Emily Duncan
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About
Emily Duncan is a leading scholar at the intersection of agricultural technology, rural sociology, and food systems governance. Her research critically examines the so-called "digital agricultural revolution," interrogating how emerging technologies — including artificial intelligence, robotics, precision agriculture, and blockchain — reshape labour, ecosystems, and rural communities. Rather than accepting techno-optimistic narratives uncritically, Duncan consistently probes the social, political, and environmental tensions embedded in agricultural digitalization. Her most influential work, "Automated pastures and the digital divide" (2019), has garnered an impressive 493 citations, establishing her as a key voice in debates about how technological change affects farming communities and exacerbates inequalities. Her subsequent scoping review of digital agriculture and ecosystem services offered vital policy guidance for Canadian researchers and policymakers, while her 2021 analysis of precision agriculture challenged mainstream sustainability claims with nuanced critique. Her more recent farmer survey research explores how Canadian agricultural producers themselves envision technological futures, grounding abstract policy debates in lived experience. Duncan's scholarship is particularly valuable for students navigating questions of food security, rural development, and sustainable agriculture, offering rigorous, evidence-based frameworks for understanding technology's transformative — and sometimes troubling — role in modern food systems.
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