Ann Bruce
University of Edinburgh
51 Papers
221 Citations
Ann Bruce is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Food security & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 47 publications. Previous affiliations of Ann Bruce include The Roslin Institute.
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Papers
Interdisciplinary integration in Europe: the case of the Fifth Framework programme
TL;DR: In this article, an investigation into the experience of researchers and research managers involved in the European Union Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) with its ambitious encouragement of more integrated problem-oriented approaches to research is described.
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Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges
Monika Zurek,John Ingram,Angelina Sanderson Bellamy,Conor Goold,Christopher Lyon,J. Alexander,Andrew Barnes,Daniel P. Bebber,Tom D. Breeze,Ann Bruce,Lisa Collins,Jessica Davies,Bob Doherty,Jonathan Ensor,Sofia C. Franco,Andrea Gatto,Tim Hess,Chrysa Lamprinopoulou,Lingxuan Liu,Magnus Merkle,Lisa Norton,Tom Oliver,Jeff Ollerton,Simon G. Potts,Mark Reed,Chloe Sutcliffe,Paul J. A. Withers +26 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors present four questions to frame food system resilience and three approaches to enhance resilience (robustness, recovery, and reorientation) and argue this will require food system actors adapting their activities, noting that activities do not change spontaneously but in response to a change in drivers: an opportunity or a threat.
Critical role of animal science research in food security and sustainability
TL;DR: In the context of food security and sustainability, the authors in this article argue that food animals have an important role in food security, although it is not the place of this review to make those arguments.
Assessing end-use relevance of public sector research organisations
TL;DR: The evaluation of end-use relevance demands a shift in organisational mindset and performance indicators away from readily quantifiable outputs towards a consideration of more qualitative enduser outcomes that are less amenable to measurement, requiring both a greater tolerance of ambiguity and a willingness to learn from the evaluation process as mentioned in this paper.
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