BERA Council Election: Results 2023
Following a competitive election comprising of worthy candidates for one vacancy on BERA Council, we are delighted to announce the outcome. Council After a strong wider field of nine candidates,...
Convenor
Gurpinder Lalli, Professor
Professor in Education for Social Justice and Inclusion at University of Wolverhampton
Gurpinder is Professor in Education for Social Justice and Inclusion in the School of Education. Trained as a sociologist and ethnographer, he has a track record in conducting research on the school meals service with a focus on inequity in education. He is Co-Director and founding member of the Centre for Research in Education and Social Transformation (CREST). He is the research hub lead for Education, Leadership and Social Justice. Gurpinder is an award winning researcher and has authored 4 books. These include Schools, Food and Social Learning (Routledge, 2019), School Farms: Feeding and educating children (Routledge, 2021), Schools, Space and Culinary Capital (Routledge, 2022) and Food Futures in Education and Society (Routledge, 2023).
He is currently co-leading an edited collection titled, Food, Culture and Society in India. He is co-investigator on the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of the UK School Meals Service funded by UKRI ESRC.
Gurpinder Lalli's contributions
Writing Retreat – October
Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the ‘second edition’ of our writing...
Writing Retreat – May/June
This event is now fully booked, please email events@bera.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list. Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a...
Writing Retreat – February
#BERA_Writing @BERANews @bera_irf Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the...
‘Why can’t I use this voucher?’ The impact of Covid-19 on access and (in)effective support of the school food voucher scheme
The Food Foundation (2020) has found since lockdown started that 5 million people in the UK living in households with children under 18 have experienced food insecurity. A minority (1.8 million)...
Continue reading blog postWriting Retreat
Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_Writing @BERANews @bera_irf The writing retreat will offer participants dedicated time and...
The free school meal voucher scheme & children’s access to food during the Covid-19 crisis
With schools closed in the UK in response to the Covid-19 crisis, children who would normally receive free school meals were at an elevated risk of food insecurity. However, the voucher scheme...
BERA Council and Committees
BERA Council is supported by a number of standing committees and steering groups who are tasked with actioning the decisions of BERA Council. BERA Council is made up of the following: The...
