Experience

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor of Agricultural and Food Policy

  • Oct 2017 - Present



Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Thaer Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences

• Head of Department

  • Oct 2020 - Present



German Bioeconomy Council

• Member

  • Dec 2020 - Present



Scientific Advisory Council for Agriculture and Food Policy, Federal Ministry of Food & Agriculture

• Member

  • Dec 2020 - Present



Scientific Advisory Board on Agrobiodiversity and Genetic Resources at BMEL

• Chair

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  The Scientific Advisory Board on Agrobiodiversity and Genetic Resources performs the task of counselling the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) on general and fundamental matters concerning the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources.The Board provides advice in the fields of food, agriculture and forestry and for corresponding measures at national, EU and international levels. The Board focuses in particular on the following issues of conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources:- basic biological and ecological aspects;- economic, social and ethical assessment;- development of science and technology, including genetics and breeding;- land use, landscape design and rural areas;- importance for raw materials, energy, food and health;- support strategies and concepts;- legal issues;- information and communication, marketing.



None

• Freelance mediator and facilitator

  • Jan 1990 - Present

  Focus on public and stakeholder participation in planning and sustainability strategies.I have worked extensively as consultant, facilitator and mediator for public policy and planning projects and sustainability discourses. Clients I have worked for include the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, the German Federal Parliament, the Hessian Ministry of Environment, Climate, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, the Senate of the City of Hamburg, the Schleswig-Holstein state government, the German Chemical Industry Trade Union and the German Chemical Industry Association, energy company HEW, University Kassel-Witzenhausen, and several local authorities.



Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

• Co-editor

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2020



Wageningen University

• Professor Strategic Communication

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2017

  Chair of the Strategic Communication group (2013-2017)Chair of the Board of the Wageningen Graduate School of Social Sciences (WASS) (2015-2017)Member of the Programme Committee Communication, Health and Soceity (2014-2017)Member of the Resilience Strategic Investment Theme core group (2015-2017) Chair of the Strategic Communication group (2013-2017)Chair of the Board of the Wageningen Graduate School of Social Sciences (WASS) (2015-2017)Member of the Programme Committee Communication, Health and Soceity (2014-2017)Member of the Resilience Strategic Investment Theme core group (2015-2017)



Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at BMELV

• Founding Member

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2016

  The Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy advises the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on how to implement the goals of the National Forest Strategy 2020. It develops suggestions for the further development of forest policy instruments. The scientists are appointed for three years and are expected to focus and discuss impulses and initiatives from a wide range of scientific and societal areas. The Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy advises the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on how to implement the goals of the National Forest Strategy 2020. It develops suggestions for the further development of forest policy instruments. The scientists are appointed for three years and are expected to focus and discuss impulses and initiatives from a wide range of scientific and societal areas.



Scientific Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at BMELV

• Deputy Chair

  • May 2005 - Jul 2014



Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Lecturer / Reader

  • Oct 2007 - Jul 2013

  Research and TeachingDirector of Postgraduate Studies in the School of City and Regional Planning (since 2009)Associate researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Places (since 2010) and BRASS, the ESRC Centre for business relationships, accountability, sustainability and society (since 2007) Research and TeachingDirector of Postgraduate Studies in the School of City and Regional Planning (since 2009)Associate researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Places (since 2010) and BRASS, the ESRC Centre for business relationships, accountability, sustainability and society (since 2007)



University of Hamburg

• Germany
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Researcher

  • Feb 2000 - Sep 2007

  Project leader at the Research Centre Biotechnology, Society and the Environment, from 2002 - 2007 as head of the research Group "AgChange. Conflicts of the new agricultural policy”. Project leader at the Research Centre Biotechnology, Society and the Environment, from 2002 - 2007 as head of the research Group "AgChange. Conflicts of the new agricultural policy”.