Chris Huggins

Associate Professor
School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Canada

Chris Huggins is an Associate Professor with the School for International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa. He is currently engaged in research on 'The Role of Informal Waste Collectors in Emerging International Plastic Regulation' with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Fieldwork for that research is being conducted in Zambia and Mozambique. As a co-applicant on a SSHRC Partnership Grant (PG) entitled 'African Extractivism and the Green Transition', he is engaged in research collaboration with scholars from the University of Windsor, York University, and several academic and research institutions across Southern Africa. He is also involved in research on questions of gendered control over land and natural resources, and the use of new technologies in land use planning and related activities in parts of Africa.