Laura Pereira (BSc 2006, BSc Hons with distinction 2007) completed her MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy at Oxford University in 2008, a highlight being the opportunity to travel to Colombia to undertake research for her dissertation, entitled Becoming Coca: a materiality approach to a commodity chain analysis of hoja de coca in Colombia. The research explored a commodity chain of legal products and uses for the coca plant in Colombia. Last year, Laura received the Oxford University Clarendon scholarship and Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Grant. She has now commenced her PhD at Oxford, which explores Private sector adaptive capacity to climate change impacts in the food system: food security implications for southern Africa and Latin America.
Laura Pereira (BSc 2006, BSc Hons with distinction 2007) completed her MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy at Oxford University in 2008, a highlight being the opportunity to travel to Colombia to undertake research for her dissertation, entitled Becoming Coca: a materiality approach to a commodity chain analysis of hoja de coca in Colombia. The research explored a commodity chain of legal products and uses for the coca plant in Colombia. Last year, Laura received the Oxford University Clarendon scholarship and Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Grant. She has now commenced her PhD at Oxford, which explores Private sector adaptive capacity to climate change impacts in the food system: food security implications for southern Africa and Latin America.