Dr. J.R. (Julia) Spanier

Researcher
Environmental Governance
j.r.spanier@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Spanier, J. (2025). Radical rural place-making? Agricultural grassroots initiatives in the everyday negotiation of the European countryside. Journal of Rural Studies, 118, Article 103676. [DOI] [Portal]
Spanier, J. (2025). What does it mean to nurture ‘good intentions between city and country’? Performances of rural–urban relations in community-supported agriculture. Geoforum, 159, 1-13. Article 104211. [DOI] [Portal]
Pixová, M., Spanier, J., Lara, L. G., Smessaert, J., Sandwell, K., Strenchock, L., Lehner, I., Feist, J., Reichelt, L., & Plank, C. (2025). Building solidarities and alliances between degrowth and food sovereignty movements. Journal of Political Ecology, 32(1), 1-13. [DOI] [Portal]

2024

Scholarly publications

Spanier, J. R. (2024). A rural(–urban) perspective: Agricultural grassroots initiatives and the making of post-capitalist futures. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [DOI] [Portal]
Spanier, J., Guerrero Lara, L., & Feola, G. (2024). A one-sided love affair? On the potential for a coalition between degrowth and community-supported agriculture in Germany. Agriculture and Human Values, 41(1), 25-45. [DOI] [Repository]

2023

Scholarly publications

De Sa Pavarini Raj, G., Smessaert, J., Spanier, J., van Oers, L., Guerrero Lara, L., & Ceelen, I. (2023). Decrecimiento y transformación de los sistemas alimentarios: Conjunto de herramientas para el taller. Research Programme UNMAKING, Utrecht University. https://unmaking.sites.uu.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/446/2024/03/Decrecimiento_y_transformacion_de_los_sistemas_alimentarios_Taller.pdf [Repository]
De Sa Pavarini Raj, G., Smessaert, J., Spanier, J., van Oers, L., Guerrero Lara, L., & Ceelen, I. (2023). Ontgroei en transformatie van het voedselsysteem: een workshoptoolkit. Research Programme UNMAKING, Utrecht University. https://unmaking.sites.uu.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/446/2024/03/Ontgroei_en_transformatie_van_het_voedselsysteem_Workshop.pdf [Repository]
De Sa Pavarini Raj, G., Smessaert, J., Spanier, J., van Oers, L., Guerrero Lara, L., & Ceelen, I. (2023). Mit Degrowth zur Agrarwende: Handbuch für einen selbstorganisierten Workshop. Research Programme UNMAKING, Utrecht University. https://unmaking.sites.uu.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/446/2023/08/Mit_Degrowth_Zur_Agrarwende_Handbuch.pdf [Repository]
De Sa Pavarini Raj, G., Smessaert, J., Spanier, J., van Oers, L., Guerrero Lara, L., & Ceelen, I. (2023). Degrowth and food system transformation: A workshop toolkit. Research Programme UNMAKING, Utrecht University. https://unmaking.sites.uu.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/446/2023/08/Degrowth_and_food-system-transformation_Toolkit.pdf [Repository]
Guerrero Lara, L., van Oers, L., Smessaert, J., Spanier, J., Raj, G., & Feola, G. (2023). Degrowth and agri-food systems: a research agenda for the critical social sciences. Sustainability Science, 18(4), 1579-1594. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Scholarly publications

Spanier, J. (2022). Community-supported agriculture and the reconfiguration of rural space. Paper presented at Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Spanier, J., & Feola, G. (2022). Nurturing the post-growth city: Bringing the rural back in. In F. Savini, A. Ferreira, & K. C. von Schönfeld (Eds.), Post-Growth Planning: Cities Beyond the Market Economy (pp. 159-172). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]

2021

Scholarly publications

Spanier, J. R. (2021). Rural Futurism: Assembling the Future in the Countryside . ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 20(1), 120-141. https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1990/1557 [Repository]

2020

Scholarly publications

Feola, G., Guerrero Lara, L., Smessaert, J. D. A., & Spanier, J. R. (2020). Book review: The Case for Degrowth, G. Kallis, S. Paulson, G. D’Alisa, F. Demaria, Polity Press (2020), ISBN: 978-1-509-53562-0, 140 pages. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 37, 381-382. [DOI] [Repository]

Professional publications

Spanier, J. R. (2020). Ende der Vogelperspektive. Internationale Politik, 2019, 40-42. [Repository]

2018

Professional publications

Spanier, J. R., & Monsalve, S. (2018). When Asserting Your Rights Means Risking Your Life: Violence, Criminalization, and Impunity in the Struggles for Food, Land, and Healthy Environment. In Land Research Action Network (LRAN), Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform (GCAR), Focus on the Global South, Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos, & La Via Campesina (Eds.), New Challenges and Strategies in Defense of Land and Territory (pp. 45-52). (LRAN Briefing Paper Series; No. 4). https://focusweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LandResearchActionNetwork_WEB.pdf