Jordon Lazell

Jordon Lazell is a Lecturer in Marketing at Essex Business School, University of Essex. He also serves as Academic Director of Student Recruitment and Academic Offense Officer for the Marketing and Management Group. His research focuses on consumer food waste behaviors, surplus food redistribution, and operational sustainability in retail and voluntary sectors.

• Education: PhD (Coventry University, 2021), MA (Coventry University, 2013), BA (Coventry University, 2012)

Jordon's research combines practice theory and spatial-temporal analysis to examine unsustainable consumption patterns. He co-created the Social Marketing module and teaches Operations and Supply Chain Management, Retail Management, and Research Methods. His Google Scholar publications cover topics from digital product passports to surplus food supply chains, with a focus on UK, Indonesia, and Southern Africa case studies.

As co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Food Waste, he contributes to academic discourse on food sustainability. Jordon leads projects like Ready Healthy Eat (funded by National Lottery Community Fund) and organizes the Future of Food Symposium. He supervises PhD and postgraduate students while advising on consumer behavior and environmental engagement in business practices.