Sustainable Food Systems

Overview

Through this master’s degree programme, you will be taught by internationally renowned experts who provide in-depth knowledge across fields of crop science, livestock health, supply chains, climate and the environment, and consumer behaviour. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with the Centre’s research partners across local government, industry, policy, and NGOs and join in ongoing food systems research in Liverpool and across the globe. You will, via your projects, have access to research that we undertake nationally and across the globe (eg. South America, Africa, Asia).

This Sustainable Food Systems programme from University of Liverpool is designed to introduce you to the concepts of sustainable food systems, the interdisciplinary approaches required to both understand and design future food systems, and to develop state-of-the-art scientific understanding of disciplines underpinning food systems. The course provides an introduction to data science and research methodologies while providing space for students to identify and pursue their interests within critical food systems issues. The programme will also introduce you to the practical aspects of food systems that must be understood to effect change - policy development, inter- and intra-national regulation, and an understanding of the global and intersectoral nature of food systems working in the real world. You will “walk the food chain” enabling you experience the processes and issues that are involved in the “farm to fork” journey.

Career Prospects

This new MSc in Sustainable Food Systems is designed to equip the next generation with the critical thinking skills, resourcefulness, a systems mindset, and the international perspective needed to solve global food systems issues. These transferable skills are highly valuable in many fields or industries, including (among others) agriculture, operations and supply chain management, charities, policy-making organisations, academia, regulatory bodies, government agencies and NGO’s, food processing and manufacturing companies, journalism, public health.