Education
Ph.D. In Sociology, Liverpool University, U.K.
M.A. in Latin American Studies, Liverpool University, U.K.
Dip. Soc. Social Science, Bristol University, U.K.
B.A. in Humanities, Bristol University, U.K.

Biography

Member of the Graduate Programme: Agriculture, Society & Development, Rural Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Top ranking researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council聽

Three areas of research:

  1. Transformations in the global agrifood system
  2. Innovation in agrifood
  3. Agrifood social movements and alternative networks

Has carried out research on a wide range of agrifood issues for major international organizations: FAO, FSC/UN, OECD, BID, ECLA, European Commission, and Johns Hopkins University

Post-doctoral studies at Santa Cruz, University, California and University of Paris XIII

PUBLICATIONS

Has published over a 150 articles, chapters and books.

From Farming to Biotechnology, (with David Goodman and Bernardo Sorj), 1987 Blackwell

The Challenges of Transforming Globalisation,聽(with Laura Raynolds and Douglas Murray), 2010. Routledge

鈥淔ood Security and the Global Agrifood System. Ethical issues in historical and sociological perspective鈥,聽Food Security,聽vol 7, 2015

鈥淏razil, China 鈥 the agribusiness connection in the Southern Cone鈥, (with Junior Wesz & Anna Lopane),聽Third World Thematics,聽vol 1 Issue 5. 2016聽

鈥淐ontested Markets: an Overview鈥,聽Antropolitica,聽vol 1 , 2017

鈥淚nnovation and Disruptive Technologies in the Brazilian Agrifood Sector鈥, (with Ruth Rama),聽Syst猫mes Alimentaires/Food Systems聽vol 4. 2019聽

鈥淭he Brazil China Nexus in Agrifood: what is at stake in the future of the animal protein sector?鈥, (with Fabiano Escher & Ana Garcia),聽International Quarterly for Asian Studies,聽July, 2022 (in press)