Noa Brown

Research Associate

Noa is a research associate with the Environmental Governance Group. Her research is focused on the impacts and practices associated with the European Union Deforestation Regulation and other supply chain initiatives. In particular, she is exploring the interactions between digital supply chain traceability, environmental monitoring, and cocoa-producing communities. This research builds off of Noa’s 2026 MA thesis, Data, deforestation, and due diligence: The techno-politics of the European Union Deforestation Regulation, which examined how traceability systems were being implemented by private and public actors and how they were experienced by cocoa farmers in Ghana. Her ongoing research aims to identify where technological approaches to governance conflict with local conceptions and needs, with attention to how knowledge is produced and contested. Along with her MA, Noa also holds a BA in Geography from UVic and a certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Nova Scotia, her home province. Outside of work, you can find her cooking, swimming, and cycling.