ACSS 10th Open meeting (2 February 2023)

Agenda

• Welcome and introductions 
• Declaration of interests 
• Actions from the last meeting and Chairs update 
• Welcome from Professor Susan Jebb, FSA Chair 
• Member Bios 
• Introduction to DEFRAs Social Science Expert Group
• Working group updates

1. Assurance
2. Kitchen Life 2 
3. Economics Support
4. Wider Consumer Interests

• Secretariat update
• Update from Science Council chair
• Analytics Unit update
• Consumer Insights Tracker Review
• Forward look 
• AOB
• Close

Summary 

The 10th Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Social Science (ACSS) included updates from: the Secretariat, on recruitment and the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) review; Members giving an update on their Biographies; Working Group chairs, on recent activity of current groups; and the Heads of Analytics Unit and Social Science, on key challenges  

Additionally: 

• Welcome from Professor Susan Jebb, Chair of Food Standards Agency 

• Susan Owens and Matt Ensor introduced the DEFRA’s Social Science Expert Group (SSEG) 

• Professor Peter Gregory Science Council gave an update on recent Science Council activity. 

Associated papers

• 10.1: Assurance Working Group update (item 7)
• 10.2: Kitchen Life 2 Working Group update (item 7)
• 10.3: Economics Working Group update (item 7)
• 10.4: Wider Consumer Interests Working Group update (item 7)
• 10.5: Secretariat update (item 8)
• 10.6: Analytics unit update (item 9)
• 10th Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Social Science (February 2023) Minutes