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Loka Ashwood is a Professor in Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on identifying dominant public and private firms' roles in global agribusiness and their cross-sectoral ties. He aims to make his findings accessible to the public by leveraging collaborative research to address issues associated with corporate organizations. His work helps identify new organizational strategies that can serve communities and promote a richer social-ecological future. He authored 'For-Profit Democracy: Government Losing Trust in Rural America' (Yale 2018) and co-authored 'Empty Fields, Empty Promises: A Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm' (University of North Carolina 2023). In 2024, he was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow. His work is also linked to the ACRE Justice initiative.
University of Wisconsin-Madison • Madison, WI
Professor in Community and Environmental Sociology, focusing on global agribusiness and collaborative research initiatives.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences