Sign in

Kathrin Lauber

@kat-lauber.bsky.social
1.6K followers 362 following 19 posts

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @ University of Edinburgh | interested in corporate power in policymaking, regulatory governance, sustainable food systems 🌿 | 🇨🇭🇩🇪 in 🇬🇧

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Martin White @martinwhite33.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We have three great researcher jobs advertised, each for 12m, contributing to our work on generating evidence to inform food system transition. Please share widely. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... @imsepidemiology.bsky.social @jeanmadams.bsky.social @kellyparsons.bsky.social
cam.ac.uk
Research Associate, Food System Change (Fixed Term)
Research Associate, food system change (quantitative research and evidence synthesis) (Post 1, 12 months) Research Associate, food system change (qualitative research and evidence synthesis) (Post 2,
0712
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The EPA is no longer going to consider how many potential lives a pollution regulation would save -- just the costs to industry. This is directly counter to EPA's mission. And it will kill Americans. Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
nytimes.com
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
311347
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The Trump administration's new DGs illustrate how the idea of reducing the dominance of ultra-processed food in diets - which is fundamentally about better food systems & holds space for environmental sustainability - has been co-opted in service of the MAHA agenda www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
nytimes.com
Kennedy Flips Food Pyramid to Emphasize Red Meat and Whole Milk
140
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
RFK's long-awaited dietary guidelines are here! Not surprised he's recommending more red meat, quite surprised he didn't explicitly attack seed oils www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
nytimes.com
Kennedy Flips Food Pyramid to Emphasize Red Meat and Whole Milk
021
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
heated.world
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
27619280
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 14/11/2025
Ignoring fossil fuels is, 'like telling the story of Star Wars without mentioning Darth Vader.' Great work to everyone on the panel and all who have contributed to this book. You can view a recording of this press conference from @canclimateaction.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
youtube.com
Climate Action Network International is live!
YouTube video by Climate Action Network International
064
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Jen Iris Allan @jenirisallan.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Huge COPs are an equity issue. We don't hear marginalised voices above the din of who can afford the pavilions, flights, comms teams, or hosting. theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
theconversation.com
The UN climate talks have become too big for their own good
Cop30 will have 50,000 delegates. But bigger Cops are not better Cops.
02718
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 04/11/2025
Also see @drilledmedia.bsky.social's podcast featuring authors @kat-lauber.bsky.social and @profsecchi.bsky.social, as they speak about the animal agriculture industry: "the meat guys." drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
drilled.media
S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
053
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
US used coffee breaks to personally threaten negotiators in global climate talks on shipping: “They went from delegation to delegation . . . threatening them. Telling them to go back and speak to their capitals, warning what would happen if they didn’t change their minds,” the diplomat said.
01210
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
DeSmog @desmog.com · 27/10/2025
🔴 NEW 🔴 From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇 📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
desmog.com
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though food drives a third of global warming.
23321
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
PepsiCo follows Coca-Cola in backtracking on commitments to reduce virgin plastic + abandoning reuse despite all the talk of corporate sustainbility in UN plastic treaty negotiations, the reality is that Big Food companies are continuin to expand their use of single use plastics
trellis.net
PepsiCo downgrades its sustainability goals
PepsiCo, in its latest sustainability update, becomes the latest major company to scale back its climate targets.
21012
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This @amywestervelt.bsky.social Drilled interview with @kat-lauber.bsky.social and myself is really a bucket list item for me. Take a listen! Also, the ebook is free and available here: cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
0101
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment" has just been published & can be downloaded for free! 🔥 It's an incredible resource with 100+ contributors, on who blocks climate action, how they do it, & what can be done to counter this. (I played a small part as co-lead of ch. 4 on animal agriculture.)
131
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
five years after failing to get terms like 'plant-based burger' and 'veggie sausage' banned in europe, looks like the livestock lobby going to get its way www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
euractiv.com
Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv
Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives
163
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This really hits home, particularly after attending the FAO Sustainable Livestock Transformation conference this week which - over 3 days - remained silent on the issue of overconsumption…
082
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The mask is OFF 🎭 ! EU Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu admits that "simplification" actually means "deregulation" (surprise surprise - we've been saying this for a long time). From her speech yesterday at the Copenhagen Competitiveness Summit ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
01210
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 29/09/2025
🚨 BREAKING: At the UN animal farming conference in Rome, Big Ag executives talked “sustainability.” Outside, Greenpeace activists locked themselves in cages with pink smoke to show the brutal reality of factory farming. #StopBigAg Read more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Greenpeace activists dressed as cows and pigs sit in cages at the entrance to the UN animal farming conference in Rome, with pink smoke rising around them to symbolise methane emissions. © Greenpeace / Lorenzo MosciaGreenpeace activists dressed as cows and pigs sit in cages at the entrance to the UN animal farming conference in Rome, with pink smoke rising around them to symbolise methane emissions. © Greenpeace / Lorenzo MosciaGreenpeace activists dressed as cows and pigs sit in cages at the entrance to the UN animal farming conference in Rome, with pink smoke rising around them to symbolise methane emissions. © Greenpeace / Lorenzo Moscia
33518
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
ijhpm.bsky.social @ijhpm.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Do you know how corporations use a complex set of framing and action strategies—including lobbying, intelligence gathering, legal threats, media campaigns, third-party alliances, and more—to influence public policy? #PublicPolicy #HealthPolicy @kat-lauber.bsky.social Read more ➡️ shorturl.at/xVrzW
031
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Journal of Critical Public Health @cphjournal.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Online first! New paper from @kat-lauber.bsky.social, Nason Maani, Olivia Brown & @rebeccaglover.bsky.social on the pros and cons of 'crisis' framings journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca
(Re)Acting (to) the crisis: A comparative analysis of crisis framing in obesity, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and the UK cost-of-living crisis | Journal of Critical Public Healt...
064
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Brilliant piece by @maximanzoni.bsky.social documenting industry-driven efforts to "rethink methane" in Latin America via the use of the GWP* metric, & illustrating how this new lens essentially serves to let major polluters off the hook sentientmedia.org/inside-big-a...
sentientmedia.org
Methane, Money & Metrics: Inside Big Ag’s Plan to Hide Its Climate Impact in South America
The livestock industry is pushing to change how its methane emissions are measured in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, with help from researcher Frank Mitloehner.
033
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Great analysis of the WHO Foundation’s funding by @spidermaani.bsky.social & co 🔍 transparency ratings are low & declining over time, anonymous donations abound; the largest share of donations was earmarked as ‘operational support’ - raising Qs re WHOF’s stated aim to generate revenue for WHO
052
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 18/07/2025
The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture? That environmental destruction is actually conservation. This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'. 📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
spectrejournal.com
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
23524
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
[LEAK] While all eyes are on the budget allocated to farm subsidies, the @ec.europa.eu looks set to sneakily insert restrictions on the use of “meaty” names for plant-based foods in the proposal for a CMO regulation to be unveiled on Wednesday..
2187
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Rachel Sherrington @rachelsherrington.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🔴NEW: Major food firms like Nestlé, PepsiCo and JBS are overstating progress on their climate goals, a new report finds Firms are criticised for a reliance on vague carbon removals, weak no-deforestation claims and a lack of progress on key transitions www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/f...
desmog.com
Food Giants’ Climate Plans Lack Credibility, New Report Finds
Food firms are inflating their climate targets with carbon removals and weak deforestation claims, according to a report from the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch. With the COP30 climate s...
33419
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This is incredibly unfair: high-income nations with large dairy sectors are looking to adopt a "no additional warming" target, avoiding the methane cuts needed to meet international targets and pledges. We have written an open letter to the NZ PM and I spoke to the FT👇🧵 www.ft.com/content/2ea6...
ft.com
Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions
‘Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers
712752
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Hannah Forde @hannahforde.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Liverpool to explore the mental health and environmental impacts of outdoor advertising, focusing on meat and dairy www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
findaphd.com
The psychology of outdoor advertising at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The psychology of outdoor advertising at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
035
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Thanks to @jaketapper.bsky.social for inviting me on his show yesterday! www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
cnn.com
Top researcher quits NIH, citing censorship under RFK Jr. | CNN
Dr. Kevin Hall joins The Lead
15822244
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Lucy Jordan @lucyjordan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I have been reporting on deforestation in Brazil for years. Last year, along with @aliceross.bsky.social and Naira Hofmeister, I decided to dig into beef giant JBS’s flagship promise: to eliminate deforestation from its Amazon supply chain by the end of 2025. So what’s actually changed?
2159
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Critical Takes on Corporate Power @criticaltakes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New on Critical Takes: How "national champions" from Brazil and China are becoming global giants in the meat industry. criticaltakes.org/society-and-... Fascinating take from @katesievert.bsky.social and co-authors on power shifts in an industry with huge effects on health, workers and nature.
045
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Recent coverage by @desmog.bsky.social of PR firm Red Flag's involvement in the backlash against the EAT-Lancet report provides a small yet powerful glimpse into the lengths to which some in the sector will go to keep meat reduction off the agenda [1/3] www.desmog.com/2025/04/10/m...
desmog.com
Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report
In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how...
111
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
European Public Health Alliance @epha-eu.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
LAUNCH: Today, we publish a toolkit for civil society, to support engagement with the Better Regulation agenda! You can find: 🔸Videos 🔸Explainers 🔸How Better Regulation processes affect health and much more! Access the toolkit now: lnkd.in/edKwMpGm
155
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 11/04/2025
In 2019, a renowned group of scientists wrote about what a sustainable food system would look like (TL;DR - less meat) Then the meat industry launched a full-frontal attack This is an important story about corporate misinformation, revealed by @desmog.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/04/10/m...
desmog.com
Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report
In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how...
412951
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Centre for 21st Century Public Health is hiring! There are two Research Associate posts available within a friendly and dynamic team of multidisciplinary #publichealth researchers. ⌛ Applications close this Sunday, 23 March. Apply here: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... @lhgp.bsky.social
People sitting on grass between trees on a warm day at the University of Bath campus.
013
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Kate Sievert @katesievert.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Just published! 📢 Our new paper in The Journal of Peasant Studies examines how national champion policies have reshaped global meat supply chains—concentrating power, limiting competition, and benefiting transnational investors. 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
12210
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#Earlyview #Openaccess 'Impact Assessment as Agenda-Setting: Procedural Politicking and the Mobilization of Bias in the European Union's Audiovisual Media Services Directive' By @eleanorbrooks.bsky.social & @kat-lauber.bsky.social #RegGov #BetterRegulation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
ABSTRACT
Though often framed as a technocratic tool, impact assessment is a core element of the political agenda-setting process. In this article, we show that decisions about what is subject to legislative debate are made during impact assessment; specifically, during the drafting of the assessment report. Using a social process tracing methodology, we analyze the removal from the agenda of provisions for stronger alcohol advertising rules during the revision of the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive. We identify and test three possible explanations for this non-decision, drawing on material not previously in the public domain, and exploring how procedural politicking in the context of the EU's Better Regulation agenda shapes the drafting process. Concluding that the non-decision on alcohol advertising regulation was most likely prompted by combined political pressure from within and outwith the Commission, we argue for greater attention to impact assessment as a tool for mobilizing bias and agenda-setting.
043
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Happy to share this piece I wrote (with input from @ipes-food.org colleagues) as a counter to the recent call for more technological 'moonshots' to end hunger. No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities theconversation.com/only-politic...
theconversation.com
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it
Massive political efforts are needed to tackle the root causes of hunger – conflict, poverty, inequality. Technology alone is not sufficient.
02611
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
it feels like we’re in the middle of a shift from accommodation (through corporate ‘social responsibility’ and sustainability initiatives) to more confrontational forms of corporate power Coca-Cola backtracking on plastic pollution; BP and Shell scaling back net zero commitment and now this
195
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
TABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you eat meat, are you willing to eat the whole animal? 🥦 In #FoodTakes Ep 2, Rob Percival (@thesoilassociation.bsky.social) makes the case for all-or-nothing meat eating--or just eat plant-based! 🌱 Share your thoughts ⬇️ 🎥 Filmed at ORFC, Food Takes is produced by TABLE's @rebelwrit.bsky.social
3115
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Kelly Parsons @kellyparsons.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Disappointing but not suprising UK Govt response to @houseoflords.parliament.uk Food Diet & Obesity Report. Doesn't really argue with the problem diagnosis, but lists current #foodpolicy as providing adequate solutions and will explore some other suggestions, nothing concrete. #foodsystems
2115
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Dr Christian Reynolds @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🚨 We're hiring! Join us as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy, City St Georges . Lead impactful research on healthy, sustainable diets. Apply by 19th Feb 2025. Salary: £42,632 - £60,321. More info: www.city.ac.uk/about/jobs/a... #ResearchJobs #FoodPolicy #Health
city.ac.uk
Details | City, University of London
Details of job vacancy at City, University of London
22520
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The deadline to submit abstracts for our panel at the 7th International Conference on Public Policy (Chiang Mai/ hybrid) is coming up at the end of this week - come join us to discuss local policy for global issues!
222
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍 🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations 📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p... Thanks for sharing! 🤝
uni-heidelberg.de
3112110
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Jen Iris Allan @jenirisallan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Excellent work to uncover the scale of industry obstructionism to forever chemical action. The chemical industry had has little scrutiny compared to others. It's great to see the spotlight turned to it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation
Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation
12216
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
William F. Lamb @wflamb.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Two job positions are open to join our team in Berlin. Join us and help to cast a critical eye on progress in carbon dioxide removal and climate mitigation policy making: tinyurl.com/PIKpolicyana... tinyurl.com/PIKpostdoc
A converted red brick industrial building in front of an old gas works. Now the offices of MCC Berlin / PIK in Schöneberg Berlin, where candidates will be working with us.
057
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Excited to announce I‘ve been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship - starting this month, I‘ll be exploring why the meat production & consumption remains marginal in global debates about climate mitigation 🌱🐄 @leverhulme.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
171629
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Researching local government action on global issues? 🥗🏙️ 🌳 The call for abstracts to join our panel on the 'local' as a site of innovation for planetary health at IPPA7 is now open until 31st Jan! www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
ippapublicpolicy.org
IPPA - List of Panels
023
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 13/12/2024
So new @bsky.app friends, we have an awesome podcast that is right up your street. #FuelToFork exposes the #fossilfuels in our food. Each episode stops at a different step in food chain. Informed by awesome #foodsystems experts. 🎧An informative weekend listen ipes-food.org/fuel-to-fork/ #climate
ipes-food.org
Fuel to Fork podcast
A new podcast exposing the fossil fuels in our food. Fossil fuels are the lifeblood of our food system. What are the options to phase them out? Subscribe to find out. Brought to you by IPES-Food, TABL...
2168
Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Researching local government action on global issues? 🥗🏙️ 🌳 The call for abstracts to join our panel on the 'local' as a site of innovation for planetary health at IPPA7 is now open until 31st Jan! www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
ippapublicpolicy.org
IPPA - List of Panels
023
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Hannah Forde @hannahforde.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
In my unbiased opinion, this is SUCH an exciting role and project! Please do share and apply! Closing date 16th December
11614
Reposted by Kathrin Lauber
Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
with the final round of UN plastics treaty negotiations in two weeks, we have published a preprint paper on the risks and limits of 'plastic credits' as a solution to this planetary crisis @melaniebergma18.bsky.social @emmaanne.bsky.social @lisalsong.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1411...
zenodo.org
Unpacking plastic credits: Challenges to effective and just global plastics governance
Amid growing concerns over plastic pollution and ongoing efforts to develop a global plastics treaty, this paper critically examines plastic credits as a compensatory measure for addressing plastic po...
32811