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Marion Werner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Department of Global Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University at Buffalo (College of Arts and Sciences). She co-directs the Center for Trade, Environment and Development (CTED) and serves as Co-Editor of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography. Her research focuses on labor dynamics, feminist and postcolonial theory, political economy, and geographies of global production, with a regional focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Werner holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota (2010). Her book Global Displacement: The Making of Uneven Development in the Caribbean (Wiley Blackwell, 2016) examines worker and farmer livelihoods in Caribbean global trade systems. Her work critiques capitalist production models through case studies on pesticide regulation in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic labor regimes, and the socio-environmental impacts of global commodity chains.
Her scholarship emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to understanding how global economic systems interact with local contexts, particularly through studies of pesticide industries, food regimes, and neoliberal policies. She has pioneered the GloPUT database tracking pesticide use in low-income countries and contributed to critical dialogues on uneven development theories.
Werner's affiliations include leadership roles in CTED and Antipode, where she promotes radical geographic perspectives. Her research extends into policy advocacy, as seen in her analyses of post-hurricane Caribbean governance and critiques of 'trade-labor linkages' in Vietnam.
Key grants include support for geographies of pesticide production and feminist institutional reform initiatives. Her work bridges academia and activism through mentorship programs addressing gender equity in higher education structures.
