My scholarly interests broadly relate to interdisciplinary food systems research, with a particular focus on food environments and drivers of food acquisition and consumption. I have a strong interest in the development of theoretical concepts and frameworks to guide research, as well as public health interventions and policy. As a geographer, I have a keen interest participatory research methods as an approach to investigating lived experiences of food environments, with a view to improving our situated knowledge and understanding about and how people acquire and consume foods as part of daily life. My research interests and experience span low- middle and high-income country contexts.

• 2019: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine competitive public engagement grants scheme Map your school food environment project (Collaborator).
• 2016: British Council Newton Bhabha Placement Grant, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India (3 months) (Recipient).
• 2015-present: FORMAS EAT-Addis study: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PIs: Ekström, L and Jirström, M. (Collaborator).
• 2015-2020: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health and the London Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health PhD Studentship - thesis title: “Investigating food environments and drivers of food acquisition in LMICs: The case of peri-urban Hyderabad, Telangana, India”. Project conducted in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study, Telangana, India. PI Sanjay Kinra. (PhD candidate).
• 2013-15: FORMAS/VR African Urban Agriculture: Environmental, Social and Economic Challenges and Prospects under Changing Global and Demographic Realities: Ghana, Kenya. PIs: Alsanius, B., and Jirström, M. (Collaborator).

Lead author:

• Turner, C. Bhogadi, S., Walls, H. Surendran, S., Kulkarni, B. Kinra, S., Kadiyala, S. (2022) Drivers of food acquisition practices in the food environment of peri-urban Hyderabad, India: A qualitative investigation, Health and Place, 74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102763
• Turner, C., Kalamatianou, S., Drewnowski, A., Kulkarni, B., Kinra, S., Kadiyala, S. (2019) Food Environment Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review, Advances in Nutrition, 11:387–397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmz031.
• Turner, C., Aggarwal, A., Walls, H., Herforth, A., Drewnowski, A., Coates, J., Kalamatianou, S., Kadiyala, S. (2018) Concepts and critical perspectives for food environment research: a global framework with implications for action in low- and middle-income countries, Global Food Security, 18:93–101; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.003

Co-author

• Laar, A. […] Turner, C., et al., (2022) Perspective: Food Environment Research Priorities for Africa – Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network, Adv Nutr., https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac019
• O’Meara, L., Turner, C., Costa Coitinho, D., Oenema, S. (2021) Consumer experiences of food environments during the Covid-19 pandemic: global insights from a rapid online survey of individuals from 119 countries, Global Food Security, 32, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100594
• Reyes LI, Constantinides SV, Bhandari S, Frongillo EA, Schreinemachers P, Wertheim-Heck S, Walls H, Holdsworth M, Laar A, Nguyen T, Turner C, Wellard K, Blake CE. (2021) Actions in global nutrition initiatives to promote sustainable healthy diets. Global Food Security, 31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100585
• Neve, K. […] Turner, C., et al., (2021) Understanding Lived Experience of Food Environments to Inform Policy: An Overview of Research Methods, Research Brief: Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London
• Constantinides, S.V*., Turner, C*., Frongillo, E.A., Bhandari, S., Reyes, L., Blake, C.E. (2021) Using a global food environment framework to understand relationships with food choice in diverse low- and middle-income countries, Global Food Security, 29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100511
• Surendran, S., Selvaraj, K., Turner, C., Addanki, S., Kishore Kannuri, N., Debbarma, A., Kadiyala, S., Kinra, S., Walls, H. (2020) Characterising the fruit and vegetable environment of peri-urban Hyderabad, India, Global Food Security, 24, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.100343
• Li, Y., Mallinson, P., Bhan, N., Turner, C., Bhogadi, S., Sharma, C., Aggarwal, A., Kulkarni, B., Kinra, S. (2019) Neighborhood physical food environment and cardiovascular risk factors in India: Cross-sectional evidence from APCAPS, Environment International, 132, 105108, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105108
• Berhane HY, Ekstrom E-C, Jirstrom M, Berhane Y, Turner C, Alsanius BW, Trenholm, J. (2018) Mixed blessings: A qualitative exploration of mothers’ experience of child care and feeding in the rapidly urbanizing city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE, 13(11): e0207685. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207685
• Berhane, H.Y., Ekström, E.-C., Jirström, M., Berhane, Y., Turner, C., Alsanius, B.W., Trenholm, J. (2018) What influences urban mother’s decisions on what to feed their children aged under-five – the case of Addis Abba, Ethiopia, Nutrients, 10, (9) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10091142
• Prtichard, B., Mackay, H., Turner, C. (2017) Special issue introduction: Geographical perspectives on food and nutrition insecurity in the global South, Geographical Research, 55, (2), 127-130, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12227
• Picchioni, F., Aurino, E., Aleksandrowicz, L., Bruce, M., Chesterman, S., Dominguez-Salas, P., Gersten, Z., Kalamatianou, S., Turner, C., Yates, J. (2017) Roads to interdisciplinarity - working at the nexus among food systems, nutrition and health, Food Security, 9, 181-189, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0658-2

• Chris was awarded a studentship in Epidemiology and Population Health in 2015, funded by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH).
• Chris was the recipient of a Newton Bhabha Placement Grant in 2016, funded by the British Council, leading to a 3-month placement at the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad, India.

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8091-1108