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@marcusetaylor.bsky.social

Professor @ Queen’s University. Research on climate resilient agriculture, agrarian studies, rural livelihoods.

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The Ambiguous Ecologies of Agri‐Alternatives: Exploring the Calculus of Social Reproduction in Rural India This paper advances scholarship on agri-alternatives by probing the gap between romanticised narratives of how alternative farming transitions ought to be and the actual practices farmers enact in th....

📢 New Paper in the Journal of Agrarian Change 🍾

The Ambiguous Ecologies of Agri-Alternatives: Exploring the Calculus of Social Reproduction in India. (with Enid Still)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#feminist #research #geosky

20.10.2025 17:31 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Journal of Agrarian Change: Vol 25, No 4 The Journal of Agrarian Change (JOAC) is an agricultural and rural development journal leading the field of agrarian political economy.

Hi All! The new issue of Journal of Agrarian Change (25:4) is out now with an entirely open access special section on Land and Labour in Indonesia (among other goodies)... please do check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14710366...

29.09.2025 19:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What is the value of value for agrarian studies? Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Agrarian Change, paper available open access here: doi.org/10.1111/joac...

29.05.2025 16:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Our latest paper engages @gdstone.bsky.social's theory of agricultural deskilling. We introduce the theory of ‘agrarian skilling’ to expand and complement Stone's theory of agricultural knowledge production. Open access at this link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @drflachsophone.bsky.social

22.04.2025 22:38 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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How much will global warming 'cost' global GDP. A range of assessments nicely laid out in this table. Source: cepr.org/voxeu/column...

23.02.2025 18:27 — 👍 29    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 1
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Frontiers | Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought

New paper on resilient ag. by some of the leading thinkers in Agroecology: www.frontiersin.org/journals/agr...

19.02.2025 20:14 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Integrating power, justice and reflexivity into transformative climate change adaptation Transformative adaptation requires transformation among those who fund, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. In response, we emphasise the need…

Our new paper is out: "Integrating power, justice and reflexivity into transformative climate change adaptation".

Co-authored with Siri Eriksen, Katharine Vincent, Lisa Schipper et al. it's open access in Global Environmental Change, so please do take a look: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

19.02.2025 23:15 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Today is publication day! I explain how agricultural inputs - which weren't even widely traded market goods 200 years ago - have become giant industries dominated by just a handful of transnational firms today.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...

Many thanks to those who helped me along the way!

18.02.2025 15:33 — 👍 227    🔁 75    💬 21    📌 8
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We are hiring 3 PhDs at the UFZ PhD Cohort SEESAW - Societal and environmental impacts of complex extremes in a changing world

I'll be supervising a project looking at the interactions of flood and drought impacts 💧🔆

Apply here: recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/31...

#academicjobs

11.12.2024 09:45 — 👍 14    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 5
Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies

Job announcement!
"Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies" See link below for full info 👇
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... #climatesky #geosky #greensky @geographers.bsky.social @lag-uk.bsky.social @jlatamgeog.bsky.social

02.12.2024 22:49 — 👍 7    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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How do we measure progress in #agroecology?

Join us on 17 December, 12:00–15:00 UTC, for the Agroecology TPP Dialogue #3: Measuring What Matters to Foster Agroecological Transitions.

Register now:🔗
bit.ly/4942Jke

25.11.2024 13:42 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Vacancy - Research Assistant/Associate: Conservation labour in India We are seeking a qualified candidate to contribute to research into the labor dynamics in and around conservation projects/protec...

📢 @cmi.no are hiring!

They are looking for a research assistant to contribute to research into labour dynamics in and around conservation projects/protected areas in India! 🇮🇳
www.cmi.no/news/3358-re...

25.11.2024 09:58 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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