Dr. Craig Johnson

Contact Information

Affiliations

University of Guelph

  • Director, Guelph Institute of Development Studies (College of Social and Applied Human Sciences)
  • Full Professor, Political Science (College of Social and Applied Human Sciences)

Research Interests

Sustainable Development Goals:
  • SDG 2 Zero hunger
  • SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
  • SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities
  • SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
  • SDG 13 Climate action
  • SDG 14 Life below water
  • SDG 15 Life on land
  • SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
  • SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
Sectors:
  • Climate change
  • Globalization
  • Governance
  • Land reform
  • Natural resource management
  • Policy analysis
  • Urbanization and urban development
Demographics:
  • Farmers/farm workers/agrarian populations
  • Indigenous populations
  • Internally displaced populations/persons
  • Local populations
  • Migrants
  • Minorities
  • Peasants
  • Refugees
  • Rural populations
  • Urban populations
Development Actors:
  • Activists
  • Bilateral donors
  • Citizen groups
  • Civil society organizations
  • Cooperatives
  • Development finance institutions
  • Emerging economies
  • Fragile states
  • Government institutions (bilateral)
  • Government institutions (multilateral)
  • Government institutions (regional)
  • International institutions
  • Local government
  • Low-income countries
  • Middle-income countries
  • Multinational/transnational corporations
  • Regional institutions
  • Social movements
  • United Nations
  • United Nations Development Group
Research Methods:
  • Action-research
  • Applied research
  • Case studies
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Comparative Studies
  • Ethnography
  • Grounded-theory
  • Historical research
  • Mixed-methods
  • Oral History
  • Participatory approach
  • Qualitative
  • Theory of change
Countries:
  • Bangladesh
  • Ecuador
  • India
  • Thailand
Subregion:
  • South America
  • South Asia
  • South-East Asia
Regions:
  • Americas
  • Asia