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Thijs van Rens

@tvanrens.bsky.social
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Professor @warwickecon. Nowadays most interested in healthy and sustainable food, field experiments, digital tools.

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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Great piece of research by my @warwickecon.bsky.social colleague @arunadvani.bsky.social. Read the (short) article, not only the title! www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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Britain overtaxes well-paid workers
Many politicians like to lump high earners together as “the rich”, a cash-cow that can be forever milked. But Henry and Walter are different people. Henry (High Earner, Not Rich Yet) is a put-upon professional in his 40s, and earns most of his crust through labour. He earns too much for free child care and too little to comfortably afford a family house in inner London. Walter (Wealthy Already, Lightly Taxed, Ever Richer) is a millionaire many times over. His income mostly comes through capital gains. With four nannies for his four homes, free child care doesn’t matter to him.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Can we eat our way out of crisis? A profile of my recent research. warwick.ac.uk/research/imp...
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hard to disagree with these recommendations based on industry-funded research. www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and...
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"why is the upmarket retailer flourishing while the value-driven supermarket is finding things so tough?" No mention of inequality in the article, but rich families getting richer, and poor families getting poorer is perfectly consistent with this observation. www.thegrocer.co.uk/why-waitrose...
thegrocer.co.uk
Why Waitrose, not Asda, is flourishing in tough times
As consumers are hammered by the high cost of living, why is Waitrose flourishing while Asda finds trading tough?
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Proud to see my research agenda on #3 in this article! Four ways to tackle health and climate together – and lift millions of people out of poverty theconversation.com/four-ways-to...
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Four ways to tackle health and climate together – and lift millions of people out of poverty
Health and climate action can be designed together, supporting and reinforcing each other, instead of being treated as separate priorities.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Should we eat a little bit less meat?
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is old (Nov 2015), but so true and so funny. And because it's in Dutch (with English subtitles!) you may not have seen it yet. youtu.be/RXRQNlxN5KY?...
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Vlees - Zondag met Lubach (S03)
YouTube video by De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach | VPRO
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
There’s a huge loophole in the new UK ban on daytime junk food ads theconversation.com/theres-a-hug...
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There’s a huge loophole in the new UK ban on daytime junk food ads
New regulations target the product but not the brand.
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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🏘️ “Closing the housing gap will require building in the right places, not just building more.” @NikDatta.bsky.social and @AmritaKulka.bsky.social discuss their research into tackling the UK’s housing crisis for the Local Government Chronicle. 📰
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Nikhil Datta, Amrita Kulka: Housing gap shows where to build
New research shows what really matters is where new homes are placed within local authority boundaries, write two assistant professors at the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism theconversation.com/the-united-s...
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The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism
The CDC website used to state, clearly and correctly, that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
QS ranking requests are going out. If you need reminding about how awesome Warwick is, have a look at this website: warwick.ac.uk/about/excell...
warwick.ac.uk
Excellence at the University of Warwick
Whether it’s teaching, research or collaboration, Warwick offers a vibrant, forward-looking environment where anything feels possible.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Yes, it would! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
How distorted food prices discourage a healthy diet
A subsidy on fruits and vegetables that fixes price distortions would improve diets and could make all consumers better off.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
econjobmarket.org/positions/12... Assistant Professor positions in Macroeconomics or Development at Warwick Economics
econjobmarket.org
EJM - Econ Job Market
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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨 Nearly six million adults are struggling to afford healthy food according to our latest #FoodInsecurity Tracker. One in seven households with children are affected meaning they are cutting back on meals or skipping food for a day. Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/4ozVF5j
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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The LEAP conference is back in Oxford on 22nd April 2026. We have @martinwhite33.bsky.social and @suepritch.bsky.social as keynote speakers. Abstract submissions will open early next year. Save the date! @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
futureoffood.ox.ac.uk
LEAP conference 2026
Date for the 2026 LEAP conference
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Great podcast with @petescarbs.bsky.social on healthy and sustainable diets. Features some of my work among many other things. @warwickecon.bsky.social @sustainweb.org
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Special lecture: Her Excellency Edna Adan Ismail - ‘From Rubble to Revitalisation: Building Somaliland’s Health Services’ @warwickecon.bsky.social
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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Super exciting event at the Oxford Martin School tomorrow with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social. Please do come along. Registration sheet in the link elow.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
If we don't measure it, then perhaps we can forget that 13.5% of the US population (in 2023) does not have consistent access to enough nutritionally adequate and safe food. That is 1 in 7 people! 😢
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
UNBELIEVABLE - USDA terminates 'redundant' Food Insecurity Survey, because it does "nothing more than fear monger" and "failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder". www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
These are today's heroes. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
theguardian.com
‘I’m proud to have made this stand’: over-60s arrested at Palestine Action ban protest explain their decision
From a retired British colonel to a Catholic priest, half of the 532 people arrested in Parliament Square were 60 or older. Many believe they had a greater share of responsibility to take in defending...
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Shocking!
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UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/05/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The food industry has a dirty secret - and it's making Britain poorer and unhealthier, news.sky.com/story/money-...
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Thijs van Rens @tvanrens.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Gulf of Mexico 🏳️‍🌈
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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
On 8 Apr the 7th LEAP conference will take place in Oxford. This is for anyone working on food with a particular focus on meat and dairy. Health, environment, politics, economics, philosophy, etc. all welcome! Deadline for abstracts: 14 Feb Please share widely! @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
futureoffood.ox.ac.uk
LEAP conference 2025
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