Hunger for change: Student food insecurity in Australia.

• Examines the extent and nature of student food insecurity in Victoria, Australia. • Discusses students' active responses to food insecurity. • Develops the theme of students' 'multi-relational' approach to food insecurity. • Highlights the need for more research on food insecurity in educational settings. Student food insecurity has been a major social problem across the world. Building on interview-based research, this paper examines students' experiences of food insecurity in Melbourne during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. It places particular emphasis on young people's agency and students' 'relational' understanding of food insecurity. Students experienced food insecurity in relation to other domains of life, such as work and health. In addition, students understood food insecurity in relation to how they are positioned with respect to axes of social inequality and in relation to a wider food system. In developing these points, we offer reflection on ground-level social action and relationality relevant to geographical and wider social science understanding of progressive food activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]