Dr. Phoebe Stephens is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University. Phoebe's research explores how market dynamics impact the sustainability and resilience of our food systems and policy solutions for improved outcomes. Her work has been published in academic journals such as Agriculture and Human Values, Food Policy, and Food Security.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University
  • 2021–2022
    Postdoctoral fellow, University of Toronto

Education

  • 2021 
    University of Waterloo, PhD Social and Ecological Sustainability
  • 2012 
    University of Waterloo, MA Global Governance
  • 2007 
    McGill University, BA International Development Studies

Publications

  • 2024
    Exploring price changes in local food systems compared to mainstream grocery retail in Canada during an era of ‘greedflation’, Food Policy
  • 2024
    E-grocery as a new site of financialization? Financial drivers of the rise and fall of China’s E-grocery sector, Food Secuirty
  • 2023
    The financialization of agricultural commodities: implications for food security, Handbook of Food Security and Society
  • 2022
    Agritech Entrepreneurship, Innovation Intermediaries, and Sustainability Transitions: A Critical Analysis, Journal of Innovation Economics Management
  • 2022
    Finacialisation and Sustainable Diets, Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets
  • 2022
    Perspective: Financialization of Food, Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement
  • 2021
    Community Investing for Sustainable Food Systems: Assessing the barriers and opportunities for transformation, Agriculture and Human Values
  • 2021
    How the Legacies of the Last Global Food Crisis Sowed the Seeds for the Next One, Critical Perspectives in Food Studies
  • 2021
    Social Financing for a Resilient Food Future, Sustainability
  • 2020
    Financializing Nature, Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance
  • 2020
    Financing Food System Regeneration? The potential of social finance in the agrifood sector, Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Regenerative Food Systems
  • 2019
    A Perspective on Social Economy and Food Systems: Key insights and thoughts on future research, Canadian Food Studies
  • 2019
    Community Financing for Sustainable Food Systems: The case of FarmWorks Investment Co-operative, Canadian Food Studies

Professional Memberships

  • Canadian Association of Food Studies

Contact Phoebe for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision