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Geoffrey Lawrence is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on agriculture, land use, and rural development, with significant attention to organic food and agriculture, rural development and sustainability, as well as the intersections of housing, finance, and neoliberalism. Additional research interests include political economy and Marxism, legal systems and judicial processes, and global trade, sustainability, and social impact.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics within general agricultural and biological sciences, plant science, and finance, along with sociology and political science. Their work is frequently published in the International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, with multiple articles appearing in this venue. Other publication venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Development and Change, and Research in Globalization.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Geoffrey Lawrence include:

  • "The Question of Food Security," 2020, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
  • "Supermarket Own Brands, Supply Chains and the Transformation of the Agri-food System," 2021, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
  • "Supermarkets' Governance of the Agri-food Supply Chain: Is the 'Corporate-Environmental' Food Regime Evident in Australia?," 2020, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
  • "Financialization for Development? Asset Making on Indigenous Land in Remote Northern Australia," 2021, Development and Change
  • "Regulating Cannabis Interstate Commerce: Perspectives on How the Federal Government Should Respond," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Kiah Smith
  • Alexandra Langford
  • David Burch
  • Philip McMichael
  • Jeremy Berke

Geoffrey Lawrence has also authored a book titled Societal Deception, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Eating ‘Green’: Motivations behind organic food consumption in Australia

    Stewart Lockie;Kristen Lyons;Geoffrey Lawrence;Kerry Mummery

  • Globalization and Sport: Playing the World

    Toby Miller;Geoffrey A. Lawrence;Jim McKay;David Rowe

  • Choosing organics: a path analysis of factors underlying the selection of organic food among Australian consumers.

    Stewart Lockie;Kristen Lyons;Geoffrey Lawrence;Janet Grice

  • A Future for Regional Australia: Escaping Global Misfortune

    Ian Gray;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Towards a third food regime: behind the transformation

    David Burch;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Capitalism and the countryside: The rural crisis in Australia

    Geoffrey Lawrence

  • The environmental imperative: Eco-social concerns for Australian agriculture

    Frank Vanclay;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Supermarket Own Brands, Supply Chains and the Transformation of the Agri-food System

    David Burch;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Farmer rationality and the adoption of environmentally sound practices; A critique of the assumptions of traditional agricultural extension

    F. Vanclay;G. Lawrence

  • Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains: Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods

    David Burch;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Food security in Australia in an era of neoliberalism, productivism and climate change

    Geoffrey Lawrence;Carol Richards;Kristen Lyons

  • Globalization and Sport

    T. Miller;G. A. Lawrence;J. McKay;D. Rowe

  • Neither ‘family’ nor ‘corporate’ farming: Australian tomato growers as farm family entrepreneurs

    Bill Pritchard;David Burch;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Neoliberalism, Individualisation and Community: Regional Restructuring in Australia

    Lynda Cheshire;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Financialization in agri-food supply chains: private equity and the transformation of the retail sector

    David Burch;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • The resilience of long and short food chains: a case study of flooding in Queensland, Australia

    Kiah Smith;Geoffrey Lawrence;Amy MacMahon;Jane Muller

  • Social Interaction and Sense of Community in a Master Planned Community

    Ted Rosenblatt;Lynda Cheshire;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation

    Vaughan Higgins;Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability

    Geoffrey Lawrence;Kristen Lyons;Tabatha Wallington

  • Going Organic: Mobilising Networks for Environmentally Responsible Food Production

    Stewart Lockie;Kristen Lyons;Geoffrey Lawrence;Darren Halpin

  • Agriculture and Human Values

    Jane Dixon;Geoffrey Lawrence;David Burch

Frequent Co-Authors

Stewart Lockie
Stewart Lockie James Cook University
David Rowe
David Rowe Western Sydney University
Toby Miller
Toby Miller University of California, Riverside
Jin-Ho Choy
Jin-Ho Choy Ewha Womans University
James McKay
James McKay International Agency For Research On Cancer
Salem S. Al-Deyab
Salem S. Al-Deyab King Saud University
Dattatray S. Dhawale
Dattatray S. Dhawale Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Philip McMichael
Philip McMichael Cornell University
Jane Dixon
Jane Dixon Australian National University
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science

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