Kiah Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696624 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kiah Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kiah |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8707-0893 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Temporal frictions in Australian horticultural value chains: Nature's time, power asymmetries and environmental consequences
The interdisciplinary agrifood literature has paid significant attention to power imbalances between supermarkets and suppliers, identifying fresh produce growers as particularly vulnerable to exploitative procurement practices. However, less work has examined the temporal characteristics of fresh produce that contribute to this vulnerability, and how these plays out in value chain relationships dominated by large retailers. In addressing this ga…
Beyond the farm gate: Global networks and the remaking of Australia’s coastal horticulture regions
From ethical consumers to collective action: Advancing healthy and sustainable food systems
A long-standing debate in agrifood sociological work explores how consumer attitudes and behaviours regarding food consumption contribute to healthy food systems. This debate is particularly evident in the study of Alternative Local Food Systems (ALFS), where the potential of 'ethical consumption' to reorient food production-consumption relationships and improve human and ecological health, including food security, remains a subject of ongoing in…
Solidarity finance and food democracy in civic food networks in Australia: What Role for ‘Citizen-Financiers
Civic food networks increasingly seek to increase their impact in building fairer and more sustainable food systems through solidarity financing. This represents a counterpoint to financialisation in industrialised food systems through alignment with the values and practices of solidarity economy such as localisation, reciprocity, cooperation, resilience and food justice. Of growing interest is the potential for sourcing finance from the wider co…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Tracking farmland investment in Australia: Institutional finance and the politics of data mapping
Tracking farmland purchases is central to interpreting transnational finance's growing power in agrarian restructuring. Australia's public Register of foreign land ownership reveals little about agrarian change, however. In presenting the first comprehensive mapping of farmland purchases made between 2008 and 2020, this paper examines the ways that financial investments are altering farm ownership patterns in Australia. First, we show that most f…
Scaling up civic food utopias in Australia: The challenges of justice and representation
Through the lens of food utopias, this article explores the opportunities and dilemmas experienced by selected civic food networks (CFNs) in Australia as they seek to scale-up from local initiatives, to regional coalitions, to national social movements. Findings from qualitative analysis of key informant interviews indicate the ways that scaling up is both a micro- and macro-level process. While local initiatives focus on different problems (food…
Introduction to the special issue – Imagining rural futures in times of uncertainty and possibility: Progressing a transformative research agenda for rural sociology
Historically and now, the rural is frequently relegated to the periphery of broader public and policy debates, and within the discipline of sociology. At this moment in time, where the world needs radical re-imagining for the future, rural perspectives and realities must be visible and addressed. This article introduces a special issue of the Journal of Sociology which seeks to articulate how rural sociology is a crucial field of study for (re)im…
Agri-food scholarship: Past, present and future contributions to Australasian rural sociology
The future of food and agriculture in Australasia will be defined by multiple social, economic, political and environmental tensions - with climate change and social inequalities playing a central role in the re-imagining of food systems in crisis. This article argues that rural sociology will continue to be well-served by the sociological research into the farming and food industries undertaken by antipodean scholars - especially those from Aust…
Workfare and food in remote Australia: ‘I haven’t eaten… I’m really at the end…’
Food security is influenced by various factors and policy settings. The related concept of food sovereignty, which emphasizes the rights of communities to ‘define their own food systems’, is also informed by political power. For Indigenous Australians, food security and food sovereignty are intimately linked with connections and access to land and water, which have been systematically disrupted under settler colonialism. Social policies continue …
Financialization for Development? Asset Making on Indigenous Land in Remote Northern Australia
Indigenous Australian landowners are increasingly seeking to develop agricultural production on their lands to improve the welfare and economic opportunities of their communities. This can require substantial capital input and, in the absence of enough government funding, Indigenous groups are turning to private investors. Development literature has explored private sector-led and 'financialized' approaches to development at a macro level as some…
Food, Work and Sovereignty
Connecting resilience, food security and climate change: Lessons from flooding in Queensland, Australia
The resilience of long and short food chains: A case study of flooding in Queensland, Australia
Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods By Aya Hirata Kimura
"Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods By Aya Hirata Kimura." Journal of Development Studies, 50(7), pp. 1039–1040
Flooding and food security: A case study of community resilience in Rockhampton
In early 2011 the regional city of Rockhampton was cut-off from its main sources of food supply by unprecedented flooding across the State of Queensland. Despite the existence of local and state government disaster management plans, the Rockhampton community was highly vulnerable to food insecurity during this time. We argue that this vulnerability was due both to its reliance on long food supply chains that were disrupted due to loss of transpor…
Flooding and Food Security: A Case Study of Community Resilience in Rockhampton
Food risks, old and new: Demographic characteristics and perceptions of food additives, regulation and contamination in Australia
New forms of food production, processing and distribution have resulted in rising consumer concern over food safety and quality. This study draws upon data from an Australia-wide survey to evaluate whether consumer perceptions towards various types of food risks differ according to demographic factors. This study has two distinct foci: those concerned with new, and those concerned with traditional, food risks. First, we investigate attitudes and …
The resilience of long and short food chains: A case study of flooding in Queensland, Australia
Food risks, old and new: Demographic characteristics and perceptions of food additives, regulation and contamination in Australia
New forms of food production, processing and distribution have resulted in rising consumer concern over food safety and quality. This study draws upon data from an Australia-wide survey to evaluate whether consumer perceptions towards various types of food risks differ according to demographic factors. This study has two distinct foci: those concerned with new, and those concerned with traditional, food risks. First, we investigate attitudes and …
Workfare and food in remote Australia: ‘I haven’t eaten… I’m really at the end…’
Food security is influenced by various factors and policy settings. The related concept of food sovereignty, which emphasizes the rights of communities to ‘define their own food systems’, is also informed by political power. For Indigenous Australians, food security and food sovereignty are intimately linked with connections and access to land and water, which have been systematically disrupted under settler colonialism. Social policies continue …
Scaling up civic food utopias in Australia: The challenges of justice and representation
Through the lens of food utopias, this article explores the opportunities and dilemmas experienced by selected civic food networks (CFNs) in Australia as they seek to scale-up from local initiatives, to regional coalitions, to national social movements. Findings from qualitative analysis of key informant interviews indicate the ways that scaling up is both a micro- and macro-level process. While local initiatives focus on different problems (food…
Financialization for Development? Asset Making on Indigenous Land in Remote Northern Australia
Indigenous Australian landowners are increasingly seeking to develop agricultural production on their lands to improve the welfare and economic opportunities of their communities. This can require substantial capital input and, in the absence of enough government funding, Indigenous groups are turning to private investors. Development literature has explored private sector-led and 'financialized' approaches to development at a macro level as some…
Connecting resilience, food security and climate change: Lessons from flooding in Queensland, Australia
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Flooding and food security: A case study of community resilience in Rockhampton
In early 2011 the regional city of Rockhampton was cut-off from its main sources of food supply by unprecedented flooding across the State of Queensland. Despite the existence of local and state government disaster management plans, the Rockhampton community was highly vulnerable to food insecurity during this time. We argue that this vulnerability was due both to its reliance on long food supply chains that were disrupted due to loss of transpor…
Agri-food scholarship: Past, present and future contributions to Australasian rural sociology
The future of food and agriculture in Australasia will be defined by multiple social, economic, political and environmental tensions - with climate change and social inequalities playing a central role in the re-imagining of food systems in crisis. This article argues that rural sociology will continue to be well-served by the sociological research into the farming and food industries undertaken by antipodean scholars - especially those from Aust…
Food risks, old and new: Demographic characteristics and perceptions of food additives, regulation and contamination in Australia
New forms of food production, processing and distribution have resulted in rising consumer concern over food safety and quality. This study draws upon data from an Australia-wide survey to evaluate whether consumer perceptions towards various types of food risks differ according to demographic factors. This study has two distinct foci: those concerned with new, and those concerned with traditional, food risks. First, we investigate attitudes and …
Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods By Aya Hirata Kimura
"Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods By Aya Hirata Kimura." Journal of Development Studies, 50(7), pp. 1039–1040
Flooding and food security: A case study of community resilience in Rockhampton
In early 2011 the regional city of Rockhampton was cut-off from its main sources of food supply by unprecedented flooding across the State of Queensland. Despite the existence of local and state government disaster management plans, the Rockhampton community was highly vulnerable to food insecurity during this time. We argue that this vulnerability was due both to its reliance on long food supply chains that were disrupted due to loss of transpor…
Flooding and Food Security: A Case Study of Community Resilience in Rockhampton
Connecting resilience, food security and climate change: Lessons from flooding in Queensland, Australia
The resilience of long and short food chains: A case study of flooding in Queensland, Australia
Food, Work and Sovereignty
Workfare and food in remote Australia: ‘I haven’t eaten… I’m really at the end…’
Food security is influenced by various factors and policy settings. The related concept of food sovereignty, which emphasizes the rights of communities to ‘define their own food systems’, is also informed by political power. For Indigenous Australians, food security and food sovereignty are intimately linked with connections and access to land and water, which have been systematically disrupted under settler colonialism. Social policies continue …
Financialization for Development? Asset Making on Indigenous Land in Remote Northern Australia
Indigenous Australian landowners are increasingly seeking to develop agricultural production on their lands to improve the welfare and economic opportunities of their communities. This can require substantial capital input and, in the absence of enough government funding, Indigenous groups are turning to private investors. Development literature has explored private sector-led and 'financialized' approaches to development at a macro level as some…
Introduction to the special issue – Imagining rural futures in times of uncertainty and possibility: Progressing a transformative research agenda for rural sociology
Historically and now, the rural is frequently relegated to the periphery of broader public and policy debates, and within the discipline of sociology. At this moment in time, where the world needs radical re-imagining for the future, rural perspectives and realities must be visible and addressed. This article introduces a special issue of the Journal of Sociology which seeks to articulate how rural sociology is a crucial field of study for (re)im…
Agri-food scholarship: Past, present and future contributions to Australasian rural sociology
The future of food and agriculture in Australasia will be defined by multiple social, economic, political and environmental tensions - with climate change and social inequalities playing a central role in the re-imagining of food systems in crisis. This article argues that rural sociology will continue to be well-served by the sociological research into the farming and food industries undertaken by antipodean scholars - especially those from Aust…
Tracking farmland investment in Australia: Institutional finance and the politics of data mapping
Tracking farmland purchases is central to interpreting transnational finance's growing power in agrarian restructuring. Australia's public Register of foreign land ownership reveals little about agrarian change, however. In presenting the first comprehensive mapping of farmland purchases made between 2008 and 2020, this paper examines the ways that financial investments are altering farm ownership patterns in Australia. First, we show that most f…
Scaling up civic food utopias in Australia: The challenges of justice and representation
Through the lens of food utopias, this article explores the opportunities and dilemmas experienced by selected civic food networks (CFNs) in Australia as they seek to scale-up from local initiatives, to regional coalitions, to national social movements. Findings from qualitative analysis of key informant interviews indicate the ways that scaling up is both a micro- and macro-level process. While local initiatives focus on different problems (food…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
From ethical consumers to collective action: Advancing healthy and sustainable food systems
A long-standing debate in agrifood sociological work explores how consumer attitudes and behaviours regarding food consumption contribute to healthy food systems. This debate is particularly evident in the study of Alternative Local Food Systems (ALFS), where the potential of 'ethical consumption' to reorient food production-consumption relationships and improve human and ecological health, including food security, remains a subject of ongoing in…
Solidarity finance and food democracy in civic food networks in Australia: What Role for ‘Citizen-Financiers
Civic food networks increasingly seek to increase their impact in building fairer and more sustainable food systems through solidarity financing. This represents a counterpoint to financialisation in industrialised food systems through alignment with the values and practices of solidarity economy such as localisation, reciprocity, cooperation, resilience and food justice. Of growing interest is the potential for sourcing finance from the wider co…
Temporal frictions in Australian horticultural value chains: Nature's time, power asymmetries and environmental consequences
The interdisciplinary agrifood literature has paid significant attention to power imbalances between supermarkets and suppliers, identifying fresh produce growers as particularly vulnerable to exploitative procurement practices. However, less work has examined the temporal characteristics of fresh produce that contribute to this vulnerability, and how these plays out in value chain relationships dominated by large retailers. In addressing this ga…
Beyond the farm gate: Global networks and the remaking of Australia’s coastal horticulture regions
Agriculture (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Food security (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Food systems (7 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (7 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (6 works)