Our work spans multiple geographies and includes initiatives related to research, education, and outreach. The Institute Team comprises the core group for strategy and implementation of Institute programs and initiatives.
Institute Team | Graduate Students | Global Advisory Board | UVM Collaborators
Agroecology Transformations, Governance of Food Systems, Knowledge Mobilization, Participation and Power, Transformative Action Research, Learning and Pedagogy, Use of Media and Narratives for Transformative Change, People’s Knowledge
Agroecology, socio-ecological systems and agricultural practices that sustain both farmers and healthy landscapes
Food systems, climate change, urban agriculture, agroecology, sustainability, nature and health, participatory action research
Transformative agroecology, food sovereignty, critical participatory action research (PAR), multiple ways of knowing, scholar activism
Agroecology, indigenous people, rural studies, public health nutrition, social marketing, applied participatory research
Transformative agroecology, equitable models of land access, soil health, participatory action research, agroecology pedagogy
Organizational learning & culture, relational systems change & compassionate systems awareness, unsettling self/systems, cultivation of relational space for change, post-sustainability & place-based education, reciprocal healing, and youth leadership
Evolutionary Ecology, Entomology, Sustainable Pest Management, Agroecology, Conservation Ecology
Agroecology, Rural Social Movements, Peasant Economy, Food Sovereignty, Popular Education
Agroecology, Participatory Action Research, Food Security and Sovereignty, Transdisciplinarity, Agroecology Principles
Food hub design, management, systems, procurement and distribution. Storytelling and design.
