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Marcus Taylor
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Professor @ Queen’s University. Research on climate resilient agriculture, agrarian studies, rural livelihoods.
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📢 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
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....
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October 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...
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.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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...
May 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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
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April 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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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...
February 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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New paper on resilient ag. by some of the leading thinkers in Agroecology: www.frontiersin.org/journals/agr...
Frontiers | Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought
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February 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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...
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…
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February 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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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!
February 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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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...

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December 11, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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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
Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies
Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies
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December 2, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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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:🔗
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November 25, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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📢 @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...
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...
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November 25, 2024 at 9:58 AM