Laxmi Prasad Pant is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. He holds a PhD from the University of Guelph in Canada.
Dr Pant has conducted several research and evaluation projects, both small and large, independently and in a team, as a human geographer in the areas of sustainable infrastructure development, more-than-human relational justice, food and agricultural innovation, public health, and the environmental co-benefits of local food systems, as well as climate-resilient and low-carbon sustainability transitions.
He is also engaged in various national and international communities of scholars and practitioners working on developing effective strategies for agricultural innovation and sustainable development, including his role as a contributing author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land.
His research appeared in reputed international journals, such as Global Food Security, Journal of Rural Studies, Agriculture and Human Values, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, and Regional Environmental Change.