Professor Elena Carrillo Alvarez (She/Her)

Areas of research interest (related to sustainable food systems)

Socioeconomic and cultural sustainability, diet affordability 

How long has your affiliated tertiary institution offered sustainable food systems education?

There currently is no structured subject but part of a subject in the first year of Dietetics called 'Sociology of food and eating' 

What was the process for getting sustainable food systems education into your curriculum?

As I began to teach the subject, I included food system concepts, which includes sustainability

Which course(s)/degree(s) and year level(s) contain(s) sustainable food systems education?

First year dietetic students

Are the learning and teaching activities integrated across multiple units/courses/modules and year levels or delivered as a stand-alone unit/course/module?

Stand-alone

Is this content compulsory or an elective?

Compulsory/Core

Do you include experiential learning and teaching activities? (Please note: these can be on or off-campus, and part of the assessed curricula or a voluntary offering)

No

Which learning and teaching activity(s) would you consider to be your most effective to facilitate a deep learning amongst students? These can be in-class, assessment tasks, field trips, volunteer opportunities, etc.

I try to include as many visuals as possible, and link the theory to their experience