معرفی
Mara Fridell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Arts, specializing in sociological, ecological, and feminist political economy theories. With over three decades of expertise in social and ecological theory development, she employs comparative frameworks to analyze policy, politics, and institutions.
- Education
- PhD in Sociology (University of Oregon, 2007)
- MA in Sociology (University of New Mexico, 1998)
- BA in English (Hamline University, 1991)
Her research spans geopolitics, political economy, and inequality, focusing on Enlightenment ideologies, social reproduction, and comparative policy outcomes. Funded by prestigious agencies like SSHRC, her work examines:
- Nuclear waste siting on Indigenous lands
- Fair Trade decommodification
- Indigenous health disparities
- Enlightenment-Counterenlightenment intellectual history
- Feminist political-economic literacy
Recent publications explore cosmopolitan consumption, austerity impacts, and higher education development. She contributes to academic leadership as President of the Society for Socialist Studies and the Working Class Studies Association.
- Scientific Awards
- SSHRC Insight Grant (2021-2025) - Co-Investigator
- SSHRC Partnership Grant (2020-2027) - Investigator
- SSHRC Insight Grant (2020-2024) - Investigator
- Mitacs Grant (2021-2022) - Principal Investigator
