Dr. Lucy Hinton

Assistant Professor

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Email: lhinton2@uwo.ca

Dr. Hinton works at the intersection of political economy, food studies, and development studies. As a University of Victoria Aspiration 2030 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Hinton conducted SSHRC-funded fieldwork that examined the intersections of Caribbean food systems and decolonization. She completed both her undergraduate degree and PhD (Global Governance, the Balsillie School of International Affairs) at the University of Waterloo, and her MA at Dalhousie University. Dr. Hinton has worked at King’s since 2021, teaching both POLI 2142 (Politics and Pop Culture: Politics through the Lens of Harry Potter) and POLI 1022 (Global Politics).

Awards

• SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, 2023
• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2020
• University of Waterloo President’s Award, 2020
• IDRC Research Award, 2019

Education

• PhD Global Governance, Balsille School of International Affairs
• MA, International Development Studies, Dalhousie University, 2016
• BES, International Development, University of Waterloo, 2013

Selected Publications

• Hinton, L. (2022). Discursive Power: Trade over Health in CARICOM. Frontiers in Communication.
• Hinton, L. and Scott, C. (2022). Where sustainable diets fit in global governance. In K. Kelvany and P. Prosperi (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets.
• Stephens, P. and Hinton, L. (2021). Post-Secondary Food Studies Pedagogy in Canada. Canadian Food Studies.
• Hinton, L. and Schnurr, M. (2021). Newcomers and a Sense of Belonging: Community Gardening as a Tool to Ease Transitions. In Konrad, V. Borders in Globalization. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Wagner, J.; Hinton, L.; McCordic, C.; Owuor, S.; Capron, G. and Gonzalez Arellano, Salomon. (2019). Do Urban Food Deserts Exist in the Global South? An Analysis of Nairobi and Mexico City. Sustainability, 11 (17).