Professor
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Department of Land and Food Systems, Biodiversity Research Centre
IBioS Founding Member
Research Themes
Farmland access | Organic agriculture | Rural and environmental sociology | Food security and food sovereignty
Geographical Area(s) of Research
Argentina | Brazil | Ecuador | Mexico | Paraguay | El Salvador | Canada
Lab Website
Top Three Research Questions on Biodiversity Solutions and Sustainable Coexistence of People and Nature
1. The role of on-farm diversification in climate resilience (PERCS, Ag4Climate)
2. The role of on-farm diversification in livelihood, human nutrition, and well-being (Ag4Climate)
3. The role of on-farm diversification in soil health.
Bio
Hannah Wittman is a Professor jointly appointed in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and a member of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and Biodiversity Research Centre at UBC. Her research examines the ways that the rights to produce and consume food are contested and transformed through struggles for agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and agrarian citizenship. Her projects include community-based research on transitions to agroecology, organic agriculture, and more diversified agroecosystems, and the synergies between biodiversity conservation, food security, and food sovereignty in diverse global contexts.