The Pesticide Research Network recently held its first successful Early Careers Workshop, designed to give graduate students and faculty support and feedback on scholarly works-in-progress. Our first participants sharing their work were Abhigya, a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, Continue reading Successful first Early Careers Workshop held by Pesticide Research Network
A newly formed group of scholars and activists from eight different countries will hold their first early careers workshop on May 11th, 2022 from 10am-12pm (EST). Graduate students preparing to submit their dissertations will share their works-in-progress for critique, feedback Continue reading New research group, Pesticide Research Network (PRN), to hold first Early Career Scholars workshop
Scholars from eight countries gathered over two days in-person and virtually in November 2021 at the University at Buffalo to discuss new social science research challenges in the study of glyphosate and pesticide more broadly. The workshop allowed scholars from Continue reading Global Glyphosate Workshop held at University at Buffalo, SUNY
We recently published an article in The Conversation on the glyphosate debate. Our aim: to shift the debate towards considering how the political economy of glyphosate production is contributing to its environmental pervasiveness. You can read the short article here: Continue reading Global dimensions of glyphosate debate
New policy report just released: “Growing agrichemical ubiquity: New questions for environments and health” by Annie Shattuck, Marion Werner, Christian Berndt, Becky Mansfield, and Ryan Galt, available here. Summary:In the last 20 years, agrichemical use has increased significantly around the Continue reading New Policy Report
New article just published: “The glyphosate assemblage: Herbicides, uneven development, and chemical geographies of ubiquity” by Marion Werner, Christian Berndt, and Becky Mansfield, available here. Abstract:The ubiquity of chemicals demands new ways of thinking about human–nature assemblages. This article develops Continue reading New Publication
Welcome to the Pesticide Trade Lab. We are a group of researchers exploring changes in the geography of global pesticide production, trade and use, and what these changes mean for ecologies and human health. A confluence of economic, social and Continue reading Welcome