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Alison Rigg

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Research Assistant at Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience
📍 Reading, England, United Kingdom

Alison Rigg is a PhD researcher at Coventry Universitys Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience. She specializes in food system sustainability, with her doctoral research focusing on the role of small-scale bakers in the UKs agroecological grain transition, informed by her Bachelors degree in Environmental Science.

Outside of her academic work, Alison is a qualified baker and chef with over a decade of international and UK experience in professional kitchens. This practical expertise directly informs her research, bridging the gap between ecological principles and the everyday realities of growing, preparing, and sharing food sustainably.

Alison uniquely combines her scientific research with extensive hands-on experience as a professional baker and pastry chef.

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Research Assistant
Location
Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Agroecological Transition
Her PhD research critically examines the contribution of food processors, particularly small-scale bakers using UK-grown stoneground flour, to sustainable food system transitions.
Sustainable Food Systems
Her work combines empirical research with practical kitchen experience to explore how ecological principles can sustainably shape how food is known, grown, prepared, and shared.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Research Assistant
Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience
7-2020 - 1-2024
Baker and Pastry Chef
Hamblin Bread
8-2019 - 8-2020
Data Manager
Hydro-Logic
12-2015 - 8-2019
Manager
The Goring Grocer
5-2015 - 12-2015
Baker
Modern Baker
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Education
1-2022 - 2025
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience
10-2017 - 6-2021
Bachelor's degree
The Open University
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