UNMAKING: a research programme on the disruption of capitalism in societal transformation to sustainability

PhD research projects

Five PhD research projects are conducted within the UNMAKING programme.

  • Exnovating and unlearning capitalism in agri-food systems and organisations: widening sustainability transitions. PhD student: Laura van Oers. Learn more about this PhD research project here.
  • Democratic praxis in grassroots agriculture movements: a vehicle for social-ecological transformation? PhD student: Jacob Smessaert. Learn more about this PhD research project here.
  • Power in the unmaking of capitalism: the influence of grassroots initiatives on trajectories of transformation to sustainability. PhD student: Guilherme Raj. Learn more about this PhD research project here.
  • Nurturing networksa social movement lens on communitysupported agriculture. PhD student: Leonie Guerrero. Learn more about this PhD research project here.
  • Unmaking the capitalist food system: Rural-urban relations in transition. PhD student: Julia Spanier. Learn more about this PhD research project here.