Prof Cornelia (Conny) Guell is an Anthropologist of Health and Environment at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), which she led as Co-Director between January 2022 and July 2024. Her research addresses key planetary health priorities to create healthy, sustainable and socially-just environments in both Global South and Global North settings with a focus particularly on food systems for better nutrition and healthy infrastructure to support physically active lives.

Conny’s research on food systems and food sovereignty investigates the historical, political-economic and socio-cultural contexts of contemporary foodscapes and related food practices and subsequent health outcomes. Her other research focus is on active living and physical activity practices, including how transport planning policies can support equitable and sustainable active travel.