Dr Anne Mumbi

Dr Anne Wambui Mumbi holds a PhD in environmental engineering and another in environmental economics and Management with interdisciplinary expertise spanning sustainability, agri-food systems, environmental policy, agri-tech, SDGs and social science. She is an experienced lecturer and researcher with international academic experience across the UK, Europe, Asia, and Africa. She also holds an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Email: [email protected]

Background

Dr Anne Wambui Mumbi joined UK higher education in 2023 as an adjunct lecturer at Harper Adams University and was also involved with the Pasture to plate project funded by BBSRC during her time there. Prior to this, she held academic and research appointments in Japan and China, including at Kochi University of Technology and Tongji University, where she taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses and co-supervised postgraduate research.

Her academic career has developed at the intersection of agri-food systems, food security, economics, and social science, with a strong focus on sustainability, environmental policy, and agri-food systems. She has contributed to international research projects, published extensively in high-impact journals, and regularly presents at international conferences. Her work is grounded in applied, interdisciplinary research with policy and societal relevance.

Spoken Languages

• English (Native)
• Kiswahili (Native)
• Japanese (Basic)
• Chinese (Basic)

Research interests

• Environmental and Resource management
• Sustainable Agri-food Systems
• Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Consumer Behaviour and Acceptance Studies
• Water Resource Management
• Environmental Policy and Governance
• Circular Economy and Pollution Abatement

Areas of expertise

• Food systems
• Land stewardship and management
• Sustainability and Climate Policy
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Agri-food Systems and Agricultural Economics
• Quantitative and Statistical Analysis
• Social Science and Behavioural Research
• Research Methods and Impact Evaluation

Areas of research supervision

Postgraduate (MSc and PhD) supervision and co-supervision in environmental engineering, environmental economics, sustainability science, and interdisciplinary research.

• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental & Resource Economics
• Sustainability Science
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Climate Policy and Adaptation
• Agri-food Systems Economics
• Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research

Teaching

• MBA: Food Security and Sustainable Farming
• Global and Local Food Systems
• MBA: Sustainable Land Stewardship
• International Value Chain Competitiveness
• Natural Resource Management

Qualifications

• PhD Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, China
• PhD Environmental Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
• MSc Environmental Science, Tongji University, China
• BSc Environmental Studies (Resource Conservation), Kenyatta University, Kenya

Memberships, editorial boards

• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
• Global Institute for Agri-Tech Economics (GIATE)
• Aurora Leadership Programme Member

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Pasture to Plate (P2P)- BBSRC-funded project (£2 million). UK Grass to Alternative Protein and Palm Oil – Consumer Acceptability and Whole-System Economic and Social Impact Modelling, Harper Adams University.
• Consultant and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Analyst, Sustainability and agri-food system and value-chain projects, Harper Adams University and external partners.
• Research Facilitator, Digitalisation for Agri-Ecology (D4AgEcol), Harper Adams University.
• Research Fellow, Risk Management and Project Management in Environmental and Resource Economics, Kochi University of Technology, Japan.
• Researcher, Water resource economics and pollution abatement modelling projects, Kochi University of Technology and Tongji University.

Selected recent publications

• Mumbi, A.W. et al. (2025) Exploring consumer acceptance of grass-derived proteins in the UK: A structural equation modelling approach. Food Quality and Preference.
• Mumbi, A.W. et al. (2024) Consumer acceptance of grass-derived ingredients in the UK. Sustainability, 14(2).
• Mumbi, A.W. and Watanabe, T. (2022) Cost estimations of water pollution for the adoption of suitable water treatment technology. Sustainability, 14(2).
• Mumbi, A.W. et al. (2021) Forecasting water consumption on transboundary water resources using neural networks. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(3).

Recent presentations and conferences

• Speaker, Institute of Food Science & Technology Oxford Food Summit (2025)
• Speaker, Symposium on Agri-Tech Economics for Sustainable Futures (2023–2024)
• Panellist, The Rivers Trust Annual Climate Resilience Conference (2021)
• Presenter, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference (2021–2025)