Faith veganism: Dr Ellie Atayee-Bennett on the intersect between religion, veganism and sustainable behaviours

In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton we welcome the brilliant academic Dr Ellie Atayee-Bennett to discuss her work on the links between faith, veganism and sustainable behaviours.Our chat covers Ellie's whole journey, how and why she became interested in sustainability, her fascinating research, her links to the SRI, and the plans for her academic career and future research.  Ellie is an all-round wonderful person, provides a great example of the crucial work  conducted by early-career researchers, and will be an important academic working in sustainability through her career. We hope you enjoy this episode!Further reading:Atayee-Bennett, E. (2024). Purity and pollution: faith vegans’ categorizations of plant-based foods as pure and animal-derived foods as polluting. Food Culture & Society, pp.1–18. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2024.2406079. Episode guest: Dr Ellie Atayee-BennettEpisode host: Prof Simon KempEpisode editors: Jack Dinham and Libby KaleCommunications editors: Hannah Parish and Alexander AyerstEngage with us on instagram and X: @meliorapodcast