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Chantal Clément

Publications

Work in Progress

 

Andrée, Peter, Clément, Chantal & Langille, Lynn. 2014. “Weaving Food Security into State and Community Structures: Exploring cross-sectoral opportunities in Nova Scotia, Canada.” Forthcoming.

 

Clément, Chantal, Andrée, Peter, & Langille, Lynn. 2014. “To Market to Market: Exploring Distribution Models in Nova Scotia.” Prepared by the Policy Working Group of Acting Change Together for Community Food Security (ACT for CFS).

 

Lowitt, Kristen, Mount, Phil, Khan, Ahmen, & Clément, Chantal. Forthcoming. "Expanding the Debate on governance of local food systems: New insights from fisheries governance" in Anderson, Colin, Brady, Jennifer & Levkoe, Charles (eds.) Conversations in Food Studies: Transgressing Boundaries Through Critical Inquiry.  

 

Non-Refereed Publications

 

Editorial support and data analysis for Norgang, Emily, Andrée, Peter, & Langille, Lynn. 2013. “Challenges and Opportunities for Community: The Policy Landscape in Nova Scotia. Prepared by the Policy Working Group of ACT for CFS. Available at: http://foodarc.ca/wp-content/uploads2013/08/ChallengesandOpportunitiesforCFSinNSAugust2013-Rev.pdf

 

Clément, Chantal, Andrée, Peter, & Langille, Lynn. 2012. “The Political Economy of Food Policy Change.” Prepared by the Policy Working Group of ACT for CFS. Available at: http://foodarc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Political-Economy-of-Food-Policy-Change-_Nov2012_.pdf 

 

Languages

French (fluent)

English (fluent)

German (conversational)

Mandarin Chinese (basic)

Awards

Graduate Travel-Research Fellowship on the European Union, Carleton University (2014)

 

Graduate Student Travel/Research Bursary, Carleton University (2014)

 

Graduate Travel-Research Fellowship on the European Union, Carleton University (2013)

 

Graduate Student Travel/Research Bursary, Carleton University (2013)

 

Departmental Scholarship, Carleton University (2010-2013)

 

Graduate Entrance Scholarship, Georgetown University (2008-10) 

 

Gregory Flynn Summer Grant (2009)

 

Undergraduate Thesis with Honours, Queen's University (2008)

Education

I have been a doctoral candidate since September 2010 under the supervision of Dr. Peter Andrée. My research focii are on sustainable food systems, local food systems, governance, and neo-Gramscian theory. My fields of research are in IR and Comparative Politics.

 

For more on my doctoral research, please see here.

Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

​2008 - 2010

Carleton University, Department of Political Science

​2010 - present

I hold an MA in German and European Studies with a concentration in Sustainable Food & Agricultural Policy. My areas of research included Sustainable European Food and Agriculture Policy; EU Agricultural Policy; the Transatlantic GMO debate; sustainable agricultural social movements in Western Europe; and European food history.

 

My Master's Project, entitled "Farmers without Borders: The Transnationalization of the European Anti-GMO Movement, Trends and Implications", studies the European Anti-GMO Movement (EAM) to explain new phenomena in social movement mobilization. After placing the  EAM within the context of social movement theory and "contentious politics", the project considers a "double-movement" of social movement mobilization: first, through the expansion of two nationally-based organizations, the UK Soil Association and the French Confederation Paysanne; and second, by the devolution of the broader European movement into more localized chapters.The paper concludes by prescribing a number of new roles social movements like the EAM can take on on the international stage, namely through their ability to shape global socio-cultural identity through the universally shared values of environmentalism and conscious consumerism, and the resulting potential to act as a counterforce to the hegemonic power of global capitalism. 

Queen's University, Department of Political Science

​2004 - 2008

I hold a BA (Honours) in Political Science. My Honours Thesis focused on European identity and EU-citizen building.

 

 

Research Experience

 

2014 - Present

Project Soil (under Drs. Phil Mount & Irena Knezevic). Assisting in survey distribution and interpretation; developing an interview tool and conducting interviews to report on current capacities of institutions interested or currently involved in on-site food production.

 

2012 - Present

Dr. Peter Andrée (Department of Political Science, Carleton). Conducting research, analysis, and organization on food policy and community food security opportunities in Nova Scotia as the Research Assistant of the Policy Working Group of the Community University Research Alliance’s (CURA): Activating Change Together (ACT) for Community Food Security participatory research projects based in Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia.

 

2008 - 2012

Dr. Richard Kuisel (CGES, Georgetown). Conducted research in French and English on French public opinion towards American culture and politics in the 1980s and proofing preliminary chapters for Dr. Richard Kuisel’s book, The French Way (2011).

 

Teaching Experience

 

  • Fall 2014         Contract Instructor PSCI3809B - Politics of Food

  • Summer 2013  Teaching Assistant PSCI3802 - Globalization and Human Rights

  • Summer 2012  Teaching Assistant PSCI2601 - Global Politics

  • March 2012     Teaching Assistant Substitute PSCI1001 B - Great Political Questions

  • Fall 2011         Teaching Assistant PSCI2102 A - Comparative Politics of Development & Underdevelopment

  • Summer 2011  Teaching Assistant PSCI3101 - Politics of War in Africa

 

Conference Review Activities

 

  • Present. Local Coordinator. Canadian Association of Food Studies Conference. University of Ottawa. 2015.

  • 2014. Organizing Committee & Conference Paper Reviewer. Canadian Association of Food Studies Conference. 2014. Brock University.

  • 2010. Committee Chair Member. MAGES Graduate Student Conference. Georgetown University.

  • 2009. Committee Chair Member. MAGES Graduate Student Conference. Georgetown University.

 

Conference Presentations & Guest Lectures

 

  • 2014. “Too Many Cooks Don’t Spoil the Broth: Lessons in Municipal Food System Governance.” Presented at the Canadian Association of Food Studies Conference. Brock University. May 2014.

  • 2014. “The Role of Local Government in Food Politics.” Guest lecture for PSCI 3809B (The Politics of Food). Carleton University. March 2014

  • 2013. “Activist Scholarship in Food Studies: Impassioned Research or Bad Science?” Presented at Living Research: Reflexivities, Positionalities and Transformations Interdisciplinary Conference. University of Ottawa. April 2013.

  • 2013. 3 Minute Thesis Competition Finalist. Carleton University.

  • 2011. “Iron Chef World Edition - The Secret Ingredient: Agricultural Sustainability.” Presented at the 2011 Carleton Graduate Political Science Society Conference. 

 

Non-Academic Positions

 

2009. German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington DC. Indexer.

Indexed the draft of War in an Age of Revolution, 1775-1815 (2010) by Roger Chickering and Stig Förster (eds.) for publishing.

 

Fall 2009. Delegation of the European Union to the USA, Washington DC. Trade & Agriculture Intern

Monitored and reported on American policy and legislative development, with specific emphasis on the U.S. dairy crisis, WTO cases, climate change policy, and U.S. nutritional programs by attending Senate and Congressional hearings and conferences; Conducted in-depth research on the impact of climate change policy on U.S. agriculture and on nutritional programs for the Delegation and for the EU Commission in Brussels; Provided support the Delegation’s Agriculture Counselor and Commission visitors during meetings with Senate, USDA and USTR officials 

 

2009 Organic Consumers Association, Washington DC. Federal Lobbying Intern

Published articles on sustainable alternatives to current domestic food & agricultural policy; Led OCA’s Appetite for Change Campaign by lobbying and promoting education on issues dealing with child nutrition, with a focus on the upcoming reauthorization of the U.S. Child Nutrition Act; Worked alongside the office of Congressman Blumenauer, Food & Water Watch, and Organic Valley to promote organic food, sustainable agricultural and environmental policies in upcoming bills; Spoke on behalf of the OCA as a food security & policy panelist at the Powershift Conference 2009 

 

 

Experience

2010 - present

2010 - present

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