I am Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. My research and teaching interests are in global development, human rights, international law and global food politics. My work has been published in journals such as the Review of International Organizations, Review of International Political Economy, Global Governance, World Trade Review, Globalizations, Geopolitics and edited books include The Global Political Economy of Raúl Prebisch (Routledge 2017) and Land Grabbing and Global Governance (Routledge 2014, edited with Nora McKeon and Saturnino Borras, Jr.).
In addition to my academic research, I have extensive professional experience in the field of international policymaking. I am a former Canadian representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Trade Organization (WTO). I have also advised the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Scottish Parliament and consulted for international NGOs and the Brookings Institution.