About
Amar Laila is a Research Fellow at Stockholm University, holding a joint post-doctoral fellowship with the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commission. His position is part of the Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition. His work focuses on food system justice and transforming food systems into sustainable and equitable models. Previously, he completed his PhD in Applied Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph, researching food literacy and food waste in Canadian families with young children.
His research interests revolve around sustainable eating behaviors, food system justice, and policy interventions. He employs a justice and food systems approach to understand how interventions and policies can positively influence dietary practices. Key areas include corporate power dynamics in food systems, citizen engagement in policy, and the interplay between family dynamics and child health outcomes.
In terms of grants and collaborations, his current post-doctoral work is supported through partnerships with the EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commission and the Stockholm Resilience Centre. While no formal advisees are listed, his research often involves collaborative projects with families and communities to effect behavioral change.
He is actively involved with the Stockholm Resilience Centre, focusing on transformative food systems research, and contributes to the EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commission’s efforts to advance food system justice globally.
