Dr Susan Lee is a Research Fellow within the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) employed by Leeds University Business School. Her current research assesses consumer food purchase behaviours in response to external shocks, the usefulness of eco-labelling and the impact of diet on environmental sustainability (greenhouse gas emissions, land and water use, as well as biodiversity). She is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Previously, Susan worked on several research programmes at the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, and Manchester. She has a background in Environmental Science with research interests encompassing dietary change, sustainable food systems, urban metabolism, and the natural environment. She works across the physical and natural sciences with data scientists, nutritionists, engineers, environmental and social scientists, and the business community, to address current world issues relating to food and diet.