My scholarship decolonizes development in theory and practice. First, it decolonizes and reconstructs theory by critically examining sustainability and social justice in action. Engaging multi-paradigmatic frameworks for analysis, I unpack the structural, cognitive, and relational dynamics shaping alternatives to development and change. Second, my work informs development ethics and methods through critical reflections and reviews of practice. My scholarly praxis identifies and enacts standards and methods that support connection across difference, opening pathways for interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange. The sections below detail current and past projects and publications.

Decolonizing Development
Book Under Contract

• Decolonizing Development: Food, Trade, and Heritage in Post-Authoritarian Environments. Bristol: Bristol University Press.

Other Publications

• 2021 “Knowledge in Action: Negotiating Power in Development.” Action Research 19(3):480-497. Online First in 2019).
  • Download accepted version HERE.
• 2021 "Sustainable Development and Participatory Action Research: A Systematic Review." Systemic Practice and Action Research 34:291-306.
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• 2020. "Ethics for Development Research." Sociology of Development 6(4):395-416.
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• 2018. "Gendered Livelihoods and Social Change in Post-apartheid South Africa." Gender, Place and Culture 25(4):525-46.
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• Under Review. "Transnational Feminisms: A Manifesto for Emancipatory Praxis."
• Under Review. “Racial Identity and Consciousness in Post-Apartheid South Africa."

Democratizing Energy
Edited Volume

• Nadesan, Majia H., Martin J. Pasqualetti, and Jennifer Keahey. 2022. “Democratizing Energy” New York: Elsevier.

Book Chapters

• 2022. "Imagining Energy Democracy." In Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures, edited by M. Nadesan, M. Pasqualetti, and J. Keahey. New York: Elsevier.
• 2022. "Introduction to the Collection." In Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures, edited by M. Nadesan, M. Pasqualetti, and J. Keahey. New York: Elsevier (with Majia Nadesan and Martin  Pasqualetti).
• Forthcoming. "Rethinking Energy Democracy." In Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions, edited by Kathy Araujo. New York: Routledge (lead author with Majia Nadesan and Martin Pasqualetti)
• Forthcoming. "Energy Neomercantilism and Regenerative Alternatives." In Changing the Paradigm of Energy Geopolitics, edited by J. Simoes, F. Leandro, R. Oberoi, and E Caetano de Sousa. New York: Peter Lang. (with Majia Nadesan)

Fair Trade Certification and Agrarian Livelihoods
Publications

• 2019. "Sustainable Heritage Development in the South African Cederberg."Geoforum 104:36-45.
  • Download accepted version HERE.

• 2018. "Can Market-based Sustainability Resolve the Development Crisis?" Sociological Insights for Development Policy 3(4).
• 2018. "Participatory Commodity Networking: An Integrated Framework for Fair Trade Research and Support." Action Research 16(1): 25-42 (lead author with Laura T. Raynolds, Sandra Kruger and Andreis du Toit)
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• 2017. "The Promise and Perils of Market-based Sustainability." Sociology of Development  3(2): 143-62. (lead author with Douglas Murray)
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• 2016. "Whose Knowledge Counts? Developing Fair Trade Skills in South Africa." Globalizations 13(4): 409-24.
• 2015. "Fair Trade and Racial Equity in Africa." Pp. 441-56 in The Handbook of Research on Fair Trade, edited by L.T. Raynolds and E.A. Bennett. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2014. "Fair Trade: Social Justice and Production Alternatives." Pp. 165-81 in The Routledge Companion to Alternative Organization, edited by M. Parker, G. Cheney, V. Fournier, and C. Land. New York, NY: Routledge. (with Laura Raynolds)
• 2011. "Business with a Mission: The Ongoing Role of Ten Thousand Villages within the Fair Trade Movement." Pp. 265-83 in A Table of Sharing: Mennonite Central Committee and Expanding Networks of Mennonite Identity, edited by A.E. Weaver. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House. (lead author with Mary Littrell and Douglas Murray)
• 2008. "Fair Trade, Gender, and the Environment in Africa." Pp. 213-24 in The Handbook on Trade and the Environment, edited by K. Gallagher. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. (with Laura Raynolds)
• 2009. "Regional Economic Integration and Local Food: The Case of Latvia during European Union Accession." International Journal of Sustainable Society 1(3): 292-304.

Sustainable Development Practice and Advocacy
Technical Reports

• 2011. "Executive Summary: Emerging Rooibos Farmer Market Access Project." Fort Collins: Center for Fair & Alternative Trade (CFAT) in collaboration with Sandra Kruger & Associates and the Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).
• 2010. "Jumbo Charcoal Supply Chain and Fairtrade Standards." Pniel, South Africa: Sandra Kruger and Associates.
• 2004. "TRAX Ghana Income Generating Activities Program Report." Bolgatanga, Ghana: TRAX Africa.

In the News

• 2021. "Meet Affiliated Faculty." Interview with Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, August 10.
• 2020. "Making Energy More Democratic." Interview with Energy & Climate Partnership of the Americas, November 6.
• 2005. "Growth in Organic Farming Widens Consumer Option." The Baltic Times, February 11.