Colin Anderson focuses on community- and people- led processes of transformation for resilience, social justice and well-being. He works with communities, networks and organizations in social movements who are organizing to confront intersecting crises we face today and who are reimagining and building alternatives. Colin is committed to engaged and participatory research, learning and action in is methodology and pedagogy. This is anchored by a commitment to knowledge mobilization, which involves a political and social process of co-producing and deploying knowledge in processes of social transformation. He is a co-convenor of the international platform, Agroecology Now, and is always eager to connect with potential collaborators to exchange, learn and dream up projects, programs and new lines of work.

At UVM, Colin is an Associate Research Professor in Plant and Soil Sciences and the Associate Director of Research of the UVM Institute for Agroecology. He teaches courses on Participatory Action Research and Just Transitions and advises Graduate Students whose work focuses on transformative agroecology. Colin’s work has been funded by the European Union, Canadian Social Sciences Research Council, the UN FAO, Agroecology Fund, British Academy, UK Research Institute, Fulbright, Heifer International, USDA, the Newton Fund and several philanthropic donors.