Malin Olofsson

Malin Olofsson is a researcher in the area of agrarian transformation and environmental change. Her specific research focus is on smallholder farming systems, agriculture and food system transformation, land governance and more recently just energy transitions. She completed her PhD at the University of Amsterdam where she explored the dynamics of production, differentiation and accumulation amongst smallholder tree crop farmers in South Africa. She has an MA in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies (The Netherlands) and an Honours degree in Development Studies from the University of South Africa.  Prior to returning to academia, she worked for 12 years in the development sector in various countries across Southern Africa and Ghana, primarily in the areas of workers’ rights, smallholder farmers’ development, certification and small business development.

Themes: agrarian justice, food sovereignty, land governance, energy transitions.