Kelly Garton

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My research focuses on the political economy of public health nutrition policy, including the impacts of international free trade and investment agreements on governments' 'policy space' (i.e. regulatory freedoms and scope of regulations available) to enact domestic regulation of harmful products such as unhealthy foods and beverages. I conduct primarily qualitative research.
Prior to my PhD, I completed a Masters of Science at the University of British Columbia, in which I conducted field research in southern Ecuador to assess the quality of food environments following the 2008 Constitutional adoption of the Right to Food Sovereignty, and identify the remaining policy priorities to achieve healthy and equitable food environments. My BA is in Geography, where I specialised in health geography, i.e. the spatial distribution and determinants of health and disease.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Senior Research Fellow, University of Auckland
  • 2021–2024
    Research Fellow, University of Auckland
  • 2016–2018
    Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, Le Groupe-conseil Baastel Ltee.

Education

  • 2021 
    University of Auckland, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Population Health
  • 2014 
    University of British Columbia, Master of Science (MSc), Population and Public Health
  • 2010 
    McGill University, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Geography

Publications

  • 2021
    Implications of international trade and investment agreements on policy space for restricting marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children: Lessons from inter-disciplinary expert interviews, Public Health Nutrition
  • 2020
    International trade and investment agreements as barriers to food environment regulation for public health nutrition: a realist review, International Journal of Health Policy & Management
  • 2013
    Expert knowledge sourcing for public health surveillance: National tsetse mapping in Uganda, Social Science & Medicine

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