Department of Food Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Honorary Professor, International Business School Suzhou,

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

Miranda’s behavioural research engages knowledge from fields such as marketing and psychology to provide insights and interventions for improved food system sustainability.

Miranda is the Director of the University of Otago Food Waste Innovation Research Theme which measures food waste, develops reduction strategies, applies innovative technology, and works to modify producer and consumer behaviour. She provides academic consultancy services on food waste to government and businesses and is the author of The Mirosa Report, written for the Parliamentary Environmental Committee who ran a targeted briefing on food waste in NZ, which looks at the current status of food waste in Aotearoa and provides recommendations for action.

She is Co-Chair of the New Zealand Champions 12.3 initiative, a coalition of Champions from our food supply chain who are committed to halving food waste by 2030 and achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3.