , Fraser, I. , Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Mitchell, S. , Roberts, D. (2020) An economic analysis of twitching behaviour and species rarity. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy , 10 (1). pp. 54-73. ISSN: 2160-6544 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2020.1782269
Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Cornelsen, L. , Adams, J. , Pell, D. , Rutter, H. , White, M. , Smith, R. (2020) The impact of UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on manufacturers’ domestic turnover. Economics & Human Biology , 37 ISSN: 1570-677X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100866
Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Cornelsen, L. , Adams, J. , Penney, T. , Rutter, H. , White, M. , Smith, R. (2020) An analysis of the stock market reaction to the announcements of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy. Economics & Human Biology , 38 ISSN: 1570-677X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.100834
Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Fraser, I. , Piracha, M. (2020) Nutrition transition and changing food preferences in India. Journal of Agricultural Economics , 71 (1). pp. 118-143. ISSN: 0021-857X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12322

Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 , Green, R. , Kadiyala, S. , Shankar, B. , Knai, C. , Brown, K. , Dangour, A. , Cornelsen, L. (2019) Purchase trends of processed foods and beverages in urban India. Global Food Security , 23 pp. 191-204. ISSN: 2211-9124 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.05.007
Law, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-1998 (2019) Unintended consequence of trade on regional dietary patterns in rural India. World Development , 113 pp. 277-293. ISSN: 0305-750X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.014

Dr Cherry Law

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Background

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