Allison Marie Loconto

Allison Marie Loconto (PhD, HDR in Sociology) is Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Science, Innovation and Society (LISIS) and a Research Professor at the French National Institute for Research on Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). Dr. Loconto is Chief Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Rural Studies and an editorial board member of Agriculture and Human Values. Previously, she was a Science,...See more

Allison Marie Loconto (PhD, HDR in Sociology) is Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Science, Innovation and Society (LISIS) and a Research Professor at the French National Institute for Research on Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). Dr. Loconto is Chief Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Rural Studies and an editorial board member of Agriculture and Human Values. Previously, she was a Science, Technology and Society Fellow at Harvard University and a Visiting Scientist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Author of numerous academic and practitioner oriented publications, she focuses on the governance of transitions to sustainable food systems, specifically on the metrics, models, standards and systems of certification that are part of emerging institutional innovations. See less