The Centre for 21st Century Public Health Brown Bag Seminar Series is an informal and supportive space for University of Bath researchers to share work in progress, spark interdisciplinary collaborations, and exchange ideas.

The seminars are organised around broad research themes, ranging from corporate influence on science, to tobacco and other addictions, commercial and other structural determinants of health, and healthy environments and sustainable economies.

Sessions will be held in person on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 12 noon. A light lunch will be provided, and the seminar itself will begin promptly at 12.15 pm, running for approximately one hour. The room will remain booked until 1.30 pm to allow time for informal discussion and networking.

Whether you are developing a paper, planning a grant, or exploring a new research question, these sessions are a great way to connect with colleagues across the University.

Dr Rachel Barry

Our first speaker will be Dr Rachel Barry, presenting on a proposed project entitled: “Understanding how policymakers understand conflicts of interest in climate governance and current approaches to addressing them”.

Dr Barry is a Research Fellow within the Centre for 21st Century Public Health. Her research focuses on the regulation and political influence of health-harming industries, with a particular interest in coordination and policy coherence. She has led influential work on emerging regulatory frameworks for cannabis policy and authored studies examining how international drug and finance agreements shape national regulation, including Uruguay’s pioneering cannabis framework.