Robert M. Chiles
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View article: A systematic review of ecosystem services modeling for environmental health assessment
A systematic review of ecosystem services modeling for environmental health assessment Open
Increasingly, environmental modelers are called upon to evaluate the sustainability and ecosystem health (EH) impacts of new policies and land management practices. This demand requires modelers to convert the normative, value-laden concep…
View article: Sustainability outcomes and policy implications: Evaluating China’s “old urban neighborhood renewal” experiment
Sustainability outcomes and policy implications: Evaluating China’s “old urban neighborhood renewal” experiment Open
Globally, old urban neighborhood transformation has become a new urban sustainability focus for its significant contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 11. A regeneration-oriented approach is particularly important…
View article: Optimization and reflexivity in interdisciplinary agri-environmental scholarship
Optimization and reflexivity in interdisciplinary agri-environmental scholarship Open
Introduction The Chesapeake Bay and Upper Bann watersheds in the United States and Northern Ireland, respectively, exemplify how agricultural systems contribute to groundwater and surface water pollution, which leads in turn to water quali…
View article: Empowering students to confront environmental injustice: Dialogue, theory, empathy, and partnership
Empowering students to confront environmental injustice: Dialogue, theory, empathy, and partnership Open
View article: AgriTech investor and informant perspectives about cellular agriculture
AgriTech investor and informant perspectives about cellular agriculture Open
Investor and venture capital activity within food, agriculture and bio renewables (AgriTech) continues to accelerate. Investors recognize promise in AgriTech due to pressing demand to provide food and bio renewable materials for our growin…
View article: Democratizing ownership and participation in the 4th Industrial Revolution: challenges and opportunities in cellular agriculture
Democratizing ownership and participation in the 4th Industrial Revolution: challenges and opportunities in cellular agriculture Open
The emergence of the “4th Industrial Revolution,” i.e. the convergence of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, advanced materials, and bioengineering technologies, could accelerate socioeconomic insecurities and anxieties or pr…
View article: Global food systems in the post-coronavirus era
Global food systems in the post-coronavirus era Open
Coronavirus is currently dealing a concussive blow to global food systems, but this crisis could also present a rare opportunity to uncover and address longstanding social and environmental problems. The purpose of this paper is to shed ad…
View article: Livestock Intensification Strategies in Rwanda: Ethical Implications for Animals and a Consideration of Potential Alternatives
Livestock Intensification Strategies in Rwanda: Ethical Implications for Animals and a Consideration of Potential Alternatives Open
View article: Constructing a New Food Ethics: Waste and Discourses of Difference
Constructing a New Food Ethics: Waste and Discourses of Difference Open
View article: Getting Wasted: Going Beyond "Agrarian vs. Industrial" and Moving towards a New Food Ethics
Getting Wasted: Going Beyond "Agrarian vs. Industrial" and Moving towards a New Food Ethics Open
View article: Qualitative Research Ethics in the Big Data Era
Qualitative Research Ethics in the Big Data Era Open
This article examines the developments that have motivated this special issue on Qualitative Research Ethics in the Big Data Era. The article offers a broad overview of many pressing challenges and opportunities that the Big Data era raise…
View article: Questioning Reality, Questioning Science: Teaching Students in the Food and Agricultural Sciences about Epistemological, Ethical, and Empirical Controversies
Questioning Reality, Questioning Science: Teaching Students in the Food and Agricultural Sciences about Epistemological, Ethical, and Empirical Controversies Open
The effective application of food science depends on social constraints, yet the training for food scientists does not adequately consider the contested social context under which food is processed, packaged, and prepared. We recently co‐t…
View article: Hidden in Plain Sight: How Industry, Mass Media, and Consumers’ Everyday Habits Suppress Food Controversies
Hidden in Plain Sight: How Industry, Mass Media, and Consumers’ Everyday Habits Suppress Food Controversies Open
In this article, I develop the concept of ‘suppressive synergy’ to explain how meat products retain their everyday legitimacy amongst consumers despite the controversies which surround these products. While sociologists have offered variou…