Experts

Shivani Taneja is a Research Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham. She has previously worked as a Teaching Associate in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, as a Research Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Surrey and as a Research Associate in Environmental Economics at the University of Manchester. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex and her thesis focused on topics in labour economics. Her

Valerie Tarasuk’s primary research focus is household food insecurity. She has led several studies to elucidate the scope, nature, and health implications of this problem in Canada, assess the effectiveness of community responses, and determine the effects of public policies and programs on food insecurity rates. Since 2011, she has led PROOF, an interdisciplinary research designed to identify effective policy approaches and mobilise knowledge to reduce household food insecurity in Canada.

Vis Taraz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Smith College. Her research sits at the intersection of development, environmental, and agricultural economics, with a primary regional focus on India. and a secondary focus on Africa. Areas of expertise include the impact of climate change on agriculture in low- and middle-income countries; the impact of climate change on migration and labor markets; and the role of social safety net programs in cushioning households from climate change.

Hannah is a research officer at the London School of Economics, currently working on tax policy, inequality and measurement issues. Prior to joining LSE, she completed an MPhil in Economics at the University of Oxford.

Iva Tasseva is a researcher in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on income inequality and poverty and the redistributive effect of tax-benefit policies within specific countries and in a cross-country comparative perspective. She also has extensive experience of tax-benefit microsimulation models for distributional analysis.

Anna joined the Food Foundation as its first Executive Director at the beginning of June 2015 after 5 years at the Department for International Development.  At DFID Anna led the policy team on nutrition and supported the delivery of the UK’s global commitments to tackle undernutrition. She is a Board member for Veg Power and on the Strategic Policy Council for the International Food Policy Research Institute.  She is currently serving as Chief Independent Adviser to Henry Dimbleby for the