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Dr Molly Rose Bond

Dr Molly Rose Bond

 Peter Lanyon Joseph Emidy Room

 

Peter Lanyon Building, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

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I work part-time, normally Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Overview

As an interdisciplinary social scientist, I follow emerging socio-ecological, technological, economic and agri/cultural ideas, practices and policies that ‘promise’ sustainable futures. 

Much of my research to date has focused ethnographically on future food politics, particularly the global implications of synthetic biology and lab-grown food and effects upon food cultures, agricultural livelihoods, diversity and traditional knowers, growers and users of natural products.

Some of this has involved attending UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP meetings, researching the governance of genetic resources and synthetic biology, the issue of (digital) biopiracy, the bioeconomy and biocultural justice. Another part of this has involved a 'follow-the-thing' study of the stevia plant.

I am interested in developing further research into agrobiocultural diversity, plant/food culture extinction, and the promissory interface between agroecology and gene-editing horizons incorporating anti-colonial, feminist, creative audio/visual and transdisciplinary approaches.

My work is currently supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the UK Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC).

Broad research specialisms:

  • Critical Agrarian Studies (future food systems, plant politics).
  • De/anti-colonial, feminist Science & Technology Studies (STS).
  • Global Bioeconomies, genetic engineering & Synthetic Biology
  • UN Biodiversity Governance (agri-biodiversity and justice)
  • Political Ecology (politics of knowledge and promissory sustainability)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Innovation
  • Creative methods, multi-sited global ethnography and Follow-the-thing

Qualifications

PhD  Global Political Economy (University of Bristol)
MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (University of Bristol)
BA (hons) International Development (University of Sussex)

Foundation Degree in Art & Design (Falmouth University)
 

Research

Research interests

  • Political Ecology (particularly politics of knowledge and politics of sustainability)
  • Agrarian livelihoods, food systems and social movements.
  • Decolonial, feminist science & technology studies.
  • Global Political Bio-Economy and genetic engineering
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Innovation
  • Multi-sited Ethnography
  • Culture, politics and sustainability in Latin America and Cornwall.

Research projects

From the Land to the Lab: Unearthing synthetic biology food futures and the changing ‘nature’ of production, through a global ethnobotanical and biocultural study of stevia / ka’a he’ê.

Research networks

  • Environment & Sustainability Research Group
  • Exeter Food Network
  • EGENIS
  • Cultural and Historical Geographies research group

Publications

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Publications by category


Journal articles

Bond MR, Scott D (2020). Digital biopiracy and the (dis)assembling of the Nagoya Protocol. GEOFORUM, 117, 24-32. Author URL.
Bond M (2016). Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development. Development, 58(2-3), 411-413.

Publications by year


2020

Bond MR, Scott D (2020). Digital biopiracy and the (dis)assembling of the Nagoya Protocol. GEOFORUM, 117, 24-32. Author URL.

2016

Bond M (2016). Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development. Development, 58(2-3), 411-413.

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