Stephanie Walton

DPhil Geography and the Environment, 2023

I’m working on my DPhil in Geography and the Environment with the Smith School focusing on the problem of asset stranding in the transition to sustainable and healthy food systems. Before starting at Oxford, I was a researcher at the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London where I worked with local grassroots food producers in the UK to understand how government policies help or hinders them in their efforts to re-diversity grain production systems. I received my MSc in Sustainable Cities from King’s College London.

In my past life before academia, I was a strategy director for R/GA, an international advertising agency where I worked in London and New York. As an undergrad, I did a BM in Piano Performance.

I’m originally from Texas, but have been in London for 7 years and was in New York prior to that. In addition to cooking and eating great food, I love reading, attempting to drag my two kids up mountains, going to the theatre (especially musicals), roaming aimlessly around museums and running.

Contact: stephanie.walton@gtc.ox.ac.uk