CURRENT RESEARCH

My research focuses on the global food system, examining the intersection of environmental and social processes in the context of food production, consumption, and distribution.   My current research project studies the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, concentrating on Sicily and Sardinia, which has been exploited for its abundant tuna for over a millennium.   This work looks at the long history of the fishery and analyzes the recent transformations that have affected social life and the environment in fishing communities.

 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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Longo, Stefano B. and Rebecca Clausen. Forthcoming. “The Tragedy of the Commodity: The Overexploitation of the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishery.”   Accepted for Publication in Organization and Environment.

Longo, Stefano B. Forthcoming. “Mediterranean Rift: Socio-Ecological Transformations in the Sicilian Bluefin Tuna Fishery.” Accepted for publication in Critical Sociology.

Longo, Stefano B. 2011. “Global Sushi: A Political Economic Analysis of the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Modern Era.” Journal of World-Systems Research , 17(2): 403-427.

Longo, Stefano B. and Richard York. 2009. “The Human Ecology of Water: An Exploratory Macro-Comparative Analysis.” Human Ecology Review , 16(1): 75-83 .

Longo, Stefano B. and Richard York. 2008. “Agriculture Exports and the Environment: A Cross-National Analysis of Fertilizer and Pesticide Consumption.” Rural Sociology, 73(1): 82-104 .