Staff Profile:Dr Cherry Law

Name:

Dr Cherry Law

Job Title:

Lecturer

Responsibilities:

Seminar leader for Global Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects AP1A28

Other position:

Member of Population Health Innovation 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.

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

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

Academic 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.

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

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Jump to: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019

Number of items: 13.

2022

• Faccioli, M., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Caine, C. A., Berger, N., Yan, X., Weninger, F., Guell, C., Smith, R. D. and Bateman, I. J. (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://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00482-2
• Yau, A., Berger, N., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Cornelsen, L., Greener, R., Adams, J., Boyland, E. J., Burgoine, T., de Vocht, F., Egan, M., Er, V., Lake, A. A., Lock, K., Mytton, O., Petticrew, M., Thompson, C., White, M. and 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). e1003915. ISSN 1549-1676 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003915
• Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Smith, R. and Cornelsen, L. (2022) Place matters: out-of-home demand for food and beverages in Great Britain. Food Policy, 107. 102215. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102215

2021

• Burlinson, A., Giulietti, M., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998 and Liu, H.-H. (2021) Fuel poverty and financial distress. Energy Economics, 102. 105464. ISSN 0140-9883 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105464
• Hussein, M., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998 and Fraser, I. (2021) An analysis of food demand in a fragile and insecure country: Somalia as a case study. Food Policy, 101. 102092. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102092
• Brown, K. A., Venkateshmurthy, N. S., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Harris, F., Kadiyala, S., Shankar, B., Mohan, S., Prabhakaran, D. and Knai, C. (2021) Moving towards sustainable food systems: a review of Indian food policy budgets. Global Food Security, 28. 100462. ISSN 2211-9124 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100462

2020

• Cummins, S., Berger, N., Cornelsen, L., Eling, J., Er, V., Greener, R., Kalbus, A., Karapici, A., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Ndlovu, D. and Yau, A. (2020) COVID-19: impact on the urban food retail system and dietary inequalities in the UK. Cities and Health. pp. 1-4. ISSN 2374-8842 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1785167
• Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Cornelsen, L., Adams, J., Penney, T., Rutter, H., White, M. and Smith, R. (2020) An analysis of the stock market reaction to the announcements of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy. Economics & Human Biology, 38. 100834. ISSN 1570-677X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.100834
• Brock, M., Fraser, I., Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Mitchell, S. and Roberts, D. L. (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://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2020.1782269
• Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Cornelsen, L., Adams, J., Pell, D., Rutter, H., White, M. and Smith, R. (2020) The impact of UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on manufacturers’ domestic turnover. Economics & Human Biology, 37. 100866. ISSN 1570-677X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100866
• Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Fraser, I. and 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://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12322

2019

• Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1998, Green, R., Kadiyala, S., Shankar, B., Knai, C., Brown, K. A., Dangour, A. D. and 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://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.05.007
• Law, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/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://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.014

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Qualifications:

Fellowship in Higher Education Academy, UK
PhD Economics, University of Kent, UK
MSc Applied Economics, University of Nottingham, UK
BBA Economics and Operations Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong