Christine Pitson

Department
Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas (Structural Change)
Research areas
Sustainable development
Structural change
Economic transitions
Personal details
Christine Pitson joined IAMO in April 2018 working on the SURE-Farm Project in the Department of Structural Change. She holds a double Honours BA from the University of Toronto (Canada) in International Relations and Ethics, Society & Law, where she focused on ethical trade and international economics. She has an MSc from the London School of Economics (UK) in Development Management, where she focused on sustainability and rural economic transitions. She has a background working in research and policy. Her most recent work was as a research consultant on a project concerning policy impacts across farm structures in the international tea industry for Fairtrade.