MBChB, MSc (Global Health)
Email: philippasimmonds@connect.glos.ac.uk
Blog: https://ruminationsphd.wordpress.com/
Profile 
Pippa is an interdisciplinary researcher interested in planetary health and low-carbon transitions within the food system. She joined the CCRI in October 2020, bringing prior experience in Medicine and Global Health. Her project is supervised by Professor Damian Maye and Professor Julie Ingram (both at the CCRI), and supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP) in collaboration with DEFRA.
Her PhD research aims to explore how livestock farmers are responding to the problematisation of ruminant livestock in relation to climate change. This includes how farmers perceive interactions between livestock and climate, how these understandings impact their behaviour at the farm level, what structures constrain and enable different behaviours, and whether and how farmers are implementing specific solutions to address GHG emissions from livestock.
Pippa has delivered guest lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate students and aims to further develop her teaching skills in higher education. Outside academia, Pippa has worked as a consultant for the WHO's European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases on topics including physical activity policy and the social determinants of childhood obesity. She recently provided editorial and project coordination support for a journal supplement scheduled to be published in Obesity Reviews in 2021.
Recent Publications
Journal articles
Simmonds and Vallgårda (2021), “It’s not as simple as something like sugar”: Values and conflict in the UK meat tax debate. Int. J. Health Gov. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-03-2021-0026
Buoncristiano et al (2021), Socio-economic inequalities in overweight and obesity among 6-9-year-old children in 24 countries from WHO European Region. Obes Rev. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13213
Braunerová et al (2021), Waist circumference and waist to height ratio in 7-year old children – WHO Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative. Obes Rev (accepted for publication Jan 2021)
Whiting et al (2021), Physical inactivity in 9 European and Central Asian countries: an analysis of national population-based survey results. Eur. J. Public Health (accepted for publication March 2021)
Barbosa et al (2020), Physical activity and academic achievement: An umbrella review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17(16), 5972. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165972
Reports
Staddon P, Urquhart J, Mills J, Goodenough A, Powell J, Vigani M, Simmonds P (2021). Woodland creation and tree planting, Report to Natural England. Countryside and Community Research Institute: Gloucester.
Conferences and workshops
Simmonds and Vallgårda (2020), Stakeholder arguments in the UK meat tax debate: An interpretive policy analysis. Poster presentation at the Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) Conference, University of Oxford (online), 8th December.
Simmonds (2021), Understanding livestock farmer behaviour in relation to climate change. Oral presentation at British Sociological Association Food Studies Group Conference, online, 23rd June.
Janet Dwyer awarded OBE
Former CCRI Director, Janet Dwyer has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 for her services to rural research over more than three decades.
Professor Julie Ingram delivers inaugural lecture
Yesterday afternoon, Professor Julie Ingram delivered her inaugural professorial lecture entitled ‘Unpacking the multiple meanings of innovation for sustainable agriculture: the who, what, how and why?’
Julie Ingram presenting and contributing to 14th European IFSA Symposium
This week Professor Julie Ingram is attending the 14th European Farming Systems Conference (IFSA – European Group) at the University of Évora, Portugal. The main focus of this years’ Conference will be Farming Systems Facing Climate Change and Resource Challenges.
Julie Ingram – Inaugural Professorial Lecture
On April 26th, Professor Julie Ingram will present her inaugural professorial lecture which will focus on innovation for sustainable agriculture. Find out more and register to attend this important event.
CCRI Placement Student 2022 – 2023
Would you like to gain work experience in a dynamic research team, carrying out academic research and consultancy projects for a wide range of clients? We are seeking to appoint an Undergraduate Placement Student as a Research Assistant to support our work for 2022-23.
Website update
A number of you have reported to us that you are experiencing problems with our website. CCRI Director Matt Reed explains what is happening with regard to this.