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Lesli Hoey
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 Regional Planning (Cornell University)
About
Lesli Hoey is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. She teaches graduate courses in food systems policy and planning, international planning in low-income countries, and program evaluation methods. Her scholarship uses an equity lens and focuses on the intersection of food policy advocacy, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Hoey earned a PhD and Master's in city and regional planning from Cornell University and a BA in psychology from Earlham College.
Current Work
Hoey uses food systems as a lens to study the socio-political and institutional factors that mediate the ability of citizen planners and professional planners to achieve more equitable, sustainable and health-promoting food systems. Her current projects examine collaborative initiatives and policy advocacy aiming to improve equitable food access and local food economies in Michigan; socio-political factors shaping food environments in urban and peri-urban neighborhoods in Bolivia; and the synergies between equitable, circular economies, carbon neutrality, nutrient recovery and sustainable regional food systems. Among other topics, her past work has focused on advocacy and implementation strategies for mainstreaming nutrition into national policy agendas and strategies for enhancing the sustainability of diets in Kenya and Vietnam.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Food systems, international development, policy sciences, program evaluation