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John Thompson - Research Fellow

Knowledge Technology and Society
T: +44 (0)1273 915682
E: j.thompson@ids.ac.uk

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Administrator:
Oliver Burch

Thematic Expertise:
Agriculture; Land Reform and Rights; Livestock and Pastoralism; Agri-food Business and Agricultural Trade; Climate Change; Environment; Globalisation; Science and Society; Water and Sanitation.

Geographic Expertise:
Central and South Asia; East Asia (excluding Japan and South Korea); Non-OECD Europe; North America; OECD Europe; Sub Saharan Africa.

John Thompson has worked on power, policy and sustainability issues in food and agriculture, water resource management and rural development for nearly 25 years, in both developing and industrialised countries.

He joined IDS in October 2006 as a Research Fellow in the Knowledge, Technology and Society Team and serves as Joint Co-ordinator of the Future Agricultures Consortium, which aims to encourage critical debate and policy dialogue on the future of agriculture in Africa and other developing regions.

Previously, he served as Director of the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, and Director of Research and Development of Just Food, New York City. Thompson has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, technical papers and reports, and is author and co-editor of several books.

In addition, he has sat on several international task forces, advisory panels and editorial boards, and has worked as a Research Associate at the National Environment Secretariat, Kenya, a Research Fellow at Clark and Harvard Universities, USA, and a Fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria.

Agricultural Biotechnology & Policy Processes in Developing Countries

Modern agricultural biotechnology has profound implications for global and local agricultural and food systems, and for the livelihoods of farmers in the developed and developing worlds. The actual consequences will depend on the pathways along which the technology is developed and applied in practice.

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Future Agricultures Consortium
The DFID funded Future Agricultures Consortium aims to encourage critical debate and policy dialogue on the future of agriculture in Africa. The Consortium is a partnership between research-based organisations in Africa and the UK, with work currently focusing on Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi.

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Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre
The STEPS Centre is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement hub, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. It aims to develop a new approach to understanding, action and communication on sustainability and development.

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The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension Reform Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa

 Food Policy (forthcoming)
Thompson, J. and Loureiro, M.

Agricultural Innovation Systems: Problematising the latest approach for improving agricultural extension and advisory services

 Food Policy (forthcoming)
Loureiro, M. and Thompson, J.

Ending Hunger and Malnutrition

 IDS Virtual Bulletin 2 (2012)
Haddad, L. et al.

Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World

 (2012)
Sumberg, J and Thompson, J.

Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Resarch in a Changing World

 In 'Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World' (2012)
Sumberg, J and Thompson, J.

Why Agronomy in the Developing World Has Become More Contentious

 Agriculture and Human Values DOI 1007/s10460-012-9376-8.10 (2012)
Sumberg, J., Thompson, J. Woodhouse, P.

Succes Making and Success Stories: Agronomic Research in the Spotlight

 In 'Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Resarch in a Changing World' (2012)
Sumberg, J. Thompson, J. Woodhouse, P

The Politics of Seed in Africa’s Green Revolution

 IDS Bulletin 42.4 (2011)
Scoones, I. and Thompson, J.

Addressing the Dynamics of Agri-Food Systems: An Emerging Agenda for Social Science Research

 Environmental Science and Policy 12 (2009)
Thompson, J. and Scoones, I.

Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya: Exploring Pathways in and out of Maize

 STEPS Working Paper 36 (2009)
Brooks S., Thompson J., Odame H., Kibaara B., Nderitu S., Karin F. and Millstone, E.

Reforming the Global Food and Agriculture System: Towards a Questioning Agenda for the New Manifesto

 STEPS Working Paper 26 (2009)
Millstone, E., Thompson, J. and Brooks, S.

Farmer First Revisited: Innovation for Agricultural Research and Development

 (2009)
Scoones, I. and Thompson, J.

Agri-Food System Dynamics: Seeking Pathways to Sustainability in an Era of Uncertainty

 (2007)
Thompson, J., Millstone, E., Scoones, I., Ely, A., Marshall, F., Shah, E. and Stagl, S.

Empowering Designs: Steps Towards More Progressive Social Appraisal of Sustainability

 STEPS Working paper 3 (2007)
Stirling, A., Leach, M., Mehta, L., Scoones, I., Smith, A., Stagl, S. and Thompson, J.

Dynamic Systems and the Challenge of Sustainability

 STEPS Working Paper 1 (2007)
Scoones, I., Leach, M., Smith, A., Stagl, S., Stirling, A. and Thompson, J.

Liquid Dynamics: Challenges for Sustainability in Water and Sanitation

 STEPS Working Paper 6 (2007)
Mehta, L., Marshall, F., Movik, S., Stirling, A., Shah, E., Smith, A. and Thompson, J.

Drawers of Water II: 30 Years of Change in Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health in East Africa

 (2001)
Thompson, J. Porras, I.T. and Tumwine, J.K.

Fertile Ground: The Impacts of Participatory Watershed Management

 (1999)
Thompson, J. Hinchcliffe, F and Pretty, J

Farmers' research in practice: lessons from the field

 (1997)
Thompson, J., Veldhuizen, L. and Water-Bayer, A.

A Trainers Guide to Participatory Learning and Action

 (1995)
Thompson, J., Guijt, I. and Scoones, I
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