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Jennifer Clapp is a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability and Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Professor Clapp has published widely on the global governance of problems that arise at the intersection of the global economy, food security and food systems, and the natural environment. Her most recent research projects have examined the political economy of financial actors in the global food system, the politics of trade and food security, and corporate concentration in the global food system. She has also written on policy and governance responses to the global food crisis, the political economy of food assistance, and global environmental policy and governance. 

Her most recent books include  (with S. Ryan Isakson, Fernwood Press, 2018),  (Polity, 2016),  (Cornell University Press, 2012), , 2nd Edition (with Peter Dauvergne, MIT Press, 2011), and  (co-edited with Doris Fuchs, MIT Press, 2009).

Jennifer’s work has been widely recognized. She is a fellow of the  and recipient of numerous awards, including: the 2012 Award for Excellence in Food Studies Research from the Canadian Association for Food Studies, a 2013 , the 2018  (RSC) for her contributions to the social sciences, and the 2018 . 

In 2018 Jennifer presented her research on ‘Financialisation and the future of food’ in SPERI’s political economy seminar series. She also delivered a  at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ on Power, Politics and Justice in the World Food Economy. Together with Genevieve LeBaron, Jennifer is part of the research team leading the SSHRC-funded ‘’ project.

Further information about Jennifer and her research can be found .