"Protein Matters" team based at the Technische Universität Dresden would like to invite you to apply for our session "Landscapes of dietary protein: Future, food and fiction" at DKG '23 (Deutscher Kongress für Geographie) Frankfurt am Main in Germany, which will take place from September 19-23. "Landscapes of dietary protein: Future, food and fiction" The Plantationocene is characterized by modes of food-production for industrial and (neo)colonial purposes. The session invites contributions that wage risky explorations about the future landscapes of dietary protein production and consumption. Find our call here: https://dkg2023.de/sitzungen/landscapes-of-dietary-protein-future-82780 (Abstracts and presentations can be done in English or German) To submit an abstract follow https://dkg2023.de/call-for-papers. - Title of the presentation - Names of the speakers - Session allocation (five-digit reference number) - Brief summary in one to two full sentences (maximum 300 characters) - Abstract (maximum 3000 characters) - Three to five keywords of your choosing The submission deadline is March 13, 2023. You can find further information on the conference here: https://dkg2023.de/english Or on our website: https://proteinmatters.org/news/ Feel free to contact the session organizers if you have any questions about the session: Dr. Frank Müller (f.i.mueller@uva.nl) and Dr. Mariana Hase Ueta (mariana.ueta@gmail.com). Please also forward this call to others who might be interested in participating.

The ISA Executive Committee has decided to establish two different grants to support colleagues residing in Turkey and Syria where the recent earthquakes produced serious damages. The main objective of these grants is to prevent students and researchers residing there from giving up participating in the ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne and to offer them continuous affiliation with the ISA. 1. Registration grants for colleagues actively involved in the Congress program (presenters, chairs, discussants) who are residents in Turkey or Syria. Program Coordinators are requested to submit to isa@isa-sociology.org the names of the grantees urgently to be able to process registration grants before the registration deadline of March 22, 2023. Contact RC40 program coordinator Steven A. Wolf saw44@cornell.edu if this applies to you. 2. Membership grants for colleagues who are permanent residents in Turkey or Syria and who wish to become members of the ISA Applications should include their full name, job title, and affiliation and should be submitted to the relevant RC/WG/TG. The RC/WG/TG secretaries should forward these applications to isa@isa-sociology.org by September 15, 2023. All applications will be assessed for their eligibility by the ISA.

ISA provides some registrations grant for members in good standing and visible in the program. Please inform your presenters about the upcoming deadline of February 10, 2023, for seeking such grants. Applications are to be sent to: RC40 Program Coordinators for XX ISA World Congress 2023: Steven WOLF, saw44@cornell.edu Matt COMI, comi.matthew@marshfieldresearch.org TASA’s 2023 ISA Bursary seeks to support the attendance of 5 higher degree research students and early career researchers from Category B and Category C countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/melbourne-2023/grants-23 For all presenters following deadlines apply: Early Registration: 22 March 2023 Presenter Registration: 22 March 2023 Cancellations: 1 May 2023 *Deadlines enforced at 24:00 GM

Who can apply: We welcome applications from RC40 members, African Rural Sociologists, and people interested in contributing towards the development of a strong interdisciplinary food systems research network. • Early-career agri-food researchers from Africa whose works are focused on food systems (production, processing, packaging, distribution, marketing, purchasing, consumption, and waste of food). • Ph.D. candidates, young faculty & researchers working and living in Africa, and those who have earned their PhDs in the last seven years and not managed to publish their works in international journals are highly encouraged to apply. See enclosed Pdf for details.

Dear users of the RC40 forum. From time to time we have some unwanted activity in this forum. It is about advertising and spam. This is the disadvantage of having open member access to the forum. The alternative is to close the page for records from members directly. We are trying to clean things up and continuously evaluate the situation. (Real) Comments/suggestions are welcome! Regards, Hilde, on behalf of RC40 web

Call for candidates: We are searching for the next committee to keep RC40 moving (2023-2027) The call for Nominations is out for Elections for the · President · Secretary/Treasurer · Executive Committee (four seats) · A dedicated junior scholar seat. Nominate good candidates – others or yourself – to serve on the executive committee for the forthcoming four-year period. Nominated candidates shall be regular members of RC40 during the period of serving. Regular members are individuals in good standing within the ISA (members of ISA and RC40). Also, remember that to vote for your candidate to the Committee you must be a member yourself. For more information on RC40, statues and activities – visit our webpage https://www.isa-agrifood.com/about Send your nomination to Secretary Hilde Bjørkhaug (hildebj@ntnu.no) by February 15, 2023 Regards Hilde Bjørkhaug

RC40 Mini-conference - The Food System in the (Post-) Pandemic World: Disruptions, Vulnerability, Resilience, and Alternatives. Leipzig, Germany October 20-21, 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has once again illuminated multiple flaws in our food system. Food supplies largely rely on long-distance food chains, many of which have been disrupted due to lockdowns and trade restrictions. The pandemic has left millions of people temporarily or permanently more food insecure, as they have lost income sources and are suffering from a pandemic-induced global recession. COVID-19 has sharply exposed the vulnerabilities of capitalist-industrial agri-food relations, and has significantly intensified them. At the same time, we have also seen that agri-food relations can be resilient, as people have experienced new forms of solidarity. The scope, depth, and intensity of current agri-food related problems - as well as the continuous search for alternatives - require us to reconsider the major themes of the sociology of agriculture and food: the globalization of agri-food; the reconfiguration of socio-ecological linkages between agri-food and nature; the politics of agriculture and food; and the methodological and theoretical ways we make sense of these within agri-food scholarship. Full call: https://research.uni-leipzig.de/~sfb1199/app/uploads/2022/03/ISA-RC40-MiniConference-CfP-Final-2022-03-15.pdf

The Department of Environmental Studies is searching for two assistant professor positions as part of cluster hires. Position are in Water Policy and Governance; and Climate Justice/Urban Sustainability. Brief descriptions below; See full details at https://www.esf.edu/hr/clusterhire/ 1) Urban Sustainability Faculty Cluster Initiative: The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in Syracuse, NY seeks to accelerate transdisciplinary innovations in Urban Sustainability through the addition of three new faculty positions. These new faculty will work with an existing team who are committed to generating actionable science, offering experiential student learning opportunities, and advancing the socio-ecological paradigm as applied to urban sustainability. With robust mentoring and research infrastructure support, new hires will be able to establish interdisciplinary connections, link with community groups and policymakers, and work within new research paradigms. We invite applications for the following tenure-track (10 month) positions: atmospheric science (Department of Chemistry), climate justice (Department of Environmental Studies), and climate-adaptive design (Department of Landscape Architecture). Successful candidates for these three positions will be expected to participate actively and sustainably in this interdisciplinary initiative, "the Urban Sustainability Cluster." Participation in the Cluster will be an important criterion in performance evaluations. The Department of Environmental Studies (EST) is seeking candidates for an academic year, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank, starting in the fall of 2022. As part of the Urban Sustainability Cluster, this faculty member will advance scholarship in Climate Justice. This faculty member will contribute an understanding of the social forces that bolster and/ hinder scientific solutions to urban sustainability, within an action-oriented education and social change framework. This person's expertise will be at the intersection of climate/energy justice and urban sustainability, teaching classes of broad appeal, and in support of the new online master's in professional studies (MPS) degree in environmental justice. Priority will be given to scholars whose fields of expertise include climate adaptation and resilience through a lens of social justice, inequality, and differing vulnerabilities. This faculty member will engage with local communities, expanding experiential learning opportunities in environmental health, STEM education, and community resilience (e.g., via initiatives such as the I-81 project and/or NY State's climate initiative). The ideal candidate will have interdisciplinary training that emphasizes the human dimensions of environmental problems. For more information on the Climate Justice position, contact Dr. Mary Collins at mbcollin@esf.edu. 2) Water Faculty Cluster Initiative: The State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in Syracuse, NY, seeks to stimulate innovative research addressing water issues. Across the next year, a total of five (5) new faculty members will be hired to join existing researchers who are focused on the challenges associated with sustainable access to water resources in the coming decades. Our faculty will work toward goals including the improved understanding of aquatic ecosystems as well as equitable strategies for watershed stewardship. With high quality research infrastructure and sound mentoring, our new hires will be able to develop their research agendas and cultivate relationships with community groups and policymakers. Avenues for addressing the key challenges in water science include transdisciplinary approaches, student learning opportunities, and community collaborations, among others. Future postings will recruit for four additional positions for the Water Cluster, including: aquatic science - molecular (Department of Environmental Biology); aquatic biochemistry (Department of Chemistry); applied hydrology (Department to be determined); and water quality modelling (Department of Environmental Resources Engineering). Successful candidates for these positions will be expected to participate actively and sustainably in this interdisciplinary initiative, and participation in the Water Cluster will be an important criterion in performance evaluations. The Department of Environmental Studies (EST) is seeking candidates for an academic year, tenure-track (10 month) position at the Assistant Professor rank, starting in the fall of 2022. As part of the Water Cluster, this faculty member will advance scholarship in the human dimensions of water issues. For more information on the Water Policy & Governance position, contact Dr. Sharon Moran at smoran@esf.edu.

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Amherst College invites applications for two full-time appointments specializing in the anthropology or sociology of race, health, and the environment, beginning on July 1, 2022. One of the positions will be a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor. The other will be a tenured appointment at the rank of associate or professor. Topical areas of specialization might include, but are not limited to the following: health and environmental justice; racialized geographies of pollution and health; indigenous approaches to sovereignty, health, and environmental protection; immigration, health, and the environment; race, colonialism, and medical and/or environmental science; imperialism and/or militarism, race, health, and the environment; and institutions (e.g., prisons), health, and environmental justice. We are also interested in candidates whose research draws on innovative methodologies and theoretical perspectives, ones that can speak across the humanities, interpretive social sciences, and the life and environmental sciences. Geographic area of focus is open. Within the last decade, Amherst College has profoundly transformed its student body in terms of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and nationality, among other areas. Today, nearly one-quarter of Amherst's students are Pell Grant recipients; 43 percent identify as domestic students of color; and 10 percent are international students. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring students who are broadly diverse in regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion. Each position may be either fully in the Department of Anthropology or Sociology, or joint between the Department of Anthropology and Sociology and another department that complements the applicant's specialization (e.g., the Department of Environmental Studies, the Department of Black Studies, the Department of American Studies, or the Department of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies). The teaching load is two courses per semester, and the successful candidate will be expected to advise honors theses. Any appointment with tenure will be contingent upon a positive tenure review. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in anthropology or sociology or a related field in hand by the start of the appointment. Candidates are asked to apply electronically to https://apply.interfolio.com/92826. Please include in the application a cover letter, curriculum vitae, writing sample (fifteen to thirty pages), teaching statement, and an item that gives us a sense of you as a teacher (e.g., syllabus, assignment, etc.), as well as the names and contact information for three references (candidates need not upload letters at this time, the submission will be complete even if it says “pending letters”). Applications will be reviewed beginning on October 11, 2021, and continue until the positions are filled. Questions may be directed to Professor Chris Dole, at cdole@amherst.edu. Amherst College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of all genders, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply. The college is committed to enriching its educational experience and its culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff. https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/provost_dean_faculty/faculty_hiring/employment

International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food Published by the Department of Sociology, Michigan State University (USA). Frequency: 2 to 3 issues per year with an ambition to reach 4 issues per year ISSN: 0798-1759 Editors: Raymond A. Jussaume Jr., Katerina Psarikidou, Claire Marris http://www.ijsaf.org/ The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food (IJSAF) in an open-access, on-line academic journal that provides a forum for theoretically informed empirical research and critical debates about local, regional, national and/or global food and agricultural systems. It is open to contributions not only from sociologists, but also from scholars in related disciplines. It welcomes interdisciplinary approaches to social, cultural, political and environmental aspects of food production, distribution and consumption, as well as processes of agricultural change. All articles published in this journal undergo external, double-blind peer review. IJSAF is the official journal of the Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food (RC-40) of the International Sociological Association (ISA). At this time, RC40 is soliciting applications for a new Editor-in-Chief for a term of 4 years. See the full call for details

Funded by e-Campus Ontario, this collaborative open educational resource (OER) will bring together a collection of 100+ short pedagogical pieces (500-1000 words) to help students understand complex theoretical concepts and disciplinary jargon from the critical social sciences. Following a set of defined guidelines (see the Author Guide below), OER contributors will create “vignettes”—short, evocative stories, illustrations or infographics, poems, described photographs, or other audio-visual material. This OER will be of use across disciplines and community contexts, democratizing theory while linking it to practical, grounded experience. See enclosed call for proposals for detailed information.

Scholars from around the world are invited to send an Abstract of Interest of not more than 500 words by June 15, 2021 to jussaume@msu.edu. We are asking scholars who are conducting, or who have recently conducted empirical work in Japan on innovative community-based approaches to transforming food, agriculture, forestry, and fishery to submit abstracts on their work for consideration for presentation in a virtual symposium this fall. We are particularly interested in presentations that highlight how everyday people are approaching local development challenges and opportunities. Thematically, these empirical studies could be framed within a variety of conceptual approaches, including, but not limited to: a loss of trust in the political economic system; issues of power and powerlessness; top -down versus bottom-up development strategies; concerns about the future viability of rural Japan; local conflicts about development strategies and future visions; and creative and innovative approaches to empowering communities, conflict resolutions within the community, and addressing challenges. See attachment for more information!

Post-Doctoral Social Science Research Associate Social and Ecological Impacts of Digital Agriculture Cornell is hiring a postdoc to play a leadership role in designing for social impact of digital agriculture. The position announcement and details are available here: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18232.

Dear RC40, Please join the RC40 Members’ Business Meeting & Social – Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food, International Sociological Association (Zoom link below) Friday February 26, 2021 2:00 EST (Porto Alegre time 16.00 (LONDON -5 hours) The RC40 Members’ Business Meeting is a chance to exchange information about the status of RC40 membership, budget, journal (IJSAF), program activities and upcoming 2022 elections for the next panel of Officers and Executive Council members. We have a tradition, a platform, and funding to enable people to advance a wide variety of engaged scholarship focused around agriculture and food. Your engagement needed to leverage these resources to advance a more equitable, sustainable, and satisfying world. All RC40 members are welcome to play an active role in the Members’ Business Meeting and in the leadership of this organization. It does not matter how long you have been a member, or how much you publish, or what kind of professional role you play. Your voice and your ideas are needed. We pledge to make this meeting an inclusive discussion, and we aim to engage all RC40 members in dialogue about future plans, activities, and leadership. If COVID was not a fact of life, the RC40 Members’ Business Meeting would be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil as part of the ISA FORUM, which is now a virtual conference Feb 23-27, 2021 - https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum. RC40 will host 63 papers in 14 sessions at the this international meeting. Please note that conference registration in the ISA Forum is NOT required to join the RC40 Business Meeting. The Zoom link provided below will provide access to all members. While it is said you are not supposed to mix business with pleasure, we are willing to take this risk. We will follow the RC40 Members’ Business Meeting with a Social Event. We invite you to participate in a collective game, network, relax, and engage fellow members who share academic and practical interests. Please budget time to join us. Best, Steven, on behalf of the RC40 Executive Council (EC) Join Zoom Meeting https://cornell.zoom.us/j/96046066454?pwd=dUw2eUVnODJwUEk1NzRZMUQ0RGphZz09 Meeting ID: 960 4606 6454 Passcode: RC40 Please put the date, Zoom Meeting ID and Passcode into your calendars.

A “view only” registration option is now available for the ISA forum. The View-only registration for non-presenters (only) will be available for purchase. Regular fee US$50, Students fee US$20. Fees must be paid by credit card and are not refundable. Please note that student verification requires at least 24 hours. View-only registration includes all RC-40 session as well as: · View-only access to live sessions · Access to Session Recordings posted after the conference · Congress Program Book and Book of Abstracts (in pdf format) https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2020/registration/call.cgi