Person

Jessica Meeker

Jessica Meeker

Knowledge Manager

Jessica is a nutritionist with research interests in malnutrition in all its forms, sustainable food systems and nutrition policy. She works as a Knowledge Manager in the Knowledge, Impact and Policy team, leading projects with a focus on knowledge translation, stakeholder engagement and policy influence across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Jessica also leads the nutrition MSc module and teaches on many of the IDS professional short courses.

Before joining IDS, Jessica worked in the Policy and Advocacy department for Save the Children UK and at the Centre for International Health and Development, UCL.

Research

Project

HeatNexus: Heat Adaptation Research for Action

Heat adaptation interventions are critical to manage the health effects of a changing climate. IDS is providing support HeatNexus, a network of nine Wellcome-funded research projects focused on such interventions in various LMICs between 2024 and 2030.

Project

RLO Grantholder Event 2024

IDS will design and facilitate a three-day grant holder event in Nairobi in November 2024, bringing together researchers from across the ESRC-FCDO Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) programme. The event represents an opportunity to showcase the breadth of work that UKRI have supported to raise...

Project

Fruits and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH)

Poor diets are a primary cause of malnutrition and the leading cause of diseases worldwide. Improving diets, including increasing fruit and vegetable intake, could save one in five lives lost annually. Micronutrients and dietary fibre are essential for health; micronutrients from fruit and...

Project

Systems Change Evaluation of the Food Culture Alliance

Food is more than a source of nutrients and energy; it plays a significant part in all aspects of human life, including in social interactions, emotions and psychological processes. Food has long been recognised as a powerful vehicle to express one’s identity, culture and lifestyle choices....

Opinions

Publications

Brief

Fiscal Measures to Support Post-Pandemic Resilience

Research for Policy and Practice Report

Now that the dust has begun to settle on the Covid-19 pandemic, it is time to reflect on and draw lessons from country experiences in pandemic response, in relation to fiscal management and reform. In order to apply these lessons, countries will require increased fiscal space to enable them to...

Jayant Menon & 5 others

7 February 2024

Brief

Covid-19: Key Considerations for a Public Health Response

Briefing;

The Covid-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis. Its long-term economic and societal effects may well outweigh its initial public health impact. It is therefore essential that responses are socially sensitive and attuned to mitigating these secondary effects.

Melissa Leach
Melissa Leach & 4 others

8 September 2020

Jessica Meeker’s recent work

Past Event

Powering change: Women, youth, and the clean energy revolution

Women and youth face systemic barriers to accessing clean energy opportunities. This panel explores evidence-based policies and business strategies from Africa and MENA to ensure a gender-inclusive energy transition. Experts will discuss skills development, finance, and social policies needed to...

13 March 2025

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