Ferne Edwards

Ferne Edwards is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy, City St George's, University of London, where she conducts interdisciplinary research on the justice, politics, and sustainability of urban and alternative food economies. Her work contributes to transformative food system governance through projects like FixOurFood, SHARECITY, EdiCitNet, and FoodCLIC.

Education:

• PhD in Cultural Anthropology, Australian National University, Australia
• MSc in International Urban and Environmental Management, RMIT University, Australia
• BA (Hons) in Anthropology, University of Melbourne, Australia

Ferne's research explores food waste, urban beekeeping, food sharing, and alternative food networks through ethnographic methods across the UK, Australia, Venezuela, Spain, and Norway. Her work intersects with urban sustainability, conservation, design, and the creation of healthy, resilient cities. She emphasizes the more-than-human dimensions of urban life and contributes to degrowth-oriented food practices.

Ferne is the editor of three key academic books: Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices (Routledge, 2021), Food, Senses and the City (Routledge, 2021), and Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City (Berghahn, 2023). Her 2023 monograph, Food Resistance Movements: Journeying through Alternative Food Networks, synthesizes nearly two decades of field research. These works reflect her deep engagement with food as a lens for understanding social, ecological, and political transformation in cities.

Ferne has not been mentioned as receiving any scientific awards in the provided text.

Ferne contributes to major international research projects focused on food system transformation. She is actively involved in knowledge dissemination through book editing and monograph publication. While no specific grants are listed, her participation in FixOurFood and other collaborative initiatives indicates engagement with funded research programs. There is no mention of formal student supervision or advising roles.

She is affiliated with the Centre for Food Policy, a leading interdisciplinary research hub focused on food systems, governance, and urban sustainability.