Mustafa Koc

Mustafa Koç is a professor of Sociology at Ryerson University. He received his BA from Boğaziçi University (1979), MA from University of Waterloo(1981) and PhD from University of Toronto (1989) in sociology. He though at University of Toronto, Trent University and since 1993 at Ryerson University. He was among the founders of the Centre for Studies in Food Security (CSFS), Food Secure Canada (FSC), and the Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS). His research and teaching interests involve food studies, food security, food policy, and sociology of migration. His publications on sociology of agriculture and food, social change and development, and immigration, include For Hunger-proof Cities (1999), Working Together (2001), Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Food Studies (2008), Küresel Gıda Düzeni: Kriz Derinleşirken (2013) and Critical Perspectives in Food Studies (2012 and 2017). He served as a member of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Food Policy Governance advising the Canadian government during the Food Policy for Canada consultation process in 2017. He has also been involved in various national and global debates on globalization, food security, and peace. He received the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Teaching Award ( 2014), the Ryerson Faculty Association’s Career Achievement Award (2016), the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement award by the Canadian Association for Food Studies (2017) and Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Volunteer Service Award (2017).