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Abigail Page

Abigail Page

CASE and Social Policy PhD Student

Expertise: childhood food insecurity, school governance, school food system

Email:
a.p.page@lse.ac.uk
Room:
LSE
Links:
CASE
Department of Social Policy

Biography

Abigail joined CASE in 2022 as an ESRC funded PhD student in the Department of Social Policy. Abigail is interested in food security as a matter of social justice. Her research is focused on the interaction between school food provision and children’s capabilities to be nourished, mentally and physically healthy, and to learn. Her PhD is investigating how secondary school governors in England think about and respond to student food insecurity in the context of their statutory duties for promoting health and wellbeing, supporting disadvantaged students and school food provision. Alongside her studies Abigail works with organisations across the voluntary and public sector to advocate for and make improvements to the school food system in England.

Abigail Page's current research interests are:

  • Childhood food insecurity
  • Poverty and social justice
  • Capabilities approach
  • School governance
  • Food systems

Abigail's latest projects include:

  • Governing for the wellbeing of all children: The role of secondary school governors in England in supporting children at risk of food insecurity

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