Expert individual consultant to support drafting of urban food environment manuscripts
CGIAR Research Initiative on Resilient Cities
Background
Resilient Cities, a One CGIAR Initiative, aims to improve urban and peri-urban agrifood systems by bringing together diverse research streams within a common resilience agenda. Within this agenda, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is leading a work package on improving urban food environments and diets.
There is a growing body of evidence around food environments and diets, but the literature focused specifically on urban food environments lacks synthesis. Understanding food environments in peri urban and urban areas in key counties of critical concern, such as those where both issues of undernutrition and overnutrition must be tackled, is necessary to provide inputs to policymakers, researchers, and the development community to better support initiatives to improve food environments and to promote healthy diets.
As part of the Resilient Cities research initiative, comprehensive scoping reviews of urban food environments were conducted in eight key focal countries (Rwanda, Bangladesh, Philippines, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sri Lanka, and Peru). One of these key countries in the Resilient Cities initiative – and a country where IFPRI has long had a research presence and interest – is Bangladesh, a country of 165 million people, 1.8 million of which live in informal urban settlements. IFPRI aims to address the gap in knowledge on urban food environments through the development of two manuscripts, one summarizing results of a previously conducted urban food environment scoping review of Bangladesh, and the other synthesizing results from eight country urban food environment scoping reviews (Rwanda, Bangladesh, Philippines, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sri Lanka, and Peru).
Brief description of activities
Services requested from the Collaborator would support the development of two manuscripts. The Collaborator would specifically support the drafting and co-authorship of manuscripts, respond to feedback, revise, and submit manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journal/s, which includes: 1) Manuscript #1: Urban food environment scoping review for Bangladesh; 2) Manuscript #2: Summary synthesis paper of urban food environment reviews in 8 focal countries.
Activities to be undertaken by Collaborator
Lead the revision and submission of one manuscript on the urban food environment in Bangladesh. Support/co-author the drafting, revision, and submission of one manuscript led by an IFPRI Research Fellow on a synthesis of urban food environment scoping reviews.Timeline of Activities
The proposed timetable for the work is as below:
Prepare and revise manuscript on scoping review of Bangladesh urban food environment - to be completed by May 15, 2024 Draft summary manuscript of synthesis of urban food environment scoping reviews in eight focal countries -to be completed by June 28, 2024 Submission of final manuscripts for publication -to be completed by July 17, 2024Deliverables (due dates to be determined)
In a format agreed upon with IFPRI, submission of a manuscript scoping review of urban food environments in Bangladesh. In a format agreed upon with IFPRI, submission of a manuscript summarizing and synthesizing results from previously conducted scoping reviews of Resilient Cities focal countries.Required qualifications
PhD in nutrition or a related public-health field Expert knowledge of food environment tools and analysis Experience designing and executing studies on food environments and diets Experience conducting scoping and desk reviews Experience with evaluations of nutrition programs Research experience related to Resilient Cities focal countries (preferably, more than one), in particular, Bangladesh Record of publications in peer-reviewed journals Track record of submitting deliverables on time Experience working with international and national researchers or research organizations Excellent communication skills in English