The following publications from a variety of sources may be useful in learning about livelihoods and in conducting livelihoods research.
Acker-Verney, J. M. (n.d). Changing public services: Intersectionality and the experiences of women with disabilities. Changing Public Services (CPS) and Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW).
Beijbom, M. (2022). Striving for equity, inclusion, and safer spaces at work: A review of the literature. Live Work Well Research Centre, University of Guelph.
Black, D. R., & Stienstra, D. (2024). Change-making in disability, peace, and development: Lessons from the life and legacy of Steven Estey. In K. Van Houten & A. Neve (Eds.), Hand in Hand? Canada at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus (pp. 129–145). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72182-3_7
Connor, L. (2024, August 27). To end chronic homelessness, we must stop evictions. The Conversation.
Fernando, D., Reinders, K. C., & Stienstra, D. (forthcoming). A disability livelihoods approach to including communities meaningfully in development. In J. Weber & S. Rule (Eds.), Community-Based Inclusive Development: A Critical Reader.
Francis, E., & Murray, C. (2002). Changing livelihoods: Special issue. Journal of Southern African Studies, 28(3). http://www.jstor.org/stable/823427
Fusco, L., Stinson, J., Levac, L., & Stienstra, D. (2024) Gender-based analysis plus in offshore wind development: Data and community engagement strategies for a more equitable future for Nova Scotians Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.
Hawkins, R. (2018). Breaking down barriers of culture and geography? Caring-at-a-distance through web 2.0. New Political Science, 40(4), 727–743. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2018.1528534
Hawkins, R., & Horst, N. (2020). Ethical consumption? There’s an app for that. Digital technologies and everyday consumption practices. The Canadian Geographer, 64(4), 590–601. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12616
Hawkins, R., & Kern, L., with Hering, J. G., & Maurice, P. A. (2025). A guide to surviving and transforming academia for the benefit of all [Blog]. Epistimi.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14837288
Hawkins, R., & Kern, L. (2024). Higher Expectations: How to survive in academia, make it better for others, and transform the university. Toronto: Between the Lines Books.
Kamal, A. G., & Martens, T. (2015). Rethinking the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework: An Indigenous perspective. Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 9(2), 52–65.
Kipp, A., Hawkins, R., & Levac, L. (2024). Some ideas on creating a more caring university [E-zine]. Live Work Well Research Centre, University of Guelph.
Kipp, A., & Hawkins, R. (2021). From the nice work to the hard work: “Troubling” community-based caremongering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gender, Work & Organization, 29(4), 1293–1313. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12794
Levine, S. (2014). How to study livelihoods: Bringing a Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to life. Working Paper 22. Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium.
Lloyd-Jones, T., & Rakodi, C. (2014). Urban livelihoods: A people-centred approach to reducing poverty. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781849773805
Manlosa, A. O. (2022). Operationalizing agency in livelihoods research: Smallholder farming livelihoods in southwest Ethiopia. Ecology and Society, 27(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12887-270111
Manzi, M., Ojeda, D., & Hawkins, R. (2024). Creating “wiggle room”: Spaces of care and possibility within the neoliberal academy. Geoforum, 149, 103962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.103962
Momentum. (2023). Sustainable livelihoods: Surviving to thriving. Momentum.org.
Murray, C. (2002). Livelihoods research: Transcending boundaries of time and space. Journal of Southern African Studies, 28(3), 489–509. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305707022000006486
Natarajan, N., Newsham, A., Rigg, J., & Suhardiman, D. (2022). A sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century. World Development, 155, 105898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105898
Nelson, I. L., Hawkins, R., & Govia, L. (2023). Feminist digital natures. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 6(3), 2096–2109. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486221123136
Serrat, O. (2017). The Sustainable livelihoods approach. In Knowledge solutions: Tools, methods, and approaches to drive organizational performance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0983-9_5
Speers, S. J., Lau, L. L., Neufeld, H. T., Servano, D., Go, D. J., Kipp, A., Brubacher, L. J., & Dodd, W. (2023). Caring in crisis: The experiences of local religious leaders meeting community food needs in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 5, 100154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100154
Spinu, O. (2020). Sustainable northern livelihoods: A primer. The Conference Board of Canada.
Stienstra, D. (2020). About Canada: Disability rights (2nd ed.). Fernwood Publishing.
Stienstra, D., & Lee, T. M. L. (2019). Disabilities and livelihoods: Rethinking a conceptual framework. Societies, 9(4), 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9040067
Stienstra, D., & Reinders, K. C. (2024). Using a Feminist Intersectional Livelihoods Analysis to understand experiences of historically marginalized women and girls with disabilities in Canada [Conference presentation]. Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Montreal, QC.
Turner, S. (2017). Livelihoods. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. Kobayashi, W. Liu, & R. A. Marston (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Geography. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0838 (PDF also available)
