Allison Marie LocontoAllison Marie Loconto (PhD, HDR in Sociology) is Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary
Laboratory for Science, Innovation and Society (LISIS) and a Research Professor at the
French National Institute for Research on Agriculture, Food and Envirnment (INRAE).
Dr. Loconto is Chief Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture,
an Associate Editor for the Journal of Rural Studies and an editorial board member of
Agriculture and Human Values. Previously, she was a Science, Technology and
Society Fellow at Harvard University and a Visiting Scientist at the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Author of numerous academic and
practitioner oriented publications, she focuses on the governance of transitions to sustainable
food systems, specifically on the metrics, models, standards and systems of certification that
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