Phoebe Stephens
Biographic Data
| ID | 4411205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phoebe Stephens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phoebe |
| FAMILY NAME | Stephens |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHENS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7538-1264 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Financing sustainable food transitions: Mapping the investment ecosystem in Nova Scotia
This paper examines how finance shapes sustainability transitions in food and agriculture, using Nova Scotia as a case study. While the role of finance is increasingly recognized in sustainability transitions scholarship, there is relatively little empirical work exploring how financial actors and instruments influence the directionality of agrifood system change. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with funders, investors, government officials…
Exploring the inter-connections between Alternative Agrifood and Seafood Networks for building food systems resilience
In the context of intensifying threats to food systems and a growing need for resilience, Alternative Agrifood Networks (AANs) and Alternative Seafood Networks (ASNs) have emerged as notable bright spots across North America. Collectively, AANs and ASNs comprise Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) - the micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises which are important, but often overlooked, actors in food systems. However, a critical limitation for foo…
Food crises in the third food regime: An Exploratory Frame Analysis of Mainstream Governance Responses
Exploring price changes in local food systems compared to mainstream grocery retail in Canada during an era of ‘greedflation
State of post-secondary food studies pedagogy in Canada: An exploration of philosophical and normative underpinnings
To date, there has been little empirical research on how food studies pedagogy has developed in Canada. Yet, across Canada, more and more postsecondary institutions are offering food studies in formalized programs and individual courses to undergraduate students. This paper contributes to the literature on food studies pedagogy by gathering insights from interviews with key faculty in food studies undergraduate programs at Canadian higher educati…
Looking back on food studies in 2020-2021 in so-called Canada
In this collectively drafted Commentary, we offer some reflections on the past year for CAFS (Canadian Association for Food Stuides), and the state of food studies in general. Note: this is a modified version of the 2021 CAFS Presidential Address, given at the joint CAFS/ASFS/AFHVS/SAFN Conference Just Food: Because it never it just Food on June 10th, 20201
Social finance for sustainable food systems: Opportunities, tensions and ambiguities
The Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment
In 2009 the Group of Eight called for the development of principles to promote responsible agricultural investment as a means to regulate foreign investment in land. This essay contextualizes the development of principles for responsible agricultural investment within the global land grab. In particular, the essay examines the Principles that Respects Rights, Livelihoods and Resources proposed by multilateral organizations in 2010 and the decisio…
The Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment
In 2009 the Group of Eight called for the development of principles to promote responsible agricultural investment as a means to regulate foreign investment in land. This essay contextualizes the development of principles for responsible agricultural investment within the global land grab. In particular, the essay examines the Principles that Respects Rights, Livelihoods and Resources proposed by multilateral organizations in 2010 and the decisio…
Food crises in the third food regime: An Exploratory Frame Analysis of Mainstream Governance Responses
Social finance for sustainable food systems: Opportunities, tensions and ambiguities
The Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment
In 2009 the Group of Eight called for the development of principles to promote responsible agricultural investment as a means to regulate foreign investment in land. This essay contextualizes the development of principles for responsible agricultural investment within the global land grab. In particular, the essay examines the Principles that Respects Rights, Livelihoods and Resources proposed by multilateral organizations in 2010 and the decisio…
State of post-secondary food studies pedagogy in Canada: An exploration of philosophical and normative underpinnings
To date, there has been little empirical research on how food studies pedagogy has developed in Canada. Yet, across Canada, more and more postsecondary institutions are offering food studies in formalized programs and individual courses to undergraduate students. This paper contributes to the literature on food studies pedagogy by gathering insights from interviews with key faculty in food studies undergraduate programs at Canadian higher educati…
Looking back on food studies in 2020-2021 in so-called Canada
In this collectively drafted Commentary, we offer some reflections on the past year for CAFS (Canadian Association for Food Stuides), and the state of food studies in general. Note: this is a modified version of the 2021 CAFS Presidential Address, given at the joint CAFS/ASFS/AFHVS/SAFN Conference Just Food: Because it never it just Food on June 10th, 20201
Social finance for sustainable food systems: Opportunities, tensions and ambiguities
Food crises in the third food regime: An Exploratory Frame Analysis of Mainstream Governance Responses
Exploring price changes in local food systems compared to mainstream grocery retail in Canada during an era of ‘greedflation
Exploring the inter-connections between Alternative Agrifood and Seafood Networks for building food systems resilience
In the context of intensifying threats to food systems and a growing need for resilience, Alternative Agrifood Networks (AANs) and Alternative Seafood Networks (ASNs) have emerged as notable bright spots across North America. Collectively, AANs and ASNs comprise Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) - the micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises which are important, but often overlooked, actors in food systems. However, a critical limitation for foo…
Financing sustainable food transitions: Mapping the investment ecosystem in Nova Scotia
This paper examines how finance shapes sustainability transitions in food and agriculture, using Nova Scotia as a case study. While the role of finance is increasingly recognized in sustainability transitions scholarship, there is relatively little empirical work exploring how financial actors and instruments influence the directionality of agrifood system change. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with funders, investors, government officials…
Agriculture (6 works) · Food security (6 works) · Food systems (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (4 works) · Law (3 works)