Dr Anushree Priyadarshini
Biography
Dr Anushree Priyadarshini is an Assistant Professor in Management in the School of Business, Maynooth University (MU) Ireland. She has over 12 years of teaching, research and industry experience in the area of Circular Bioeconomy for Agri-food Systems, Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability Assessment, Business Management and Entrepreneurship. Her interdisciplinary research strongly aligns with the UNSDGs specially focusing on Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), Climate Action (SDG 13) and Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3).
Director of the research group Eco-LOGIC (Economics for Healthy Societies and Green Sustainable Communities), Anu supervises a team of researchers including PhDs, MPhils, Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Assistants. Her research employs consumer & business understanding approaches, costing strategies and Life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques for environmental, food and healthcare challenges. Anu is Co-ordinator/PI/Co-PI and partner on over 10 EU and nationally-funded sustainability research projects and publishes her work as peer reviewed journal (Q1, Q2, ABS) articles, books chapters and teaching cases. Her research has featured on RTE, in The Sunday Times and has been covered by National Radio.
She had been a research consultant to a Harvard Innovation Lab start-up and is regularly engaged in EU grant review panels, PhD examining, journal editing, reviewing, guest lecturing and presenting her research in scientific conferences as keynote and invited talks. Organizing summer schools, workshops and interactive citizen sessions Anu is engaged in disseminating her work to academia, industry and policy makers.
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Circular Bioeconomy for Agri-food Systems
- Agri-food Management: Business & Consumers
- Environmental Sustainability Assessment (LCA)
- Social-Economic Sustainability Assessment
- Social Innovation for Sustainable Development
Research Projects
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Krah, C; Burke, D; Bahramian, M; Hynds, P; Priyadarshini, A (2025) 'Quantifying metabolic food waste and associated global warming potential attributable to overweight and obese adults in a temperate high-income region'. Food Research International, . [DOI] | |
| 2025 | Burke, D.T.; Boudou, M.; McCarthy, J.; Bahramian, M.; Krah, C.; Kenny, C.; Hynds, P.; Priyadarshini, A. (2025) 'Identification and profiling of socioeconomic and health characteristics associated with consumer food purchasing behaviours using machine learning'. Food Quality and Preference, 126 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2025 | Burke, D; Hynds, P; Priyadarshini, A (2025) 'Evaluating the GHG emissions, land use, and water use associated with contemporary dietary patterns in the Republic of Ireland'. Environmental Research, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.120974 | |
| 2025 | Arana‐Landín, G; Landeta‐Manzano, B; Laskurain‐Iturbe, I; Priyadarshini, A (2025) 'How is ISO14001:2015 boosting the spread of product-oriented environmental management practices?'. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, . [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Thaore, V.; Bahramian, M.; Boudou, M.; Hynds, P.; Priyadarshini, A. (2024) 'Geospatial analysis of food waste generation at the consumer-level in high-income regions, 2000–2023 – A scoping review'. Environmental Research, 263 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Kenny, C.; Chavrimootoo, S.; Priyadarshini, A. (2024) 'Cost of treating rheumatoid arthritis in the primary care public health system in Ireland: A time-driven activity-based cost analysis'. Exploratory Research In Clinical And Social Pharmacy, 14 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Krah, C; Bahramian, M; Hynds, P; Priyadarshini, A (2024) 'Household food waste generation in high-income countries: A scoping review and pooled analysis between 2010 and 2022'. Journal of Cleaner Production, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143375 | |
| 2024 | Moonsamy, T.A.; Rajauria, G.; Priyadarshini, A.; Jansen, M.A.K. (2024) 'Food waste: analysis of the complex and variable composition of a promising feedstock for valorisation'. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, 148 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Bahramian, M; Hynds, P; Priyadarshini, A (2024) 'Dynamic life cycle assessment of commercial and household food waste: A critical global review of emerging techniques'. Science of the Total Environment, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170853 | |
| 2024 | Dieli, C.; Priyadarshini, A.; Ludgate, R.; Foley, L. (2024) 'Bridging the Gap: Determinants of Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Environmentally Friendly Packages of Leafy Greens'. Sustainability (Switzerland), 16 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Burke, D; Hynds, P; Priyadarshini, A (2023) 'Development of novel data-driven Irish diets and associations with socio-economic profiles and health'. European Journal of Public Health, . [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Ulhas, R. S; Ravindran, R; Malaviya, A; Priyadarshini, A.; Tiwari, B. K; Rajauria, G. (2023) 'A review of alternative proteins for vegan diets: Sources, physico-chemical properties, nutritional equivalency, and consumer acceptance'. Food Research International, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113479 | |
| 2023 | Krah, C; Bahramian, M; Hynds, P; Priyadarshini, A (2023) 'Quantifying Metabolic Food Waste in Ireland from Excess Food Intake'. European Journal of Public Health, . | |
| 2023 | Burke, D.T.; Hynds, P.; Priyadarshini, A. (2023) 'Quantifying farm-to-fork greenhouse gas emissions for five dietary patterns across Europe and North America: A pooled analysis from 2009 to 2020'. Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 12 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Burke, D. T., Bennett, A. E., Hynds, P., & Priyadarshini, A (2023) 'Identifying Novel Data-Driven Dietary Patterns via Dimensionality Reduction and Associations with Socioeconomic Profile and Health Outcomes in Ireland'. Nutrients, 15 ((14), 3256). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15143256 | |
| 2023 | Burke, D.T.; Hynds, P.; Priyadarshini, A. (2023) 'Quantifying farm-to-fork greenhouse gas emissions for five dietary patterns across Europe and North America: A pooled analysis from 2009 to 2020'. Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 12 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Di Capua, G; Hynds, P; O'Dwyer, J; Priyadarshini, A (2023) 'Measuring the Burden of Climate-Related Asthma in Ireland via Microsimulation and Hybrid Costing'. European Journal of Public Health, . https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1019 | |
| 2022 | Kenny, C; Priyadarshini, A (2022) 'Mind the Gap - An overview of the role of the Extensions Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model in enhancing value in health care delivery'. AIMS public health, 10 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Priyadarshini, A.; Tiwari, B.K.; Rajauria, G. (2022) 'Assessing the Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Functional Food Ingredient Production Process'. Processes, 10 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Flanagan, A; Priyadarshini, A (2021) 'A study of consumer behaviour towards food-waste in Ireland: Attitudes, quantities and global warming potentials'. Journal of Environmental Management, . | |
| 2021 | Loughlin, E.M.; Priyadarshini, A. (2021) 'Adaptability in the workplace: Investigating the adaptive performance job requirements for a project manager'. Project Leadership and Society, 2 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Kenny, C; Priyadarshini, A (2021) 'Review of Current Healthcare Waste Management Methods and Their Effect on Global Health'. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 9 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Kenny, C; Priyadarshini, A (2021) 'Review of Current Healthcare Waste Management Methods and Their Effect on Global Health'. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 9 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Alqurashi, N.A.; Priyadarshini, A.; Jaiswal, A.K. (2019) 'Evaluating food safety knowledge and practices among foodservice staff in Al Madinah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia'. Safety, 5 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Priyadarshink, A; Rajauria, G; O'Donnell, C; Tiwari, B (2019) 'Emerging food processing technologies and factors impacting their industrial adoption'. CRC Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, . [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Ayaz, W; Priyadarshini, A; Jaiswal, A,K (2018) 'Food Safety Knowledge and Practices among Saudi Mothers'. Foods (Basel, Switzerland), . [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Moreb, N.A.; Priyadarshini, A.; Jaiswal, A.K. (2017) 'Knowledge of food safety and food handling practices amongst food handlers in the Republic of Ireland'. Food Control, 80 . [Link] [DOI] |
Published Case Studies
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Priyadarshini, A (2020) Conducting and Analyzing Semi-Structured Interviews: A Study of Open Innovation in Food Firms in Ireland. [Published Case Studies] [DOI] |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Priyadarshini, A.; Tiwari, B.K.; Rajauria, G. (2021) 'Sustainable food production systems: The potential of pulses' In: Pulse Foods: Processing, Quality and Nutraceutical Applications. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Priyadarshini, A.; Priyadarshini, A.; Rajauria, G. (2021) 'Economic Status of Seaweed: Production, Consumption, Commercial Applications, Hazards, and Legislations' In: Recent Advances in Micro and Macroalgal Processing: Food and Health Perspectives. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Priyadarshini, A.; Priyadarshini, A. (2018) 'Market Dimensions of the Fruit Juice Industry' In: Fruit Juices: Extraction, Composition, Quality and Analysis. [Link] [DOI] |
Conference Publication
Report
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Priyadarshini, A; Quinlan, M; Doyle, G (2017) 'Connected Health: An Open Innovation Perspective' Applied Clinical Research, Clinical Trials and Regulatory Affairs, . [DOI] |
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