Andrew Watson, University of Saskatchewan

Research

cities commodities metabolism material energy ports resources geospatial

Latest papers

Assessing the energy trap of industrial agriculture in North America and Europe: 82 balances from 1830 to 2012.
Agronomy for sustainable development · 2023
Energy Profiles of an Agricultural Frontier: The American Great Plains, 1860-2000.
Regional environmental change · 2018
Agroecosystem energy transitions in the old and new worlds: trajectories and determinants at the regional scale.
Regional environmental change · 2018 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$37,409
Assembling a City: Toronto's Urban Metabolism, 1850-1937
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,390
Historicizing Our Times: Histories of Migration and Climate in the Digital Space
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,981

All 3 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Assessing the energy trap of industrial agriculture in North America and Europe: 82 balances from 1830 to 2012.

Tello E, Sacristán V, Olarieta JR, Cattaneo C, Marull J, Pons M, Gingrich S, Krausmann F, Galán E, Marco I, Padró R, Guzmán GI, González de Molina M, Cunfer G, Watson A, MacFadyen J, Fraňková E, Aguilera E, Infante-Amate J, Urrego-Mesa A, Soto D, Parcerisas L, Dupras J, Díez-Sanjuán L, Caravaca J, Gómez L, Fullana O, Murray I, Jover G, Cussó X, Garrabou R

Agronomy for sustainable development2023

DOI: 10.1007/s13593-023-00925-5 PMID: 37969112

02

Energy Profiles of an Agricultural Frontier: The American Great Plains, 1860-2000.

Cunfer G, Watson A, MacFadyen J

Regional environmental change2018

DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1157-x PMID: 29632434

03

Agroecosystem energy transitions in the old and new worlds: trajectories and determinants at the regional scale.

Gingrich S, Marco I, Aguilera E, Padró R, Cattaneo C, Cunfer G, Guzmán GI, MacFadyen J, Watson A

Regional environmental change2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1261-y PMID: 31258413

The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Peace, Thomas G.M.

Keywords: Active History; Canadian History; Historiography; Knowledge Mobilization; Blogging

$37,409

Assembling a City: Toronto's Urban Metabolism, 1850-1937

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Watson, Andrew

Keywords: cities; commodities; metabolism; material; energy; ports; resources; geospatial; environment; Toronto

$34,390

Historicizing Our Times: Histories of Migration and Climate in the Digital Space

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Dunsworth, Edward

Keywords: migration; climate; public history; digital history

$44,981

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

Joshua MacFadyen

History

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: cities Dear Professor Watson, 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 "Assessing the energy trap of industrial agriculture in North America and Europe: 82 balances from 1830 to 2012." (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 "Assembling a City: Toronto's Urban Metabolism, 1850-1937" (2024), 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]