About

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Research

Rural work, global markets and uneven development

Teaching

Critical analysis of agricultural and commercial systems

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Three men walking in the field in Colombia

Practice

Sustainable production systems and the dignity of rural workers

PhD in Development Studies; researcher of agrarian political economy and uneven development

Political economist specializing in the intersection between smallholder
agriculture, global commodity chains, and agrarian change. My research
combines econometric methods, qualitative analysis, and systems thinking to
investigate agrarian change, linking empirical analysis with critical political
economy. Drawing on more than a decade of collaboration with smallholder
farmer organizations in Latin America, I work at the intersection of
development studies, agricultural economics, and political economy.

Focus and interests

  • Agrarian political economy

  • Political economy of international trade and uneven development

  • Global commodity chains and unequal exchange

  • Social reproduction in smallholder agriculture

  • Agroecology and socio-ecological transitions

  • Farmer organizations and cooperative governance

©

KARL WIENHOLD 2026

©

KARL WIENHOLD 2026

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