Katie Sandwell joined TNI in 2016. She holds a BA in Philosophy and a Master of Environmental Studies degree from York University, Canada focusing on food sovereignty and local food movements. She has lived in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands and has been involved with a range of food, community, environmental, and social justice organizations. At TNI she works with the Agrarian and Environmental Justice Programme her research involves Just Transition, human rights, corporate concentration, food sovereignty, and oceans.
Before Katie worked on the issue of municipal cannabis policy with the Drugs & Democracy Programme.