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GCIC Intellectual | Rachel Bezner Kerr

GCIC expert consultants help forward-thinking decision makers and organizations (cities, public agencies, corporations, educational entities and NGOs) to better understand the dynamic climate challenge and provide them with the tools and insights to facilitate solutions. Through research, dialogue, consulting and entrepreneurship.

We focus on: climate, decarbonization, energy, resources, circular economy, sustainable business, green finance, and transformation of cities and regions.

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1. Professional Experience

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  • Professor, the Department of Global Development, Cornell University

  • Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Global Development, Cornell University

  • Assistant Professor, Geography, University of Western Ontario

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2. Educational Background  

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  • Ph.D., Development Sociology, Cornell University 2006

  • M.Sc., Land Resource Sciences, University of Guelph 1998

  • B.Sc.(Honors), Cooperative International Development, University of Toronto 1996

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3. Basic Introduction

 

Rachel Bezner Kerr is a Professor of Global Development at Cornell University with a background in sociology, environmental science, and international development. Her research, writing, and teaching focus on food systems, agriculture, and sustainable development in Africa. She conducts long-term research in Malawi and Tanzania, collaborating with smallholder farmers, NGOs, and government agencies to develop and evaluate sustainable agriculture interventions, using participatory research methods to test the impacts of agroecological approaches on livelihoods, nutrition, and sustainable land management for rural communities.

 

With over two decades of experience working on sustainable agriculture and food security in Malawi, she addresses issues related to social inequality, climate change, and gender. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and books, in scientific journals such as Global Change Biology, Global Food Security, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Agriculture and Human Values, Social Science and Medicine, Public Health Nutrition, Global Environmental Change, Journal of Peasant Studies, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, she coauthored a report for the United Nations High-Level Panel of Experts that examined the potential for agroecology to address food security and nutrition. Rachel also served as a Coordinating Lead Author for the chapter on climate change impacts and adaptation of food systems for the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report from 2019-2022. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant and a Fulbright Scholar Award.

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