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Emily Kennedy
Associate Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
Environment and Society
Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection
Food
Gender
social class
Sustainable consumption
Relevant Degree Programs
Research Methodology
Qualitative Interviews
Focus Groups
survey research
Publications
- Eating for Taste and Eating for Change: Ethical Consumption as a High-Status Practice (2019)
Social Forces, - Explaining support for renewable energy: commitments to self-sufficiency and communion (2019)
Environmental Politics, , 1--21 - Is there an “ideal feeder”? How healthy and eco-friendly food consumption choices impact judgments of parents (2019)
Agriculture and Human Values, 36 (1), 137--151 - Gendered citizenship and the individualization of environmental responsibility: evaluating a campus common reading program (2018)
Environmental Education Research, 24 (2), 191--206 - Reinterpreting the gender gap in household pro-environmental behaviour (2018)
Environmental Sociology, 4 (3), 299--310 - The Practice of Green Consumption (2018)
Environment and Society, , 187--206 - Using Semi-Structured Interviews to Identify the Place and Prominence of Shopping for Change in Local Food Movements (2018)
- Extension of What and to Whom? A Qualitative Study of Self-Provisioning Service Delivery in a University Extension Program (2017)
Food Systems and Health, , 177--198 - Organic vs. Local: Comparing individualist and collectivist motivations for “ethical” food consumption (2017)
Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, 4 (1), 68 - Small-p politics: how pleasurable, convivial and pragmatic political ideals influence engagement in eat-local initiatives (2017)
The British Journal of Sociology, 69 (3), 670--690 - The power of social norms for reducing and shifting electricity use (2017)
Energy Policy, 107, 43--52 - Environmental evaporation: the invisibility of environmental concern in food system change (2016)
Environmental Sociology, 2 (1), 18--28 - Environmental Harm and “the Good Farmer”: Conceptualizing Discourses of Environmental Sustainability in the Beef Industry (2016)
Rural Sociology, 81 (2), 172--193 - Environmental Politics and Women's Activism (2016)
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, - Food activists, consumer strategies, and the democratic imagination: Insights from eat-local movements (2016)
Journal of Consumer Culture, 18 (1), 149--168 - Locating Gender in Environmental Sociology (2015)
Sociology Compass, 9 (10), 920--929 - Teaching & Learning Guide for Locating Gender in Environmental Sociology (2015)
Sociology Compass, 9 (11), 1000--1004 - Are we counting what counts? A closer look at environmental concern, pro-environmental behaviour, and carbon footprint (2013)
Local Environment, 20 (2), 220--236 - Downshifting: An Exploration of Motivations, Quality of Life, and Environmental Practices (2013)
Sociological Forum, 28 (4), 764--783 - Egregious Emitters (2013)
Environment and Behavior, 46 (5), 535--555 - Scaling up alternative food networks: farmers’ markets and the role of clustering in western Canada (2012)
Agriculture and Human Values, 29 (3), 333--345 - Public views on forest management: value orientation and forest dependency as indicators of diversity (2011)
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 41 (4), 740--749 - Rethinking ecological citizenship: the role of neighbourhood networks in cultural change (2011)
Environmental Politics, 20 (6), 843--860 - David Boyle & Andrew Simms, The New Economics: A Bigger Picture (2010)
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 6 (2), 70--71 - Rural-Urban Differences in Environmental Concern in Canada (2009)
Rural Sociology, 74 (3), 309--329 - Towards a sociology of consumerism (2008)
International Journal of Sustainable Society, 1 (2), 172
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