Current projects

Our work in the Eating Behaviour Research Unit (EBRG) encompasses a broad spectrum of research, exploring behavioural, cognitive, physiological and psychological drivers of eating behaviour, food choice and food intake. 

For a list of current externally funded projects within our group please see below:

Interactions between metabolic, cognitive and reward processes in appetite (2016-2019) 

  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
  • Grant holder: Professor Suzanne Higgs (email: s.higgs.1@bham.ac.uk)
  • Lead Researcher: Dr Maartje Spetter
  • Collaborators: Michelle Denise Lee (Swansea Univeristy), Pia Rotshtein (University of Birmingham)

Eating together: The effect of social context on eating behaviour and appetite

  • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • Grant holder: Professor Suzanne Higgs (email: s.higgs.1@bham.ac.uk)
  • Lead Researcher: Dr. Helen Ruddock
  • External collaborators:  Professor Jeffrey Brunstrom (University of Bristol) and Professor Lenny Vartanian (University of New South Wales)