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Scholarship spotlight
Food sustains human life, yet the trends of
increasing population, increasingly extreme
climate, decreasing agricultural labour, and
reduced agricultural land are placing huge
strains on food security globally, especially
in developing countries.
Inaugural recipient of the Possingham
Supplementary Scholarship in
Environmental Sustainability, Thi Xuan
Dieu Phan (Dieu), will be focusing her PhD
research on the importance of transforming
sustainable food consumption.
“Now more than ever it is necessary to
transform food systems toward sustainability,
ensuring food security and healthy diets for
future generations,” Dieu says.
“Sustainable food consumption has become
a vital subject on the international agenda.
However, relevant studies on this topic
are conducted in developed countries and
are still quite fragmented, and most focus
only on single aspects of sustainable food
consumption.
and mixed, therefore more than 70 percent
of the waste in Vietnam is buried, leading to
environmental pollution.”
While Dieu’s focus is on Ho Chi Minh
City, her research will help contribute to
the gap in literature on food consumption
sustainability in developing countries.
“I am very proud to be the first student
to receive the Possingham Supplementary
Scholarship,” she said.
“This scholarship has great significance for
my PhD and career journey. It encourages
me to pursue my thesis on environmental
sustainability and consolidate my research
interests on sustainable agriculture and food
systems sustainability topics.”
The Possingham Supplementary
Scholarship in Environmental
Sustainability was established in
2021 by the Possingham family,
in honour of Max and Barbara,
who were both graduates of the
University of Adelaide. Barbara
was one of the first women at the
University to achieve a Doctorate
in Physics (1956). This scholarship
supports a postgraduate
student studying in the area of
environmental sustainability, whose
research has the potential to deliver
a positive environmental outcome.
For more information about the
scholarship, visit: adelaide.edu.au/
possingham-scholarship
“While most of the empirical studies in
the literature focus only on the acquisition
phase, my research will cover the three
phases of food consumption – acquisition,
usage and disposal.
“Ho Chi Minh City - the biggest city in
Vietnam - implemented a waste sorting
program in 2017, but it has not achieved
feasible results because of household habits.
Organic waste (waste generated from food)
and other non-organic waste are unsorted
Dr Jennifer Possingham, Dieu Phan and Graham Possingham at the 2022 Scholarship Celebration
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