Lucy Hinton

Lucy Hinton is an Aspiration 2030 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies. She is cross-appointed to Geography and Political Science. Lucy has previously worked for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada with the Food, Environment and Health team. She completed her dissertation in September 2022, which analyzed the role of corporate power in the policy process undertaken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to implement Front-of-Pack Warning Labels on processed food items. She works at the intersections of international political economy, development studies and food studies, using a deeply historical approach to help explain why food systems are so deeply entrenched and resist required transformation for people and planet.

Lucy’s work at the University of Victoria aims to understand the colonial legacies in contemporary Caribbean food systems, using cocoa as an entry point to understand modern challenges and historical structures. Lucy’s research is generously supported by UVic’s Aspiration 2030, the Centre for Global Studies, the Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, and the Geography and Political Science departments.