Benedict McKay, University of Calgary

Research

agro-food systems sustainability political ecology agro-industry agroecology Bolivia agrarian political economy (1) food sovereignty

Latest funding

Seeking sustainable agro-food system alternatives: a comparative analysis of diverse models in Bolivia
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$70,500
Seeking sustainable agro-food system alternatives: a comparative analysis of diverse models in Bolivia
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$29,200
Agro-food systems and rural futures: a comparative analysis into the extractive character of industrial agriculture
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 4 grants and awards

Seeking sustainable agro-food system alternatives: a comparative analysis of diverse models in Bolivia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKay, Benedict M.

Keywords: agro-food systems; sustainability; agro-industry; agroecology; Bolivia; agrarian political economy; political ecology

$70,500

Seeking sustainable agro-food system alternatives: a comparative analysis of diverse models in Bolivia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKay, Benedict M.

Keywords: agro-food systems; sustainability; agro-industry; agroecology; Bolivia; agrarian political economy; political ecology

$29,200

Agro-food systems and rural futures: a comparative analysis into the extractive character of industrial agriculture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: McKay, Benedict M.

Keywords: agro-food systems; rural futures; extractivism; sustainability; inclusion; exclusion; rural development; political economy; political ecology; international development

$25,000

Food sovereignty and neo-extractivism: limits and possibilities, convergences and contradictions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McKay, Benedict

Keywords: (1) food sovereignty; (2) neo-extractivism; (3) state-society relations; (4) sustainability; (5) mining; (6) agrarian political economy; (7) development; (8) food systems; (9) urban-rural interactions; (10) Bolivia

$66,810

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: agro-food systems Dear Professor McKay, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on agro-food systems connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Seeking sustainable agro-food system alternatives: a comparative analysis of diverse models in Bolivia" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]