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Jennifer Clapp
Born (1963-12-06) December 6, 1963 (age 60)
Academic background
EducationB.A., University of Michigan
MSc., PhD, London School of Economics
ThesisAfrican agricultural transformation and the World Bank: the case of Guinea 1984-90. (1992)
Academic work
InstitutionsYork University
Trent University
University of Waterloo
Main interestsGlobal Environmental Politics
Global Governance
Agriculture
Food Security
Websiteuwaterloo.ca/scholar/jclapp/home

Jennifer Ann Clapp FRSC (born December 6, 1963) is a Canadian political economist. She is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.

Education

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Clapp earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan and her master's degree and PhD in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.[1]

Career

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After conducting her post-doctoral fellowship at Cambridge University, Clapp returned to North America and accepted an Associate Professor position at York University.[2] She later joined the faculty at Trent University, where she taught courses regarding shrinking the Global Food Supply Chain.[3] While there, she also received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to help Canadians " improve their quality of life."[4] Clapp joined the faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo in 2005.[5] A few years later, while still at Waterloo, Clapp edited "The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities" with Marc J. Cohen.[6]

From 2008 until 2012, Clapp served as co-editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics. In her last year as co-editor, Clapp published "Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Aid" and "Food."[7] Her book "Food" focused on what contributes to society that influences and shape the current global food system, with a specific interest on industrial agriculture, corporate control, inequitable agricultural trade rules, and the financialization of food.[8] Similarly, her book "Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Aid" focused on the politics of food aid with a specific focus on contemporary clashes between donors and recipients.[9] It was also shortlisted for the Donner Prize, an award given to a book considered to be excellent in regard to the writing of Canadian public policy.[10] She would also be appointed Associate Dean of Research on January 1, 2012[5] and win the Canadian Association for Food Studies Award for Excellence in Research.[11]

The year after her last term, Clapp was appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability,[12][13] and was the recipient of a Trudeau fellowship for her work in global environmental and food policy.[14] In 2014, Clapp was the recipient of Waterloo's Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award.[15] Two years later, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to global environmental politics and international food security.[16]

By 2017, Clapp was honoured as with Waterloo's Outstanding Performance Award.[17] The next year, she received the Royal Society of Canada's Innis-Gérin Medal for enriching social sciences literature,[18] and the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Jennifer Clapp". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Moses K. Tesi (2000). The Environment and Development in Africa. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739101315. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Shrinking the Global Food Supply Chain". trentu.ca. October 2, 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "Researchers receive $779,830 from SSHRC" (PDF). trentu.ca. June 2005. p. 8. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Appointment of Associate Dean, Research". uwaterloo.ca. November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Margulis, Matias (March 2010). "The Global Food Crisis: Governance, Challenges and Opportunities, edited by Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen". European Journal of Risk Regulation. 1 (1): 96–98. doi:10.1017/S1867299X00000167. S2CID 157749342. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Fantu Cheru Senior Research Fellow Nordic Africa Institute" (PDF). nsi-ins.ca. 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  8. ^ Jill Lindsey Harrison (2016). "Review of Jennifer Clapp". Sociology Faculty Contributions. 22 (1): 296–298. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  9. ^ Weaver, Catherine (2013). "Book Reviews Hunger in the Balance: The new politics of international food aid, by Jennifer Clapp". Review of International Political Economy. 20 (5): 1134–1136. doi:10.1080/09692290.2013.850832. S2CID 154497978.
  10. ^ "Simpson, Clapp among authors shortlisted for Donner Prize". Toronto Star. April 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Jennifer Clapp Biography 2019 AIA Conference" (PDF). /aia.in1touch.org. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Jennifer Clapp". chairs-chaires.gc.ca. 29 November 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jennifer Clapp – Canada Research Chair!". uwaterloo,ca. March 15, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "Environment professor receives prestigious Trudeau fellowship". uwaterloo.ca. October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "ERS Professor Jennifer Clapp awarded for Excellence in Graduate Supervision". uwaterloo.ca. June 10, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  16. ^ "Professor Jennifer Clapp named Royal Society of Canada Fellow". uwaterloo.ca. September 7, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  17. ^ "Three BSIA faculty receive "2017 Outstanding Performance Award"". balsillieschool.ca. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  18. ^ "Jennifer Clapp wins Innis-Gérin Medal for enriching social sciences literature". uwaterloo.ca. September 18, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  19. ^ Timmers, Beth (April 10, 2018). "SERS prof Jennifer Clapp receives Distinguished Scholar Award". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
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