A major 3-year ESRC- funded project examining how digitalising food assistance has influenced access to food for marginalised populations and its role as a source of power. We’re working in Sudan, India and the UK. The project is situated in the SOAS Food Studies Centre.
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Multimedia
30 January 2026
As food assistance goes digital, vulnerable people risk being shut out. Iris Lim presents some of the key findings of our UK research in this short 8 minute pod bite produced together with the Food Foundation.
Multimedia
19 January 2026
This photo series explores the everyday practices and improvised adaptations that arise as welfare and social support systems move increasingly online.
Event
19 November 2025
On 19 November 2026, Tamer and Susanne presented preliminary findings of the second phase of Sudan research at CEDEJ Khartoum in Cairo.
Publication
6 November 2025
In this introductory blog, Yasmin Houamed argues that digitalisation is not a neutral innovation but a political process, fraught with risks and vulnerabilities.
Event
15 October 2025
The team organised a panel on ‘The politics of food and technology in changing global and local crises’ at the conference of the International Humanitarian Studies Association in Istanbul (15-17 October).
Event
17 September 2025
Tamer and Susanne presented a paper at the IDS conference (from 15-17 September 2025) on ‘The Politics of Digitalising Food Assistance in Sudan’s Crisis, and its Effect on the Food Security of Marginalised Populations’.
