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Marilyne Chicoine

Areas of expertise

Local supply chain , Proximity dynamics , Stakeholder well-being , Sustainable agrifood systems , Sustainable value chain , Value co-creation

  • Associate Professor

E-mail
marilyne.chicoine@inrs.ca  

Ruralités durables Research Centre

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Research interests

Supply chains have been designed and organized according to a logic of optimization, efficiency, and growth, within a stable and predictable environment. Today, this logic is revealing its limits: climate disruptions, economic and political crises, weakening of regions, growing inequalities, and the erosion of the well-being of the communities that sustain these systems. Using a transdisciplinary approach, my research seeks to understand how to transform supply chains into sustainable, equitable, and resilient systems capable of strengthening the well-being of stakeholders and the vitality of regions, within the limits of what ecosystems can absorb. My research is organized around three main themes:  

  1. Proximity dynamics and short supply chains
  2. Alternative models and stakeholder well-being
  3. Regenerative supply chains

Future Students 

I invite students who are interested in these axes of research and wish to pursue graduate or doctoral studies to contact me. 

Academic Background  

  • Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainable Value Chains – Bioresource Engineering and Management, McGill University 
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Marketing, Joint ESG-UQAM Program, McGill, HEC, Concordia 
  • Master of Science in Management (M.Sc.) – Marketing, ESG-UQAM 
  • Bachelor of Fashion Management – Marketing, ESG-UQAM 

Previous Positions  

  • Lecturer, ESG-UQAM (2021–2024) 
  • Research Assistant, Sustainable Food Systems Engineering Lab (SASEL), McGill University (2024) 
  • Research Assistant, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University (2020–2024) 
  • Research Assistant, Observatory of Responsible Consumption, ESG-UQAM (2019–2024) 
  • Visiting Lecturer, VetAgro Sup (2022–2023) 
  • Teaching Assistant, ESG-UQAM (2016–2020) 
  • FRQ Postdoctoral Scholarship (2026) 
  • SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2025) 
  • SMART Training Platform Fellowship (2024) 
  • Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship (2024) 
  • Best article in the doctoral program – ESG-UQAM Departments (2023) 
  • Best publication in a scientific journal – Vice-Dean’s Office for Research ESG (2023) 
  • Prix Coup de Cœur – Doctoral Symposium of Montreal Business Schools (2023) 
  • FRQSC Doctoral Research Grant (2021) 
  • J.A. DeSève Foundation Scholarship (2021) 
  • Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship (2020) 
  • Excellence Scholarship – ESG3 (2019) 

Current projects  

Fair food and trade systems for Africa through food convergence innovation (FCI4Africa) – Climate-neutral, fair, and just food system and value chains. Funding: Horizon EU (2024-2028).  

Supporting Actions for Local, Traditional, Inclusive and Environmentally conscious (SALTIE) Food and Fashion. Funding: SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2025-2026).  

Past projects

Double materiality and gap analysis for the food distribution value chain. Funding: Mitacs Accelerate (2024-2025).  

Local food and proximity: conceptualization, measurement, and impact on consumer value creation. Funding: FRQSC Doctoral Research Scholarship (2021-2024).  

Food Convergent Innovation Canada Start-Up: Developing data and methods to support the digital backbone of the agri-food system. Funding: Mitacs Accelerate (2020-2021).  

Feasibility study on the adoption of the label “urban agriculture” to promote the distinction and development of Quebec products. Funding: PADARTV Support Program 2018–2021, MAPAQ (2021).  

Feasibility study on the adoption of the label “GMO-Free” to help distinguish Quebec products. Funding: PADARTV Support Program 2018–2021, MAPAQ (2020).

Publications

Articles avec comité de lecture  

Chicoine, M., Mongeon, J., Kwofie, E. M. & Dubé, L. Multidimensional Well-being in Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework with Agri-Food Systems as Testbed. [En cours d’évaluation]  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F., Durif, F., François-Lecompte, A. & Dubé, L. Local Products are More than Their Geography: How Consumer Place Identity Activates Consumer Responses to Food Locality Dimensions. [En cours d’évaluation].  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F., Durif, F. & Dubé, L. Capturing the Complex and Dynamic Nature of Local Food Value: A 6W-Based Systematic Review. [En cours d’évaluation]. 

Mongeon, J., Chicoine, M., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. & Kwofie, E. M. Prioritizing Agri-Food Value Chains for Sustainable Food System Governance: An Elimination-Based Multi-Criteria Framework Applied to Sub-Saharan Africa. [En cours d’évaluation]  

Mongeon, J., Kwofie, E. M. & Chicoine, M. Anticipating Cascading Risks in Global Food Systems: Toward Institutionalized Resilience Governance Under Environmental Change. [En cours d’évaluation]  

Raubvogel, S., de la Fuente, M. M., Chicoine, M. & Kwofie, E. M. Effectiveness of Sustainability Rating Scales in Dual Labeling: The Role of Eco-Label Familiarity in Consumer Responses. [En cours d’évaluation]. 

de la Fuente, M. M., Agyemang, P., Kwofie, E. M., Chicoine, M., El Haffer, G., Dubé, L., Kubow, S. & Orsat, V. Digital nudging towards sustainable healthy foods: Insights from a trial on a university-based dashboard for promoting sustainable eating habits. [En cours d’évaluation].  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F. & Durif, F. (2023). The bright and the dark side of commercial urban agriculture labeling. Agriculture and Human Values, 40(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10409-z   

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F. & Durif, F. (2022), Local food: a constellation of perceived proximity, British Food Journal, 124(12). https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-11-2021-1252  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F., Durif, F., Schillo, S. & Dubé, L. (2021). Exploring Social Media Data to Understand How Stakeholders Value Local Food: A Canadian Study Using Twitter. Sustainability, 13(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413920  

 

Rapports de recherche 

Kwofie, E. M., Chicoine, M., Mongeon, J. & Mostert, C. (2025). Value Chains Performance. FCI4Africa – Fair food and trade systems for Africa through food convergence innovation, HORIZON EU Research & Innovation Actions, 229 pages. [Rapport de projet].  

Kwofie, E. M., Chicoine, M. & Mongeon, J. (2025). Prioritization of Commodities. FCI4Africa – Fair food and trade systems for Africa through food convergence innovation, HORIZON EU Research & Innovation Actions, 89 pages. [Rapport de projet].  

Rodier, F. & Chicoine, M. (2021). Étude de faisabilité de la mise en place d’un terme valorisant « agriculture urbaine » pour favoriser la distinction et le développement des produits du Québec, Rapport au Sous-ministériat à la transformation alimentaire et au MAPAQ, Programme d’appui PADARTV 2018-2021, 84 pages.  

Rodier, F., Durif, F. & Chicoine, M. (2020). Étude de faisabilité de la mise en place d’un terme valorisant « sans OGM » pour favoriser la distinction des produits du Québec, Rapport au Sous-ministériat à la transformation alimentaire et au MAPAQ, Programme d’appui PADARTV 2018-2021, 94 pages.  

 

Communications 

 

Mongeon, J., Kwofie, E. M. & Chicoine, M. (2026, Octobre). Governance Mechanisms as Drivers to Improved Sustainability Outcomes: A Data-Driven Approach for Certified Ghanaian Cocoa Value Chains. LCA Food, Montreal, Canada. [Accepté]. 

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F., Durif, F., François-Lecompte, A. & Dubé, L. (2026, Juin). Rethinking Locality Marketing: How Multilevel Consumer’ Place Identity Shapes Perceived Local Food, Value and Willingness to Pay. EMAC: European Marketing Academy Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.  

 Chicoine, M., Mongeon, J. & Kwofie, E. M. (2026, Mars). Fairness as a Lever for Food System Resilience: Insights from West African Value Chains. International Conference on Resilient Systems (ICRS), Delft, Netherlands.   

Mongeon, J., Chicoine, M. & Kwofie, E. M. (2026, Mars). Graph Theory-Based Resilience Framework with Regionalized LCA Data to Quantify Sustainability-Resilience Trade-Offs in Agri-Food Systems. International Conference on Resilient Systems (ICRS), Delft, Netherlands.   

Chicoine, M., Kwofie, E. M. & Dubé, L. (2025, Novembre). Multi-Dimensional Wellbeing Assessment for Food Environment at Individual, Enterprise, and Community Level: Reviewing and Advancing Social-Life Cycle Methods. Healthy Cities Conference, Ottawa, Canada.  

Chicoine, M. & Dubé, L. (2025, Octobre). Expanding Marketing Boundaries Beyond Consumer Treadmill: Sustainability Strategies integrating the “Whole-Person in a Whole-Society” Framework and Foundational Qualitative Work in B2B Market. International Centre for Anti-consumption Research Conference (ICAR), Montreal, Canada.  

Chicoine, M. & Kwofie, E. M. (2025, September). Expanding Well-Being in Food Sustainability: A Systematic Review of Social Life Cycle Assessment. European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP), Prague, Czech Republic.  

Chicoine, M., Kwofie, E. M., Awasthi, G. & Rodier, F. (2025, Mai). Manager’s and Employee’s Perceptions of the Impact of ESG-Related Risks and Opportunities on their B2B Corporate Brand Image in Food Sector. AMS: Academy of Marketing Science, Montréal, Canada.   

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F. & Durif, F. (2023, Mai). The Who, How, What, Where, When and Why of Local Food Value: A Systematic Review. EMAC: European Marketing Academy Conference, Odense, Danemark.  

Chicoine, M. (2023, Janvier). Peuples autochtones et marketing : oxymore ou nouvelle vision de la recherche ? Montreal Business Schools’ PhD Symposium, Montréal, Canada.  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F. & Durif, F. (2021, Septembre). Mention valorisante « agriculture urbaine » : entre durabilité des pratiques et produit hyperlocalisé. 16e édition de la Journée du Marketing agroalimentaire, Montpellier, France.  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F. & Durif, F. (2021, Mai). Produit alimentaire local ou produit de proximité? Proposition d’une définition pour les diverses parties prenantes au Québec. 88e congrès de l’ACFAS, Sherbrooke, Canada.  

Chicoine, M., Rodier, F. & Durif, F. (2019, Septembre). Le concept de proximité, une solution aux problèmes de définition d’un produit alimentaire local ? Proposition d’une grille de lecture. Poster, 14e édition de la Journée du Marketing Agroalimentaire, Montpellier, France. 

 

Ateliers    

Chicoine, M. & Dubé, L. (7 août 2025). Connecting the dots between whole-person in whole-society with S-LCA. FCI Sessions. Université McGill.  

Chicoine, M. (27 juin 2025). Integrating Social Sciences into Engineering for Smarter Solutions: From Paradigms to People. SASEL Summer Training. Université McGill.  

Chicoine, M. & Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. (22 avril 2025). Tipping points in social systems? Exploring a popular concept. Though for Food Seminar. Wageningen University.  

Nabec, L., Delacroix-Bastien, E. & Chicoine, M. (18 avril 2023). Le déploiement de NutriScore et ses effets sur les comportements de consommation en France et en Europe : prospectives pour le Québec. Midi-Recherche ESG-UQAM.