Crises and issues in the areas of food, ecology and environment (e.g., BSE, food price rises, new biotechnologies, and climate change) present unique challenges for contemporary sociologists. These challenges require complex analytical strategies designed to address both the sources of these problems and their consequences at local, structural, institutional and global levels. Sociological work in this area can be expected to lead to new kinds of partnerships and collaborations between the social and the natural sciences and between academia and community.

The following courses focus on or are related to the study of food, ecology and environmental justice:

• SOCI 316
• SOCI 355
• SOCI 387
• SOCI 388
• SOCI 418
• SOCI 419
• SOCI 465

Some examples of research opportunities in the area of food, ecology and environmental justice include:

• Environmental justice
• Local and sustainable food sources
• Corporate concentration
• Agri-food Governance
• Trade Liberalization and Food Governance
• Environmental Overload, Sustainability and Ecological Integrity
• Complexity and Non-linear Social Relations
• Ecosocial Realism
• Food safety
• Biotechnology and Society

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