Gurpinder Singh Lalli
@gurpinderlalli.bsky.social
Professor in Education | @wlvuni.bsky.social | @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social | views my own
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@rituparna37.bsky.social & @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social's new book 'Food, Culture & Society in India: Social, Political, Economic & Cultural Perspectives' is out!
Link: doi.org/10.3167/9781...
Please find a chapter here by yours truly
Thank you @rituparna37.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social :D
Link: doi.org/10.3167/9781...
Please find a chapter here by yours truly
Thank you @rituparna37.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social :D
Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@rituparna37.bsky.social & @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social's new book 'Food, Culture & Society in India: Social, Political, Economic & Cultural Perspectives' is out!
Link: doi.org/10.3167/9781...
Please find a chapter here by yours truly
Thank you @rituparna37.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social :D
Link: doi.org/10.3167/9781...
Please find a chapter here by yours truly
Thank you @rituparna37.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social :D
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FOOD, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social has now been published!
Find out more here: bit.ly/4nhfKMU
#FoodStudies #Sociology #Anthropology
Find out more here: bit.ly/4nhfKMU
#FoodStudies #Sociology #Anthropology
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FOOD, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social has now been published!
Find out more here: bit.ly/4nhfKMU
#FoodStudies #Sociology #Anthropology
Find out more here: bit.ly/4nhfKMU
#FoodStudies #Sociology #Anthropology
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🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share.
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share.
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
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📢 Our first full-team article from the School Meals Project is now published 🎉
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
The UK School Meals Service 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience
This article explores the sensory and emotional dimensions of the UK School Meals Service (SMS) since 1944, arguing that the lived experiences of pupils, teachers, parents, catering staff, and poli...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📢 Our first full-team article from the School Meals Project is now published 🎉
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
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Pleased to share that our chapter on Schools and Food cowritten with @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social is finally out!
✨ New chapter on Schools & Food ✨
Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪
Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society':
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪
Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society':
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Pleased to share that our chapter on Schools and Food cowritten with @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social is finally out!
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Delighted to represent @eassh.bsky.social at the @erc.europa.eu Competitiveness Through Frontier Research conference in Copenhagen. Inspiring to hear Danish Minister Christina Egelund highlight society’s key role in shaping European research culture,values and outputs. @ecer-eera.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Delighted to represent @eassh.bsky.social at the @erc.europa.eu Competitiveness Through Frontier Research conference in Copenhagen. Inspiring to hear Danish Minister Christina Egelund highlight society’s key role in shaping European research culture,values and outputs. @ecer-eera.bsky.social
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✨ New chapter on Schools & Food ✨
Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪
Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society':
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪
Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society':
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
✨ New chapter on Schools & Food ✨
Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪
Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society':
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪
Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society':
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
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Learn about Ben Williamson's #ECER2025 Belgrade Keynote "The birth of the bio-edu-data-sciences: biology, data, and the consequences for educational research, policy and practice" https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers/ben-williamson
July 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Learn about Ben Williamson's #ECER2025 Belgrade Keynote "The birth of the bio-edu-data-sciences: biology, data, and the consequences for educational research, policy and practice" https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers/ben-williamson
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The last preparations for #ECER2025 are underway at the University of Belgrade. We are looking forward to welcoming 454 emerging researchers from 57 countries to the Emerging Researchers' Conference tomorrow and 2617 participants from 73 countries to ECER on Tuesday.
September 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The last preparations for #ECER2025 are underway at the University of Belgrade. We are looking forward to welcoming 454 emerging researchers from 57 countries to the Emerging Researchers' Conference tomorrow and 2617 participants from 73 countries to ECER on Tuesday.
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I am very much looking forward to being a keynote panelist at #BERA2025 alongside a stellar group of speakers www.bera.ac.uk/conference/b.... I’ll be speaking about our work at @morayhouse.bsky.social
Keynote Speakers
Keynotes confirmed
www.bera.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am very much looking forward to being a keynote panelist at #BERA2025 alongside a stellar group of speakers www.bera.ac.uk/conference/b.... I’ll be speaking about our work at @morayhouse.bsky.social
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Heading to #BERA2025 (solidarity to GMT strikers in London) with @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and @hyabyohannes.bsky.social to deliver plenary together.
Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure
Determined to hold it together but have tissues in case.
Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure
Determined to hold it together but have tissues in case.
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Heading to #BERA2025 (solidarity to GMT strikers in London) with @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and @hyabyohannes.bsky.social to deliver plenary together.
Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure
Determined to hold it together but have tissues in case.
Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure
Determined to hold it together but have tissues in case.
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#ECER2025 Belgrade Keynotes will be livestreamed on Wednesday, 10 September and Thursday, 11 September 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST). Click here for info on the speakers and their keynotes and the links to the livestreams
https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers
https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers
September 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ECER2025 Belgrade Keynotes will be livestreamed on Wednesday, 10 September and Thursday, 11 September 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST). Click here for info on the speakers and their keynotes and the links to the livestreams
https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers
https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers
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Pre-ERC at #ECER2025 impressions: the walking tour group and the ERG Link Convenor Lisa Bugno in front of the Faculty of Philosphy, the local volunteers, ERC pronoun pins and the Pop Up Playground in the Fac of Philosophy.
September 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Pre-ERC at #ECER2025 impressions: the walking tour group and the ERG Link Convenor Lisa Bugno in front of the Faculty of Philosphy, the local volunteers, ERC pronoun pins and the Pop Up Playground in the Fac of Philosophy.
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Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann has compiled a Starter Pack on Food Security and Nutrition – perfect for anyone looking to learn, connect with experts & engage in meaningful dialogue.
🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts:
👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ
#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity
🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts:
👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ
#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann has compiled a Starter Pack on Food Security and Nutrition – perfect for anyone looking to learn, connect with experts & engage in meaningful dialogue.
🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts:
👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ
#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity
🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts:
👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ
#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity
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‘Something has to go catastrophically wrong before you get funding to fix it’: leaders tell @ellencph.bsky.social about the safety hazards in their school buildings that they haven’t been able to tackle because of a lack of funding
‘Our site is on a knife edge’: the school buildings crisis deepens
Rusting fire escapes, legionella and classrooms that reach 53C: a lack of funding for buildings maintenance is putting pupils and staff at risk, leaders tell Ellen Peirson-Hagger. Will government…
www.tes.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
‘Something has to go catastrophically wrong before you get funding to fix it’: leaders tell @ellencph.bsky.social about the safety hazards in their school buildings that they haven’t been able to tackle because of a lack of funding
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New Blog Post 📝
More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect
Some schools are testing their students too much and are collecting so much data, it's completely useless.
Here I go into what the testing effect is and tackle some of the misconceptions! 👇
inquestion.co.uk/2025/05/18/t...
More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect
Some schools are testing their students too much and are collecting so much data, it's completely useless.
Here I go into what the testing effect is and tackle some of the misconceptions! 👇
inquestion.co.uk/2025/05/18/t...
More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect: What is the Testing Effect?
The Testing Effect enhances long-term retention through retrieval practice, not frequent testing. Completing more tests doesn’t mean you’ll get the testing effect.
inquestion.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
New Blog Post 📝
More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect
Some schools are testing their students too much and are collecting so much data, it's completely useless.
Here I go into what the testing effect is and tackle some of the misconceptions! 👇
inquestion.co.uk/2025/05/18/t...
More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect
Some schools are testing their students too much and are collecting so much data, it's completely useless.
Here I go into what the testing effect is and tackle some of the misconceptions! 👇
inquestion.co.uk/2025/05/18/t...
Food, culture and society in India, available from November 2025. Pleasure working withDr Rituparna Patgiri and contributors on this critical work! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Patgir... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ifpri.org
Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Food, culture and society in India, available from November 2025. Pleasure working withDr Rituparna Patgiri and contributors on this critical work! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Patgir... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ifpri.org
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To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
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🍽️ Universal free school meals: a welfare policy or an investment in future generations?
In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform.
📖 Read more: bit.ly/4c57uvk
In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform.
📖 Read more: bit.ly/4c57uvk
Universal free school meals are beneficial and popular – but the UK’s provision remains patchy
Universal free school meals improve health, boost learning and tackle child poverty—yet England lags behind in rolling them out.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🍽️ Universal free school meals: a welfare policy or an investment in future generations?
In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform.
📖 Read more: bit.ly/4c57uvk
In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform.
📖 Read more: bit.ly/4c57uvk
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📢 New OA article written with Isabelle Carter for the Oral History Review!
Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service; A Case Study
The UK school meals service has a distinctive history shaped by early welfare policies, austerity measures, and the introduction of universal free school meals, thus making it a useful case study f...
www.tandfonline.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📢 New OA article written with Isabelle Carter for the Oral History Review!
Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
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Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
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One-day seminar event May 8th at Brunel University of London: "The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty" - please join us at this free event with excellent speakers on food poverty and use of food banks. Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-role-o...
The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty
Join us for a seminar on food poverty & free food provision in education, featuring top scholars & practitioners. #FoodInsecurity #Education
eventbrite.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
One-day seminar event May 8th at Brunel University of London: "The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty" - please join us at this free event with excellent speakers on food poverty and use of food banks. Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-role-o...
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Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social