ABOUT THE USER: A Brown Bag lunch Lecture Series Hosted by 1125@Carleton in collaboration with NSERC CLUE (Collaborative Learning about Usability Experiences)

On November 18th, join Peter Andree (Associate Professor, Political Science, Carleton University) for ‘Who is the User? Who is the Expert?’

During this academic year, please join us in learning about different approaches to conducting user-centred research. Bring your lunch and listen to Carleton University researchers and special guests discussing their research activities with and for people.

Bio:

Peter Andrée is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. He is also cross-appointed in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and in the Institute of Political Economy. Prof Andrée’s research focuses on the politics of food and the environment. He practices, and teaches, community-based participatory research methods. Prof. Andrée is co-editor of Globalization and Food Sovereignty: Global and Local Change in the New Politics of Food (University of Toronto Press, 2014) which examines social movements the world over seeking to build more sustainable and just food systems. He is also author of Genetically Modified Diplomacy (University of British Columbia Press, 2007), an analysis of the global politics of regulating genetically modified organisms. Along with Prof. Patricia Ballamingie of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton, Prof. Andrée is the co-lead of the Eastern Ontario node of the SSHRC and Ontario government funded ‘Nourishing Communities’ research team (nourishingontario.ca), which undertakes research across Canada and internationally on local sustainable food system efforts. He is the co-lead, with Lynn Langille of Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness, of the policy working group of a SSHRC-funded Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) based out of Mount Saint Vincent University called Activating Change Together for Community Food Security. He is also the co-lead, with Cathleen Kneen of the Ram’s Horn, of the Community Food Security hub of the Community First: Impact of Community Engagement research project based out of Carleton University. CFICE undertakes research alongside community partners across Canada to ensure that “campus community engagement” truly benefits the non-profit organizations involved.