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Biography
Greta Defeyter is Professor of Developmental Psychology in the department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing. Greta is the founder and the Director of the ‘Healthy Living’ Lab at Northumbria University and has spent the last 20 years researching food insecurity, social injustice, school feeding programmes and holiday hunger programmes in the UK. She has received funding from multiple sources and has published numerous papers on school breakfast clubs, school food programmes and holiday hunger programmes in the UK. She is now a recognised expert in this area and in 2015, she was made a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in recognition of her research with children living in areas of social and economic deprivation. More recently, she joined a prestigious line up of award winners, including Jamie Oliver, by winning a Food Heroes Award from Sustain for her research on school breakfast clubs and holiday hunger programmes. In 2020 she was recognised, by the Big Issue, as one of the top 100 change makers for her research and policy impact on childhood food poverty in the UK. Greta has advised the DfE on the Holiday Activities and Food Progamme (HAF) and is a member of the British Psychological Society Expert Reference Group-From Poverty to Flourishing, a Subject Expert on the American Psychological Association’s-Equity Flattens the Curve Campaign, a civic commissioner on the Gateshead Poverty Truth Commission, an executive member of the North East Child Poverty Commission, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine Health and Food Council, and a trustee of Feeding Britain.
Research interests
Greta is the founder and the Director of the ‘Healthy Living’ Lab at Northumbria University and has spent the last 20 years researching food insecurity, social injustice, school feeding programmes and holiday hunger programmes in the UK. She has received funding from multiple sources and has published numerous papers on school breakfast clubs, school food programmes and holiday hunger programmes in the UK.
Education/Academic qualification
Education, PCAP
30 Jun 2004 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 30 Jun 2004
Psychology, PhD
1 Sep 1999 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sep 1999
External positions
Great North Air Ambulance
2019 → …
Family Gateway
2019 → …
Feeding Britain
2019 → …
The Ouseburn Learning Trust
2019 → …
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Projects
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An evaluation of Kitchen Social:l: the impact on individuals and communities
8/01/18 → 7/01/21
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An Exploration of Nutritional Education within the Holiday Activities and Food Programme in England
Round, E. K., Shinwell, J., Stretesky, P. B. & Defeyter, M. A., 19 Feb 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 4, 18 p., 2398.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Map of Need: Identifying and predicting the spatial distribution of financial hardship in Scotland’s Veteran Community
Kiernan, M., Rodrigues, M., Mann, E., Stretesky, P. & Defeyter, M. A., 1 Feb 2022, In: BMJ Military Health. 168, 1, p. 57-63 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining the Relationship Between Child Holiday Club Attendance and Parental Mental Wellbeing
Long, M. A., Stretesky, P., Crilley, E., Sattar, Z. & Defeyter, M. A., 1 Nov 2021, In: Public Health in Practice. 2, 4 p., 100122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food Insecurity: A constant Factor in the Lives of Low-Income Families in Scotland and England
Shinwell, J. & Defeyter, G., 19 May 2021, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 9, p. 1-14 14 p., 588254.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food insecurity, food waste, food behaviours and cooking confidence of UK citizens at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown
Armstrong, B., Reynolds, C., Martins, C. A., Frankowska, A., Levy, R. B., Rauber, F., Osei-Kwasi, H. A., Vega, M., Cediel, G., Schmidt, X., Kluczkovski, A., Akparibo, R., Auma, C. L., Defeyter, M. A. A., Tereza da Silva, J. & Bridge, G., 30 Sep 2021, In: British Food Journal. 123, 9, p. 2959-2978 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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"Because we are coming here, it's making my life easier" Children's views on what difference holiday clubs make to them
Pamela Graham (Speaker), Melissa Fothergill (Speaker) & M.A. Defeyter (Speaker)
16 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Holiday hunger, summer learning loss and the importance of summer clubs in tackling these phenomena
M.A. Defeyter (Speaker)
Jan 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Healthy Living Lab: Public Engagement
M.A. Defeyter (Speaker)
7 Sep 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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A NEET Solution? Addressing issues of Social Justice through an education project for marginalised youth delivered through Premiership Rugby Clubs
Liz Atkins (Speaker), Pamela Graham (Speaker) & Greta Defeyter (Speaker)
6 Sep 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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A NEET Solution? The impact of an education project for marginalised youth delivered through Premiership Rugby Clubs
Pamela Graham (Speaker), Liz Atkins (Speaker) & Greta Defeyter (Speaker)
5 Sep 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation