Since
03/2023 | Research Associate at the Center for Organic Farming, University of Hohenheim. Focus: sustainability and circularity in agroforestry systems. |
Since
11/2022
| Project Manager and Research Associate at the Department of Communication and Advisory Services in Rural Areas, University of Hohenheim. Focus: short food supply chain advisory services across the EU. |
03/2022 - 02/2023
| Project Manager and Research Associate at the Institute for Agricultural Engineering, University of Hohenheim. Focus: integration of climate and sustainability topics in AgTech higher education across Europe. |
06/2022 - 08/2022
| Agroforestry and Biodiversity Advising Practicum at Demeter, e.V., Germany. |
| 05/2021 - 03/2022 | Country Consultant at Agroecology Europe Association, Belgium. Focus: researching the development of agroecology in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| 04/2021 - 10/2021 | M.Sc. thesis research, at the Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim in cooperation with the Chair for Social-Ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems, University of Kassel, Germany. Topic: Tree Cover and density change in the dehesas of the Iberian Peninsula, 1956-2015: a systematic review. |
11/2020 - 04/2021
| Research Assistant at the Chair for Social-Ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems, University of Kassel, Germany. Focus: the ecological states of Spain and Portugal´s traditional, landscape-level agroforestry systems. |
| 09/2019 - 05/2020 | Graduate Certificate in Agroforestry from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. |
| 10/2018 - 12/2021 | M.Sc. in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Hohenheim. Focus: agroforestry systems and agroecology, plus voluntary practical experience on four organic/sustainable farms in Europe. |
11/2016 - 07/2019
| Senior Program Manager at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a global NGO intersecting the fields of investigative journalism, anti-corruption, and social justice. Focus: international, cross-sector partnership building and supporting investigations on fraud in sustainable supply chains and land use. |
| 04/2013 - 10/2016 | Program Manager at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a global NGO intersecting the fields of investigative journalism, anti-corruption, and social justice. Focus: organizational development and supporting investigations on fraud in sustainable supply chains and land use. (Headquarters in Bosnia and Herzegovina). |
| 08/2009 - 06/2010 | M.A., Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University in Hungary. Master´s thesis focus: the ethics of social research and media production in conflict zones. |
| 09/2007 - 04/2013 | Various roles, full-time and consulting, combining external communications, organizational development, innovation, and program support at several non-profit organizations in the US and Europe. |
| 08/2002 - 12/2007 | B.A., Philosophy at Eugene Lang College in the USA. Focus on philosophy of ethics. |
