OUR RESEARCH
We study how institutions, markets, states, communities, and changing control over land shape land-system transformations and their socioeconomic and environmental consequences.
Featured Research
Towards global nutrient justice via a circular bionutrient economy
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2026)
A global framework for recovering nutrients while addressing inequalities in access, infrastructure, and resource distribution.
Current Projects
NSF CIVIC
Climate-Adapted Rice in New York State
Rice farming, climate adaptation, and regional food-system innovation in NYS.
NSF IRES
Dryland Sustainability in Kenya
Dryland livelihoods, environmental change, and collaborative field research in Kenya.
USDA NIFA
Waste, Nutrients & Circular Governance
Nutrient recovery from waste streams and the governance of more circular agricultural systems.
Latest from the Lab
AUG 2026
Emerging biofuel frontiers risk repeating old land injustices
Our new Nature Food Comment examines how renewed biofuel expansion may reproduce familiar patterns of land competition and inequality.
AUG 2026
Yujin Lee completed PhD and moved to Notre Dame
Congratulations to Yujin Lee on completing her PhD and beginning her postdoc at Notre Dame.
APR 2026
Realizing an equitable bionutrient economy
Our new Nature Sustainability article examines how nutrient recovery can reduce fertilizer dependence and improve nutrient redistribution.