Join us on Tuesday 2nd December at the iCAST Creative Hub for our next Science Café.
This month we are being joined by Dr. Atenchong Talleh Nkobou – Senior lecturer in International Rural Development, Royal Agricultural University. He is a critical development scholar and has led research projects funded by the UKRI ESRC, and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. He is the lead researcher in public and policy engagements for the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded project Cellular Agricultural Manufacturing Hub (CARMA). His research focuses on the political economy of agrarian systems, land tenure and food security, including human rights-based approaches to development thinking and practice. He is interest in questions around power, justice and fairness within food production systems.
Livestock production contributes to 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and is associated with animal welfare concerns. Additionally, there is a strong correlation between red meat consumption and the rise in non-communicable diseases globally. Here lies one of the many contradictions in cultivated meat research and development, i.e., the need to mitigate GHG emissions and animal cruelty, and the continued production of meat due to increasing demand. These challenges are transnational and planetary, requiring more critical and nuance debates in research and innovation. What does the future of meat production look like? How can we design a more equitable and fair food system future? The café session will be deliberative, with an aim to explore some of these questions.
To book your place, please register here: Swindon Science Cafe – Food Futures; the case for cultivated meat Tickets, Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
