Publications 

Work under the Food Transitions 2050 theme has resulted in the following publications:

 

Names highlighted in BOLD are Food Transitions 2050 doctoral students

 

Food and future landscapes 

  • Gillespie, J., Cavanagh, J.-A., Edwards, S., Jolly, D., Payne, D., & Smith, C. (2024). A transdisciplinary approach for assessing connections between soil, food, and people in Aotearoa New Zealand. European Journal of Soil Science, 75(3), e13521. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13521

  • Gillespie, J., Payne, M., Payne, D., Edwards, S., Jolly, D., Smith, C., and Cavanagh, J.-A. (2024). Research at the interface between Indigenous knowledge and soil science; weaving knowledges to understand horticultural land use in Aotearoa New Zealand, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3546.

  • Gregorini, P., Gordon, I. J., Fleming, A., Morris, R., Romera, A., Judson, G., Moorhead, A., Barnes, J., Eggers, J., Charters, S., Davis, S., & O, S. A. (2024). Integral health farming. Npj Sustainable Agriculture, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-024-00022-4

  • Hamon, B., Thibault, J., Tissot, C., Parker, A., & Quénol, H. (2024). Identification of the best viticultural areas by spatial optimisation. Application in New Zealand South Island in the context of climate change.

  • Lignon, V. A., Jones, E. E., Dhami, M. K., Mas, F., & Kaiser, C. (2024). The floral interface: a playground for interactions between insect pollinators, microbes, and plants. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2024.2353285

  • MacDougall, M.S., Nelson, X.J. and Stringer, L.D. (2025), Harshing the Vibes: Behavioural Responses to Predation and Deterrent Vibrational Playback in Scolypopa Australis (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae). J Appl Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13412

  • MacDougall, M. S., Borthwick-Taylor, G., Nelson, X. J., & Stringer, L. D. (2024). Vibrational communication in Scolypopa australis: characterising spontaneous and intrasexual calls in an invasive orchard pest. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13460

  • Morris, R., Davis, S., Grelet, G-A., Gregorini, P. (2024). Agroecology for the City—Spatialising ES-Based Design in Peri-Urban Contexts. Land. 13(10):1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101589

  • Morris, R., Davis, S., Grelet, G-A., Gregorini, P. (2024). ESMAX for spatial agroecology: A conceptual spatial model for the quantification and visualisation of ES performance from different configurations of landscape. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12097

  • Morris, R., Davis, S., Grelet, G.-A., Doscher, C., & Gregorini, P. (2024). A Model for Spatially Explicit Landscape Configuration and Ecosystem Service Performance, ESMAX: Model Description and Explanation. Sustainability, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020876

  • Morris, R., Gregorini, P., Davis, S., & Grelet, G.-A. (2022). Multiscapes and Urbanisation: The Case for Spatial Agroecology. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031352

  • O’Brien, S. A., Anderson, D. P., Lavorel, S., Lai, H. R., de Burgh, N., & Tylianakis, J. M. (2024). Landscape patterns drive provision of nature's contributions to people by mobile species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14764

  • Wang, L., Zou, L., & Wu, J. (2023). Stock price crashes in China: an artificial neural network approach. Pacific Accounting Review, 35(4), 645–669. https://doi.org/10.1108/PAR-08-2022-0121

  • Yang, W., Li, Z., & Wang, L. (2024). Impacts of Risk Preference and Social Insurance on Household Financial Market Participation in China: Are There Differences between Urban and Rural Residents? Applied Finance Letters, 13, 2–13. https://doi.org/10.24135/afl.v13i.713

  • Yang, W., Tantiwat, W., Renwick, A., Revoredo-Giha, C., & Wang, L. (2023). The role of credence attribute claims in food product launch – a comparative study of New Zealand and Australia. British Food Journal, 125(7), 2588–2609. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-03-2022-0254

  • Yang, W., & Wang, L. (2023). Impact of farmer group participation on the adoption of sustainable farming practices—spatial analysis of New Zealand dairy farmers. Annals of Public & Cooperative Economics, 94(3), 701–717. https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12404

 

Food for a zero carbon future 

 

  • Bennie, R.Z., Ogilvie, O.J., Loo, L.S.W., Zhou, H., Ng, S.K., Jin, A., Trlin, H.J.F., Wan, A., Yu, H., Domigan, L.J., and Dobson, R.C.J. (2025) A risk-based approach can guide safe cell line development and cell banking for scaled-up cultivated meat production. Nature Food, 3 January 2025; 6: 25-30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01085-9 .

  • Jin, A., Bennie, RZ., Ogilvie, OJ., Trlin, HJF., Kong, NS., Yu, H., et al. (2024). Sculpting the future of meat: Biomaterial approaches and structural engineering for large-scale cell-based production. Sust Food Prot., 2(1): 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/sfp2.1023

  • Harper, A. R., Dobson, R. C. J., Morris, V. K., & Moggré, G. (2022). Fermentation of plant‐based dairy alternatives by lactic acid bacteria. Microbial Biotechnology, 15(5), 1404–1421. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14008

  • Nightingale-McMahon, M., Robinson, B., Malcolm, B., Clough, T., & Whitehead, D. (2024). Effects of Winery Wastewater to Soils on Mineral Properties and Soil Carbon. Land, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060751

  • O’Connor, C.T., McNeill, M.R., Bowie, M.H et al. (2024). Kawakawa and the hungry little caterpillars: the kawakawa looper Cleora scriptaria causes unique plant responses in kawakawa Macropiper excelsum leaves. Authorea. https://10.22541/au.172456996.63266328/v1

  • O’Connor, C. T., Gathercole, J., Bowie, M., Morton, J. D., Finlay-Smits, S., McNeill, M. R., & van Koten, C. (2023). Attitudes to consumption of edible insects by indigenous Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: future commercial opportunities. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 10(2), 219–235. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-20230105

  • Ogilvie, O. J., Bennie, R. Z., Trlin, H. J. F., Loo, L. S. W., Zhou, H., Jin, A., Oh, J. K., Dobson, R. C. J., Yu, H., & Domigan, L. J. (2024). Interdisciplinary methods for analysing food matrix structures of hybrid cell-based meats: A review. Food Structure, 39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foostr.2023.100361

  • Sullivan, N., Sharp, J., Vink, C., Black, A., Marsh, A., & Butler, R. (2023). Spider and harvestmen biodiversity in New Zealand horticultural ecosystems. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2023.2274827

 

Food consumer transitions

  • Hyde, C. (2022). Grubs up: Multiple enactments of insects as food in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Sociology, 37(2), 94–106.

  • Mangwe, M. C., Bryant, R. H., Olszewski, A., Herath, H. M. G. P., & Al-Marashdeh, O. (2024). Can the Inclusion of Forage Chicory in the Diet of Lactating Dairy Cattle Alter Milk Production and Milk Fatty Acid Composition? Findings of a Multilevel Meta-Analysis. Animals (2076-2615), 14(7), 1002. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14071002

  • Mao, T., Akshit, F., Matiwalage, I., Sasidharan, S., Alvarez, C. M., Wescombe, P., & Mohan, M. S. (2024). Preferential Binding of Polyphenols in Blackcurrant Extracts with Milk Proteins and the Effects on the Bioaccessibility and Antioxidant Activity of Polyphenols. Foods, 13(4), 515. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13040515

  • Sun, P., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Feng, Z., Lee, S. J., & Serventi, L. (2022). Antimicrobial activity of tofu whey and steam blanching pea water for enhancement of shelf-life of 3D printed mashed potatoes. Food Bioscience, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2022.102049

  • Xu, L., Yu, Q., Wang, M., Xu, S., Shi, X., Zhao, X., Yang, J., Xie, X., Gao, J., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Soil mineral nitrogen regulation by a novel porous material in structurally degraded soils. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 102(14), 6285–6292. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.11977

  • Yang, W., Anh, B. & Le, P. (2023). Do consumers care about environmentally sustainable attributes along the food supply chain? —A systematic literature review. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 8(2), 513–533. https://doi.org/10.3934/agrfood.2023027

  • Zhang, Y., Kim, E. H.-J., & Serventi, L. (2024). Evaluation of the protein profile and emulsifying properties of legume wastewater as emulsifier in circular food applications. LWT, 202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2024.116320

  • Zhang, Y., Momoisea, P., Lin, Q., Liang, J., Burrow, K., & Serventi, L. (2023). Evaluation of Sensory and Physicochemical Characteristics of Vitamin B12 Enriched Whole-Meal Sourdough Bread Fermented with Propionibacterium freudenreichii. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/su1510815

 

Food Governance 2050

 

  • Davis, S., Chen, G., Robinson, M., & Darvill, N. (2024). Peri-urban landscapes and the potential of integrated foodscapes to support healthy cities: an Aotearoa New Zealand case study. Cities and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2024.2348284

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