Carolin Schweizerhof, M.Sc.
Research Associate
Doctoral Candidate
Carolin Schweizerhof is a research fellow and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Social Sciences of Agriculture, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, at the University of Hohenheim. Her dissertation is part of the research project ‘Öko-Valuation’, which belongs to the research program Organic Agriculture funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg. Her research focuses on the role of values and perceptions in the transformation of the agricultural and food system towards more organic farming and regionality.
- Sustainable food systems
- Societal transformation
- Regional value added
- Health and nutrition
| Since 2020 | Research associate in the project "CAAST - Community of Applied Agricultural Sustainability Teaching", Center for Organic Farming, University of Hohenheim |
| Since 2019 | Project coordinator and doctoral candidate in the project ‘Öko-Valuation’ at the Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim |
| 2016 - 2019 | M.Sc. in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Hohenheim; Master’s thesis: Knowledge and perception of edible weeds in the face of the African herbicide revolution - A case study from Zambia. |
| 2013 - 2016 | B.Sc. in Geography, Philipps University of Marburg; Bachelor’s thesis: Gründung und Skalierung von Sozialunternehmen - An den Beispielen Regionalwert AG Freiburg und Regionalwert AG Hamburg |
| 2009 - 2012 | Nursing training at the Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart |
| Daum T., Vehre A., Schweizerhof C. , Schunko C. (2022): Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbiciderevolution. A case study from Zambia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability |
| Schweizerhof C.., Bieling C. (2018): Was zeichnet Konsument/-innen in Alternativen Lebensmittelnetzwerken aus? Ländlicher Raum 69 (01/2018): 26-29 |
