Sarah-Louise Ruder, Ph.D.

cultivating just and sustainable food systems

Writing

I publish my research in a variety of academic journals, including Nature Food, Big Data & Society, and The Journal of Peasant Studies, and public venues, like The Conversation and Policy Options.

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Academic

  1. Ruder, S.L.,* Glaros, A.,* and Pizzirani, S. (forthcoming, accepted). Too late for mitigation? Elementa.  || * Equal lead authors
  2. Ruder, S.L., Faxon, H., Orzel, E., Devkota, R., and Bronson, K. (2026). Reviewing the Evidence on Precision Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability. npj Sustainable Agriculture. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44264-026-00128-x.
  3. Bowness, E., Ruder, S. L., Giles, R., and Skinner, D. (2026). Cellular Agriculture as a Just Transition for Food Systems? Canadian Food Studies. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v13i1.731.
  4. Duncan, E. R.,* Ruder, S. L.,* KC, K. B., Wittman, H., and Fraser, E. (2026). The Political Economy of Agricultural Data Governance: Farmer Perspectives on Trust in Data Sharing. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104076. || * Equal lead authors
  5. Parra-López, C., Carmona-Torres, C., Finger, R., Bronson, K., Ruder, S. L., and Klerkx, L. (2026). Editorial: From smart farming to wise agricultural systems: A conceptual framework for systems-oriented sustainable digital transformation in agriculture. Agricultural Systems, 234(April), 104669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2026.104669.
  6. Bowness, E., Mukiri, J., Ruder, S. L., Hase-Ueta, M., Morais-da-Silva, R. L., Newell, R., and Glaros, A. (2025). Editorial: The social implications of cellular agriculture and the future of food. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9(1597622), 4–6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1597622.
  7. Ruder, S. L. (2025). “Terms and Conditions” of Surveillance Capitalism: Agricultural Data Governance in Canada. Journal of Peasant Studies, 54(4), 725-750.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2429480.
  8. Ruder, S. L., Satterfield, T., Duncan, E., and Wittman, H. (2025). Farmer Sociotechnical Imaginaries for Canadian Agri-Food Futures. Journal Agriculture and Human Values, 42, 1439–1456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10675-z.
  9. Ruder, S.L. and Wittman, H. (2025). Agricultural Data Governance from the Ground Up: Exploring Data Justice with Farmer and Agri-Food Movements. Big Data & Society, 12(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251330182.
  10. Fairbairn, M., Faxon, H.O., Montenegro de Wit, M., Bronson, K., Kish, Z., Ruder, S. L. Ezirigwe, J., Abdella, S., Oguamanam, C., and Schnurr, M. (2025). Digital agriculture will perpetuate injustice unless led from the grassroots. Nature Food, 6, 312–315. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01137-8.
  11. Abdulai, A. R., Pulido-Castanon, J., Duncan, E., Ruder, S. L., KC, K., and Fraser, E. (2024). Will agricultural digitalization deliver relative advantages in quality of work, productivity, profitability, return on investments, and reliability? Perceptions of Canadian producers. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 10(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2422529.
  12. Ruder, S. L., Bowness, E., McIntyre, A., Grant, A.M., and Newman, L. (2023). Tasting the ‘Future of Food’ on a Bay Area Cellular Agriculture Tour. Gastronomica, 23(2): 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2023.23.2.37.
  13. Ruder, S. L. and Kandlikar, M. (2023). Governing Gene-Edited Crops: Risks, Regulations, and Responsibilities as Perceived by Agricultural Genomics Experts in Canada. Journal for Responsible Innovation, 1(10), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2023.2167572.
  14. Reimer, C., Ruder, S. L., Koppes, M., and Sundberg, J. (2024). A Pedagogy of Unbecoming for Geosciences Otherwise. In K. Meehan (Ed), Race, Nature, and the Environment. Routledge. || Equal authors
  15. Reimer, C., Ruder, S. L., Koppes, M., and Sundberg, J. (2023). A Pedagogy of Unbecoming for Geosciences Otherwise. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 113(7), 1711–1727. 
    https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2151406. || Equal authors
  16. Ruder, S. L.,* James, D.,* Bowness, E.,* Robin, T., and Dale, B. (2022). Canada’s Corporate Food Regime and the Prospects for a Just Transition. In J. Antony, W. Antony, and L. Samuelson (Eds.), Power and Resistance: Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues. Fernwood. || * Equal authors
  17. Sanniti, S.R. and Ruder, S. L. (2021). Engaging Economies of Change: Equitable Partnerships for Climate Action. In K. Kish and S. Quilley (Eds.), Ecological Limits of Development: Living with the Sustainable Development Goals. Routledge.
  18. Wilson, A., Bessey, M., Brady, J., Classens, M., Lee, K., Levkoe, C., Marshman, J., Martens, T., Ruder, S. L., Stephens, P., and Soma, T. (2021). Commentary: Looking back on food studies in 2020-2021 in so-called Canada. Canadian Food Studies, 8(3), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i3.520.
  19. Clapp, J. and Ruder, S. L. (2020). Precision Technologies for Agriculture: Digital Farming, Gene-Edited Crops, and the Politics of Sustainability. Global Environmental Politics, 20(3), 49–69. https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00566.
  20. Ruder, S. L. and Sanniti, S.R. (2019). Transcending Learned Ignorance of Predatory Ontologies: research agenda for an ecofeminist-informed Ecological Economics. Sustainability, 11(5), 1–29. 
    https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051479. || Equal authors
  21. Ruder, S.L. (2018). Clive Hamilton. Defiant Earth: The fate of humans in the Anthropocene. [Book review of Defiant Earth, by C. Hamilton]. Environmental Philosophy, 15(1), 129–134. https://doi.org/10.5840/envirophil20181515.

Public Scholarship

  1. Ruder, S. L. (2026, July 22). Canada can stop surveillance pricing before it reaches the checkout. Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/07/grocery-surveillance-pricing/
  2. Ruder, S. L., Issac, J., Raja, A., and Newell, R. (2026). Acceptance and Perceptions of Cellular Agriculture in Canada. University of the Fraser Valley; University of Ottawa; Royal Roads University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13172.51844.
  3. Pasek, A., Wen, J., Bronson, K., Ruder, S. L., Doggett, O. (2025, October 20). A made-in-Canada approach to AI. Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-made-in-canada/.
  4. Pasek, A., Bronson, K., Centivany, A., Doggett, O., Hilstob, K., Kinder, J., Kish, Z., Okabe, N., Ruder, S.L., Tretter, E., Walker, K., Wen, J. and Bradley, A. (2025, October 14). Challenges and Opportunities for a Made-In-Canada Approach to AI. AI + Society Initiative, University of Ottawa. https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/news-all/roadmap-sustainable-made-canada-approach-ai
  5. Ruder, S. L. and Bronson, K. (2024, June 21). Canada needs ethical data governance in agriculture. Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/06/ag-data-2/.
  6. Glaros, A., Newell, R., Ruder, S. L., Mukiri, J. and Pizzirani, S. (2023). Cellular Agriculture Futures: A survey of public perceptions in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia. University of the Fraser Valley; University of British Columbia; Royal Roads University. https://www.ufv.ca/media/assets/food-and-agriculture-institute/pdfs/Cellular-Agriculture-Futures-A-survey-of-public-perceptions-in-the-Lower-Mainland,-BC-May-2023.pdf.
  7. Frenzel, J.* and Ruder, S. L.* (2023). Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/can-the-heat-from-running-computers-help-grow-our-food-its-complicated-201064 || * Equal authors 
  8. Bowness, E.,* Newell, R.,* Ruder, S.L.,* and Saldana, Y. T. (2022). Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/milk-without-the-cow-cellular-agriculture-could-be-the-future-of-farming-but-dairy-farmers-need-help-173898 || * Equal authors
  9. Ruder, S. L. (2020). The digital revolution is here: What does it mean for Ontario grain farmers? Ontario Grain Farmer, 11(5). https://ontariograinfarmer.ca/2020/02/01/the-digital-revolution-is-here/
  10. Sanniti, S. R., and Ruder, S. L. (2019). Walking the Walk: Planning a Conference that Embodies Equity and Sustainability. Women & Environments International Magazine, (100/101), 7–11. http://www.yorku.ca/weimag/CURRENTISSUE/images/WEIMAG_100_101.pdf. || Equal authors
  11. Ruder, S. L. (2018). Farmer’s voices missing: University of Waterloo research. Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine, 10(3). [Print and online] https://ontariograinfarmer.ca/2018/12/01/farmers-voice-missing/
Farm fields in Quebec

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