Henri De Ruiter
Henri de Ruiter graduated with a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) in 2012 (cum laude). He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioural and Neurosciences from the University of Groningen. He started his PhD “The Implications of Achieving Healthy and Sustainable Diets for Future Land Use” in October 2013. His project is jointly funded by the James Hutton Institute and the University of Aberdeen’s Environment and Food Security Theme.
Current research interests
Producing sufficient and healthy food for a growing world population amid a changing climate is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. However, current food consumption patterns already have major consequences for environmental sustainability and human health. It is therefore increasingly recognised that the challenges of environmental sustainability and human health cannot be considered in isolation anymore and hence research on healthy and sustainable diets is urgently needed. Most of the research on healthy and sustainable diets considers the effects of food consumption on greenhouse gas emissions. Our current project builds on this by including another indicator for environmental sustainability, namely land use. We will investigate a diverse set of dietary scenarios and their consequences for land use in the UK and overseas. In doing so, this project will contribute to a better understanding of what comprises an environmentally sustainable diet that at the same time meets nutritional recommendations.
Past research
During his Master’s degree, Henri worked for a couple of months at the Institute of Social Ecology, University of Klagenfurt (Vienna, Austria).
Bibliography
- de Ruiter, H.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Smith, P. (2018) Moving beyond calories and protein: Micronutrient assessment of UK diets and land use., Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions, 52, 108-116.
- Macdiarmid, J.I.; Clark, H.; Whybrow, S.; de Ruiter, H.; McNeill, G. (2018) Assessing national nutrition security: The UK reliance on imports to meet population energy and nutrient recommendations., PLoS ONE, 13, Article No. e0192649.
- de Ruiter, H.R.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Kastner, T.; Lynd, L.R.; Smith, P. (2017) Total global agricultural land footprint associated with UK food supply 1986-2011., Global Environmental Change, 43, 72-81.
- de Ruiter, H.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Kastner, T.; Smith, P. (2016) Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of the UK food supply are increasingly located overseas., Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13, Article No. 20151001.
- de Ruiter, H.R.; Kastner, T.; Nonhebel, S. (2014) European dietary patterns and their associated land use: Variation between and within countries., Food Policy, 44, 158-166.
- de Ruiter, H.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Smith, P. (2018) Moving beyond calories and protein: Micronutrient assessment of UK diets and land use., Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions, 52, 108-116.
- Macdiarmid, J.I.; Clark, H.; Whybrow, S.; de Ruiter, H.; McNeill, G. (2018) Assessing national nutrition security: The UK reliance on imports to meet population energy and nutrient recommendations., PLoS ONE, 13, Article No. e0192649.
- de Ruiter, H.R.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Kastner, T.; Lynd, L.R.; Smith, P. (2017) Total global agricultural land footprint associated with UK food supply 1986-2011., Global Environmental Change, 43, 72-81.
- de Ruiter, H.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Kastner, T.; Smith, P. (2016) Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of the UK food supply are increasingly located overseas., Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13, Article No. 20151001.
- de Ruiter, H.R.; Kastner, T.; Nonhebel, S. (2014) European dietary patterns and their associated land use: Variation between and within countries., Food Policy, 44, 158-166.
- Whybrow, S.; Clark, H.; de Ruiter, H.R.; Macdiarmid, J.L. (2020) The UK's reliance on imports from the EU for nutrition security., Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79, Article No. E731. (Abstract)
- de Ruiter, H.R.; Macdiarmid, J.I.; Matthews, R.B.; Smith, P. (2015) Assessing land requirements associated with UK food consumption: implications for food security and environmental sustainability., Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 74, E119.
