Our researchers are examining the health and well-being of populations from global food politics to urban poverty and gender development.
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Advancing five Sustainable Development Goals
Our researchers
Jennifer Clapp
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
- Global Food Politics Group
- À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Food Issues Group
- Global political economy of food
- Food security and sustainability – policy and governance
- International trade in food and agriculture
- Corporate concentration in the global food system
- The intersection of food and financial markets
Andrea Collins
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
- Global land and agricultural governance
- Gender, development, and global political economy
- Gender and environmental politics
- Transnational agricultural investment
- Public-private partnerships in agriculture and nutrition
Bruce Frayne
School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
- Sustainable cities and urban poverty
- The three related areas of human migration, urbanization and food security
- A regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
- Can also supervise graduate students in Geography and Environmental Management
Associate professor and Director of Future Cities Institute, Leia Minaker
Leia Minaker
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Food environment assessment
- Population and public health
- Population health intervention research
- Food access in cities and planning for healthy food access
- Social determinants of health
Steffanie Scott
Geography and Environmental ManagementÌý
- Agro-food system sustainability
- Small-scale producers
- Local food systems
- Organic and ecological food production
- China, East Asia, Canada
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Food systems andÌýsustainability
- Can also supervise graduate students in theÌýSchool of Planning
Helena Shilomboleni
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
- Agriculture and food securityÌý
- Climate resilient agricultureÌý
- Scaling innovations in food and agricultural systemsÌý
- A regional focus on Sub-Saharan AfricaÌý