Publications

ORCID: 0000-0003-0389-193X, Scopus: 22955491000

MONOGRAPHS

Edwards, F. (2023) Food Resistance Movements: Journeying through Alternative Food Networks. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

Edwards, F. (under contract) Bees and the City: Multispecies Encounters and Sustainable Urban Futures. Critical Food Series. London and New York: Routledge.

EDITED VOLUMES

Edwards, F., Popartan, L. A. & Pettersen, I. N. (forthcoming, Sept. 2023) Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.

Edwards, F., Gerritsen, R. & Wesser, G. (2021) Food, Senses and the City. London and New York: Routledge.

Nelson, A. & Edwards, F. (2021) Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices. London and New York: Routledge.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Gutierrez Gonzalez, M. A., Edwards, F., Manderville, C. and Rice. P. M. (under review) Innovating Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education: Exploring the Impact of a Grassroots’ Community of Practice, Teaching & Learning Inquiry. 

Edwards, F. & Pettersen, I. N. (under review) Envisioning Urban Natures: Speculative Futures for the More-than-Human City, Cities.

Humphery, K. & Edwards, F. (under review) The ‘Ethical’ of Ethical Consumption, The Sociological Review.

Edwards F., Manderscheid M. & Parham S. (2023) Terms of Engagement: Mobilising Citizens in Edible Nature-based Solutions, Journal of Urbanism. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2023.2218356.

Tarcan, B., Pettersen, I.N. and Edwards, F. (2023) Repositioning Craft and Design in the Anthropocene: Applying a More-than-Human Approach to Textiles, Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

Manderscheid M., Fiala V., Edwards F., Freyer B. & Säumel I. (2022) Let’s do it online?! Virtual challenges for inclusive participation, Special issue: ‘Participatory Action Research in a Time of COVID’, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 16 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.732943

Davies, A.R., Cretella, A., Edwards, F. & Marovelli, B. (2020) The social practices of hosting P2P social dining events: Insights for sustainable tourism, Journal of Sustainable Tourism. DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1838526.

Edwards, F. (2020) Overcoming social stigma by consuming food waste at the Open Table, Agriculture and Human Values. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10176-9.

Edwards, F. & Davies, A. (2018) Connective Consumptions:Mapping Melbourne’s Food Sharing Ecosystem, Urban Policy and Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2018.1476231

Davies, A., Edwards, F., Marovelli, B., Morrow, O., Rut, M., & Weymes, M. (2017) Making visible: Interrogating the performance of food sharing across 100 urban areas, Geoforum, 86, Nov, 136-149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.09.007

Davies, A., Edwards, F., Marovelli, B., Morrow, O., Rut, M. & Weymes, M. (2017) Creative construction: Crafting, negotiating and performing urban food sharing landscapes, Area, April. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12340.

Edwards, F. & Dixon, J. (2016) The hum of the hive: Negotiating conflict between humans and honeybee towards an ecological city, Society & Animals, December, 24(6): 535-555. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341430

Edwards, F. & Mercer, D. (2013) Food waste in Australia: The freegan response, Waste Matters: New Perspective on Food and Society, The Sociological Review Monograph Series, 60(S2), December: 174–191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12044

Banwell, C., Dixon, J., Bambrick, H., Edwards, F., & Kjellstrom, T.(2012) Socio-cultural reflections on heat with implications for health and climate change adaptation in Australia, Global Health Action, October, 5: 19277. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v5i0.19277

Edwards, F. (2011) Small, Slow and Shared: Emerging Social Innovations in Urban Australian Foodscapes, Australian Humanities Review, November: 115­–134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22459/AHR.51.2011.08

Edwards, F., Dixon, J., Friel, S., Hall, G., Larsen, K., Lockie, S., Wood, B., Lawrence, M., Hanigan, I., Hogan, A. & Hattersley, L. (2011) Climate change adaptation at the intersection of food and health, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, March, 23: 91S–104S. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539510392361

Edwards, F. (2010) Food Sovereignty and Social Change in Venezuela, Chain Reaction, 109, July: 21–23.

Edwards, F. & Mercer, D. (2010) Meals in Metropolis: Mapping the urban foodscape, Local Environment, 15(2), February: 153–168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830903527662

Edwards, F. & D. Mercer (2007) Gleaning from Gluttony: an Australian youth subculture confronts the ethics of waste, Australian Geographer, 38(3), November: 279–296. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00049180701639174

Edwards, F. (2006) Dumpster dining: Freegans consume waste food to protest consumer waste, Alternatives Journal, July, 32(3): 28–29.

SCHOLARLY BOOK CHAPTERS

Edwards, F. and Nelson, A. (forthcoming, expected Spring 2024) Degrowth and food. In Holloway, L., Goodman, M., Maye, D., Kneafsey, M., Sexton, A. and Moragues Faus, A. (eds.) The Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society.

Edwards, F., Popartan, L. A. & Pettersen, I. N. (forthcoming, Sept. 2023) Introduction: Mapping the Multispecies City in Theory, Methods and Practice, in Edwards, F., Popartan, L. A. & Pettersen, I. N. (eds), Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.

Edwards, F. (forthcoming, Sept. 2023) Making Urban Nature Visible (With a Focus on Insects), in Edwards, F., Popartan, L. A. & Pettersen, I. N. (eds), Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.

Edwards, F. (forthcoming, Sept. 2023) Conclusion: Reflections and Future Directions for Researching Convivial Urban Natures, in Edwards, F., Popartan, L. A. & Pettersen, I. N. (eds), Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.

Davies, A., Cretella, A., Edwards, F., & Marovelli, B. (2022) ‘The social practices of hosting P2P social dining events: Insights for sustainable tourism’, in P. Minoia and S. Jokela (eds.) Platform-mediated tourism: Social Justice and Urban Governance before and during Covid-19. London & New York: Routledge.

Edwards, F., Gerrtisen, R. & Wesser, G.(2021) ‘The food, senses and city nexus’, Chapter 1, in Edwards, F., Gerrtisen, R. & Wesser, G. (eds.) Food, Senses and the City. London and New York: Routledge.

Edwards, F. (2021) ‘Humming along: Heightening the senses between urban honeybees and humans’, Chapter 4, in Edwards, F., Gerrtisen, R. & Wesser, G. (eds.) Food, Senses and the City. London and New York: Routledge.

Edwards, F. (2021) ‘Future directions for food, the senses and the city’, Chapter 16, in Edwards, F., Gerrtisen, R. & Wesser, G. (eds.) Food, Senses and the City. London and New York: Routledge.

Nelson, A. & Edwards, F. (2021) ‘Food for degrowth’, Chapter 1, in Nelson, A. & Edwards, F. Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices. London and New York: Routledge.

Edwards, F. & Espelt, R. (2021) ‘Technology for degrowth: Implementing digital platforms for community supported agriculture in Catalonia’, Chapter 9, in Nelson, A. & Edwards, F. Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices. London and New York: Routledge.

Edwards, F., Pedro, S. & Rocha, S. (2021) ‘Institutionalising degrowth? Exploring multi-level food governance’, Chapter 11, in Nelson, A. & Edwards, F. Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices. London and New York: Routledge. Pp.141-155.

Edwards, F. & Nelson, A. (2021) ‘Future research directions: Food for degrowth’, Chapter 16, in Nelson, A. & Edwards, F. Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices. London and New York: Routledge.

Edwards, F. and Davies, A. R. (2020; reprint) Connective Consumptions: Mapping Melbourne’s Food Sharing Ecosystem, in Gurran, N., Maginn, P. J., Burton, P., Legacy, C., Curtis, C., Kent, A. and G. Binder (eds.) Disruptive Urbanism. Implications of the ‘Sharing Economy’ for Cities, Regions, and Urban Policy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Edwards, F., Dixon, J. & Beilin, R. (2018) Adopting a public health ecology approach to a key food security issue: apiary, bio-diversity and conservation. In Marsden, T. (ed) The SAGE Handbook of Nature. May,Pp. 1075-1089. London: SAGE Publications.

Edwards, F. (2016 [2nd edition]) ‘Venezuelan Food Sovereignty Movement’ in Thompson, P. & D. Kaplan (eds.) Encyclopaedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. New York, Heidelberg, Dortrecht, London: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_514-1

Edwards, F. (2016 [2nd edition]) ‘Alternative Food Networks’ in Thompson, P. & D. Kaplan (eds.) Encyclopaedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. New York, Heidelberg, Dortrecht, London: Springer. Pp. 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_513-1.

Edwards, F. (2016) Urban food security and alternative economic practices. In Horne, R., Fien, J., Beza, B. & Nelson, A. Sustainability Citizenship and Cities: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. Pp.40-50.

Edwards, F. (2016) ‘Free-ing foods? Social food economies towards secure and sustainable food systems’, in Allen, A., Lampis, A. & Swilling, M. (eds.) Untamed Urbanisms: Practices and narratives on socio-environmental change for urban sustainability. London: Routledge. Pp. 284-295.

Banwell, C., Dixon, J., Bambrick, H., Edwards, F., & Kjellstrom, T.(2015) The sociocultural context of climate change adaptation in Australia with a focus on hot weather. In Butler, C., Dixon J. & Capon, A. (eds.) Health of People, Places and Planet. Reflections based on Tony McMichael’s four decades of contribution to epidemiological understanding. Canberra: ANU E-Press. Pp.379-392.

Edwards, F. & Mercer, D. (2013) ‘Food waste in Australia: The freegan response’, in Evans, D., Campbell, H. & Murcott, A. (eds.), Putting Waste on the Food Studies Agenda: Production, Politics and Everyday Life. London: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp.174–191.

Edwards, F. & Mercer, D. (2011) ‘Gleaning from Gluttony: An Australian Youth Subculture Confront the Ethics of Waste’ (reprint), in Williams-Forson, P. & Counihan, C. (eds.) Taking Food Public: Redefining foodways in a changing world. London: Routledge. Pp. 195–210.

Edwards, F. (2010) Seed industry, in Mulvaney, D. (ed.) Green Food: An A-Z Guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Pp. 388–392.

Edwards, F. (2010) Counter culture, in Mulvaney, D. (ed.) Green Politics: An A-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Pp. 89–91.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Edwards, F., Melen, I. M. C., Syse, A. C. and Pettersen, I. N. (2022) ‘Birds, bees and bats: Exploring possibilities for cohabitation in the more-than-human city’, DRS 33: Designing neighbourhoods: from the domestic to the community, DRS Bilbao 2022 – Design Research Symposium.

Tarcan, B., Pettersen, I.N. and Edwards, F. (2022) ‘Making-with the environment through more-than-human design’, DRS 33: Designing neighbourhoods: from the domestic to the community, DRS Bilbao 2022 – Design Research Symposium.

Edwards, F., Hahs, A. and Hwang, Y.H. (2019) Wild, Stray, Care: Exploring multiple ways people co-exist with urban nature, The Nature of Cities Summit, Paris, 11 October. Available at:

WILD STRAY CARE: Exploring multiple ways people co-exist with urban nature

REPORTS

Edwards, F., Sonnino, R. & López Cifuentes, M. (2023) Deliverable 2.1: Report on facilitators of and barriers to the development and implementation of evidence-based and integrated food policies and planning frameworks, WP2 Mapping and gapping, University of Surrey, February, the UK.

Oliveira, R. (Cord.); Edwards, F., Sonnino, R. López, M. (T2.1 and T2.2); de Hoop, E. (T2.3); Klaassen, P., Jones, T. (T2.4); Jones, T. & Feenstra, L. (T2.5), D1.1 Guidelines for the Mapping Exercises in WP2, FoodCLIC.

Edwards, F., Pachova, N., Dodson, J., Säumel, I., Reddy, S. & Wachtel, T. (2019a) Deliverable D1.6:Aggregated Risk Management Matrix, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, November.

Kroeger, I., el Massoudi, M., van den Berge, K., Hansma, H., Degenhardt, S., Gallis, H., Martinez, L., Mandersheid, M., Comas, J., Fjellstad, W., Edwards, F., Säumel, I., Wachtel, T. & Reddy, S. (2019) Deliverable D1.5: Annual Conference Report, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, November.

Pachova, N., Edwards, F., Kröger, I., Säumel, I., Reddy, S. & Wachtel, T. (2019) Deliverable D1.4: Institutional Context Summary Sheet, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, 30/8/2019.

Säumel, I., Wachtel, T., Reddy, S., Edwards, F., Pachova, N. & Kröger, I. (2019) D1.3 International Network Established, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, May.

Edwards, F., Pachova, N., Kosack, L., Kroeger, I., Säumel, I., Wachtel, T. & Reddy, S. (2019b) Deliverable D1.2 – Local Working Groups Established, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, 31/3/2019.

Edwards, F., Pachova, N., Reddy, S., Wachtel, T. & Säumel, I. (2019c) Milestone 1: First Official Meetings of EdiCitNet City Teams, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement: 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, March.

Edwards, F., Pachova, N., Reddy, S., Wachtel, T., Säumel, I. & Kosack, L. (2018) Deliverable D1.1: EdiCitNet Governance Approach and Guidelines Report, Edible Cities Network – Integrating Edible City Solutions for social, resilient and sustainably productive Cities, Grant Agreement 776665, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, December.

Edwards, F. (2019) ‘Barcelona – Food Sharing in Barcelona’, In (eds.) Davies, A. & Franck, V. (2019) SHARECITY BITES: Food Sharing Stories from the SHARECITY Project, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, March. Available at: https://sharecity.ie/outputs/publications/.

Edwards, F. (2019) ‘Melbourne – Food Sharing in Melbourne’, In (eds.) Davies, A. & Franck, V. (2019) SHARECITY BITES: Food Sharing Stories from the SHARECITY Project, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, March. Available at: https://sharecity.ie/outputs/publications/.

Edwards, F. (2019) ‘Food Beyond the Market’, In (eds.) Davies, A. & Franck, V. (2019) SHARECITY BITES: Food Sharing Stories from the SHARECITY Project, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, March. Available at: https://sharecity.ie/outputs/publications/.

Davies, A., Edwards, F., Marovelli, B., Morrow, O., Rut, M. & Weymes, M. (2017) SHARECITY City Profiles, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Crabtree, L., Shumack, K., Edwards, F. & Tuckwell, J. (2011) Food Mapping and Community Engagement: Community Gardens in Parramatta. A Pilot Research Project conducted by UWS on behalf of Parramatta City Council’s Community Capacity Building Team, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, November.

Edwards, F., Dixon, J., Friel, S. & Hall, G. et al. (2011) Food Systems, Climate Change Adaptation and Human Health in Australia, Discussion Paper Series, National Adaptation Research Network, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Available at: http://www.climatehealthresearch.org/node/155.

Mason, D., Dixon, J., Isaacs, B., Edwards, F., & Hall, G. (2011) Briefing Paper: The dynamic situation of urban agriculture in the Sydney Basin. Project 5: Identifying and characterising resilient urban food systems to promote population health in a changing climate, ANU for CSIRO: Urbanism, climate adaptation and health.

BOOK REVIEWS

Edwards, F. (2018) ‘The Politics of the Pantry: Stories, food, and social change’ byMichael Mikulak, Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies.

Edwards, F. (2018) ‘Freegans: Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America’ byAlex. V. Barnard, Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies.

Edwards, F. (2018) ‘Freegans: Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America’ byAlex. V. Barnard, British Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12322 (Different to above.)

Edwards, F. (2011) ‘Food Chains: From farmyard to shopping cart’ by Warren Belasco and Roger Horowitz, Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, 11(1), Spring: 109–110.

Edwards, F. (2008) ‘Edible Medicines: An Ethnopharmacology of Food’ by Nina L. Etkin, Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, 8(4), Fall.