Steffanie Scott Associate Professor Geography and Environmental Management Contact Information: Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 37012 Office: EV1 - 109 Email: sdscott(at)uwaterloo.ca Personal Homepage: Visit website

Degrees:

Ph.D.	Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2001
M.A.	Sociology and International Development Studies, University of Guelph, Canada, 1995
B.A.	Geography and Latin American Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 1993
Certificate	Chinese Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 1993

Research Interests:

My research interests include the following themes:

• Agro-food systems sustainability; small producer participation in food supply chains; rural livelihoods and agrarian transition

My current reserch examines the developmental state and ecological modernization in organic and ecological food production and food system sustainability in Vietnam and China.

Contact Steffanie Scott for more information on research opportunities.

Graduate Student Supervision:

	# of students currently supervising/co-supervising	Total # of student supervisions/co-supervisions
Masters	3	10
PhD	2	2

Recent/Key Publications:

 

• Tara Vinodrai, Riaz Nathu, Scott Ross, Emily Robson, Steffanie Scott, Paul Parker 2012. Taking regional action? Understanding networks in the local food, green energy & creative sectors in Waterloo region. A research paper prepared for the Economic Developers Council of Ontario. Toronto: EDCO. <2012 Vinodrai et al EDCO Taking Regional Action>
  

• S. Scott, 2012. “Land displacement and livelihood marginalisation through ‘townification’ in a Northern Vietnamese village.” In Revising Agrarian Transformations: Localities, State and Class in Rural Southeast Asia, edited by Jonathan Rigg and Peter Vandergeest. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.
  
  

• Ellen Desjardins and S. Scott 2011. “It Takes a Network: The Waterloo Food System Roundtable.” Alternatives Journal, 37(2): 16. [special issue on Just Food]
  

• S. Scott, Daniele Belanger, Nguyen Thi Van Anh and Khuat Thu Hong. 2010. "Gender, Kinship and Agrarian Transitions in Vietnam." In Pamela Michele Golah and Dzodzi Tsikata (eds.), Gender Globalization and Land Tenure. Ottawa and New Delhi: International Development Research Centre and Zubaan Books, pp.288-270.
  

• S. Scott, Peter Vandergeest and Mary Young 2009. "Certification Standards and the Governance of Green Foods in Southeast Asia" in Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs (eds.), Power and Private Interests in Global Food Governance.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 61-92.
  

• Leela Ramachandran and S. Scott 2009. "Single-player Universities in the South: The Role of University Actors in Development in Vietnam's North Central Coast Region." Regional Studies, 42(5): 693-706.
  

• S. Scott 2009. "Agrarian Transitions in Vietnam: Linking Land, Livelihoods, and Poverty." in Max Spoor (ed.), The Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in Transition Economies: Land, Peasants and Rural Poverty in Transition. London: Routledge.
   

• Yiming Wang and S. Scott. 2008 "Illegal Farmland Conversion in China's Urban Periphery: Local Regime and National Transitions." Urban Geography, 29(4): 327-347.
  

• S. Scott and Arthur Conacher 2008. "Land Degradation and Poverty." Geographical Research: Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers, 46(1): 1-3. (co-editor of this special issue)
  

• Hue Le and S. Scott 2008. "Coastal Livelihood Transitions: Socioeconomic Consequences of Changing Mangrove Forest Management and Land Allocation in a Commune of Central Vietnam." Geographical Research: Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers, 46(1): 62-73.
  

• Dave Yousif* and S. Scott 2007 "Governing Solid Waste Management in Mazatenango, Guatemala: Problems and Prospects." International Development Planning Review, 29(4): 435-452.
  

• S. Scott and Truong Thi Kim Chuyen 2007. “Gender Research in Vietnam: Traditional Approaches and Emerging Trajectories.” Women’s Studies International Forum, 30(3): 243-253.

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Courses Taught:

• GEOG 203: Environment and Development in a Global Perspective

• GEOG 393: Approaches to Research in Human Geography

• GEOG 426: Geographies of Development

• GEOG 429: Global Food Systems

• GEOG 635: International Development: Theories and Practice

 

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