Siera Vercillo, University of Waterloo

Research

food systems food security Ghana food culture urban development nutrition transitions inequality globalization

Latest papers

Nourishing the Nexus: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Nutrition and Agri-food Development Policies and Practices.
The European journal of development research · 2023 · first author
How is gender investigated in African climate change research? A systematic review of the literature.
Ambio · 2022 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Connecting and building the capacity of rural to urban food sovereignty organizations in Ghana
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,700
Explaining the influence of a globalizing local, urban food system on food security in Tamale, northern Ghana
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$73,475

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Nourishing the Nexus: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Nutrition and Agri-food Development Policies and Practices.

Vercillo S, Rao S, Ragetlie R, Vansteenkiste J

The European journal of development research2023First author

DOI: 10.1057/s41287-023-00581-1 PMID: 37361474

02

How is gender investigated in African climate change research? A systematic review of the literature.

Vercillo S, Huggins C, Cochrane L

Ambio2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01631-w PMID: 34669170

Connecting and building the capacity of rural to urban food sovereignty organizations in Ghana

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Vercillo, Siera

Keywords: food sovereignty; food justice; food systems; food security; agroecology; peasant farmers; research mobilization; public outreach; capacity building; organizational development; movement building; rural-urban linkages; Ghana; Sub-Saharan Africa

$24,700

Explaining the influence of a globalizing local, urban food system on food security in Tamale, northern Ghana

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vercillo, Siera

Keywords: food systems; food culture; food security; urban development; nutrition transitions; inequality; globalization; food regimes; Ghana; Sub Saharan Africa

$73,475

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

Frequent collaborators

Logan Cochrane

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: food systems Dear Professor Vercillo, 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]. I read your paper "Nourishing the Nexus: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Nutrition and Agri-food Development Policies and Practices." (2023), and it 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 "Connecting and building the capacity of rural to urban food sovereignty organizations in Ghana" (2022), 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]