Dr. Birgit Hoinle
Senior Research Associate
Postdoc Researcher
Birgit Hoinle is Postdoc Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, at the University of Hohenheim. She holds a Ph.D. in Integrative Geography by the University of Hamburg, funded by a scholarship by Heinrich-Böll-Foundation. In her dissertation project she analyzed processes of spatial empowerment in the urban and peri-urban agriculture in Colombia and conducted 18 months of field research with agroecological networks and Community Supported Agriculture projects in Bogotá. Her current research addresses Food Justice, sustainable public food procurement and the role of local food initiatives. She is engaged as spokesperson in the local Food Policy Council Ernährungsrat Region Tübingen-Rottenburg e.V.
- Feminist and urban political ecology
- Food justice
- Sustainable food systems and school food
- Alternative food networks
- Participatory action research
- Decolonial perspectives
| Since 2021 | Postdoc Researcher, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim |
| 2024 | Visiting Scholar, Center for Studies in Food Security, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| 2017 - 2021 | Scientific Coordinator at the International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen, in the certificate program ‘Studium Oecologicum’ (Education for Sustainable Development) & research assistant in the project Hoch-N (Sustainability at Universities) |
| 2014 - 2020 | Ph.D./Dissertation, Dr. rer. nat. in Integrative Geography, University of Hamburg. Topic: Urban agriculture and spatial empowerment processes in Bogotá, funded by a scholarship of Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (research cluster on transformation studies) |
| 2016 | Visiting Scholar at the Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Since 2015 | Free-lance Trainer on Global Learning, Entwicklungspädagogisches Informationszentrum (EPiZ) Reutlingen |
| 2014 - 2015 | Lecturer for German as Foreign Language and Geography at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (program of the German Exchange Service DAAD) |
| 2012 - 2014 | Research Assistant and Lecturer at the Institute of Geography, University of Tübingen |
| 2005 - 2013 | Studies in Political Science and Geography, University of Tübingen and Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói (Brazil) |
| Hoinle, B. & Greiner, A. (2026). Bio & Regional: Mehr Nachhaltigkeit in Kantinen und Mensen. Konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen der Uni Hohenheim. Online contribution in Forum Future Economy: https://www.forum-csr.net/News/25904/Bio--Regional-Mehr-Nachhaltigkeit-in-Kantinen-und-Mensen.html |
| Hoinle, B. & Ruetz, A. (n.d.). Black Food Sovereignty Visions for Culturally Appropriate School Food in Toronto. Canadian Food Studies (accepted, in print). |
| Hoinle, B., Regorius, S., Brückner, M., Nerlich, E. & Paganini, N. (n.d.). Caring under Constraint: Food Poverty and the Role of Community Kitchens in Germany. Global Food Security (in review). |
| Hoinle, B. & Parot, J. (2025). Just Transitions of School Meals? – Analysis of Policy Measures for Sustainable Public School Food Procurement in France and Germany. Urban Planning, 10(2): https://doi.org/10.17645/up.9569 |
| Bückart-Neufeld, C., Bürker, F. & Hoinle, B. (2025). Effective Levers for Food System Transformation: How to Foster Biodiversity through Public Catering. Urban Planning, 10(2): doi.org/10.17645/up.9676 |
| Brückner, M. & Hoinle, B. (2024). Bringing Culinary Justice to the Table: a Conceptual Approach to Enrich the Debate on Food Justice. DIE ERDE, 156(1-2): 22-40: https://doi.org/10.12854/erde-2025-712 |
| Hoinle, B., Birnbaum, A. & Lütke, P. (2025). Perspectives on Food in the Sustainable City. Urban Planning, 10(2): doi.org/10.17645/up.10934 (editorship). |
| Hoinle, B., Bernzen, A. & Schmied, D. (2025). Power and Empowerment in the Agri-food System. DIE ERDE, 156(1-2): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.12854/erde-2025-798 |
| Hoinle, B., Greiner, A., Bauer, C. & Bürker, F. (2025). Strategien für mehr bioregionale Produkte in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung. Fördernde und hemmende Faktoren für den Aufbau und die Stärkung bioregionaler Wertschöpfungsketten in Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart: Universität Hohenheim. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15516021 (Project: BioregioKantine). |
| Hoinle, B. (2024). Urbane Gemeinschaftsgärten als Orte von Empowerment und Ernährungssouveränität – Einblicke in die Stadtgartenlandschaft von Bogotá. In: Müller, Christa, Werner, Karin & Baier, Andrea (Eds.). Urban Gardening – eine andere Welt ist pflanzbar! Oekom, Munich, pp. 299-312. |
| Bernzen, A., Erler, M. & Hoinle, B. (2024). Herausforderungen für die Ernährungssicherheit im Globalen Süden. Interview mit Dr. Georgia Jordao, Prof. Dr. Shreelata Rao Seshadri und Jan Urhahn. Geographische Rundschau, 11: 40-43. |
Hoinle, B. & Bopp, J. (2023). Herausgeberschaft und Editorial: Rundbrief “Agri-Food Geographies” des AK Geographie und Geschlecht. Online verfügbar |
Hoinle, B. (2023). Buen Vivir – cosmovisions, practices, and political proposals of the Andean concept for a Good Life in the context of urban agroecology in Bogotá. Special Issue for Global Environment, 18(2): 229-265. https://doi.org/10.3828/whpge.638376466225 |
Hoinle, B. & Klosterkamp, S. (2023). Food Justice in Public Catering Places: Mapping Social-Ecological Inequalities in the Urban Food Systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1085494. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1085494 |
Saave, A. & Hoinle, B. (2023). Feministische und dekoloniale Perspektiven in der und für die Umweltsoziologie. In: Sonnberger, Marco; Bleicher, Alena & Groß, Matthias (Eds). Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer. [online access: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37222-4_27-1]. |
Hoinle B., Pattathu A., Rueda R. & Stickel C. (n.d.). Lehre dekolonisieren: Realitäten, (Un)Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen. In: Bading C. & Panenka P. (Eds.). Universität – Macht – Wissen: Postkoloniale, feministische und partizipative Perspektiven im Kontext akademischer Lehre. Springer, Heidelberg (in print). |
Hoinle B. & Brückner M. (2023). Kolonialität von Essen und Bewegungen für Ernährungssouveränität. In: Bauriedl S. & Carstensen-Egwuoum I. (Eds.). Geographien der Kolonialität: Geschichten globaler Ungleichheitsverhältnisse der Gegenwart. Transkript, Bielefeld, pp. 287-310. |
Hoinle B. (2022). Procesos de empoderamiento espacial de mujeres en la agroecología urbana en Bogotá. In: Nagao Menezes D. & Álvarez Rodriguez J. F. (Eds.). Economía solidaria y desarrollo local sostenible: análisis de casos de los países iberoamericanos. Special Issue Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Solidaria e Innovación Socioecológica, Vol, 5, 203-226. http://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/RIESISE/issue/view/392 |
Hoinle B., Roose I. & Shekhar H. (2021). Creating transdisciplinary teaching spaces. Cooperation of universities and non-university partners to design higher education for regional sustainable transition. Sustainability 13(7): 3680. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073680 |
Hoinle B. (2021). “We don’t eat flowers!” Spatial empowerment and commons in peri-urban agroecological networks as an answer to socioecological conflicts in Colombia. In: Exner A., Kumnig S., Hochleithner S. (Eds.). Capitalism and the Commons. Just Commons in the Era of Multiple Crises. Routledge, London, pp. 50-67 |
Bauriedl S., Hoinle B. (2021). Feministische Naturverhältnisse. Machtvolle Verbindungen von Natur und Geschlecht. In: Autor*innenkollektiv Geographie & Geschlecht (Ed.). Handbuch Feministische Geographien. Arbeitsweisen und Konzepte, Barbara Budrich, Opladen, pp. 146-166 |
Hoinle B., Klosterkamp S. & Vogelpohl A. (2021). Ausklang. Offene Fragen und vielstimmige Antworten. In: Autor*innenkollektiv Geographie & Geschlecht (Ed.). Handbuch Feministische Geographien. Arbeitsweisen und Konzepte, Barbara Budrich, Opladen, pp. 239-259. |
Hoinle B. (2020). Welche Ernährung wollen wir? In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik-Blog in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/201349 (published: 21.12.2020). |
Hoinle B. (2020). Räume für Empowerment. Urbane und solidarische Landwirtschaft in Bogotá. Oekom, München. |
Hoinle B. (2020). Circuitos agroalimentarios – Initiativen für einen fairen Handel zwischen Stadt und Land in Kolumbien. In: Gröne K., Braun B., Kloß S., Schüller M., & Bollig M. (Eds.). Fairer Handel. Chancen, Grenzen, Herausforderungen. Oekom, München, pp. 179-200. |
Hoinle B., Schönhaar A. & Potthast T. (2020). Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschullehre integrieren – Ansätze und Erfahrungen einer an Zukunftsfähigkeit orientierten Lehre. In: Merkens S. (Ed.). Zukunftslabor Universität. ESIT – Erfolgreich Studieren in Tübingen. Ideen und Entwicklungen für Studium und Lehre. Tübinger Beiträge zur Hochschuldidaktik 16(1): 23-25. URL: https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/110591 |
Hoinle B., Flórez J., & Rueda R. (2020). Del capitalismo cognitivo a una apertura pluriepistémica – la economía solidaria y agroecología en la educación superior. In: Hernández Arteaga I., Pérez Muñoz C. (Eds.). Economía social y solidaria en la educación superior: un espacio para la innovación. Editorial Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bogotá, pp. 53-90. |
Hoinle B., Rueda R. (2019). Decolonizar la docencia en la educación superior/ Hochschullehre dekolonialisieren. Feministische Geo-RundMail 80: 66-77. |
Hoinle B., Rodríguez B., Leal Soto C. & Pérez Cardoso M. (Eds.) (2019). Construyendo territorios de paz entre el campo y la ciudad. Agroecologías urbanas y circuitos agroalimentarios para la paz. Editorial Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá. |
Hoinle B. & Castro C. (2019). Semillas como nodos de resistencia: La conexión entre biodiversidad y diversidad cultural en las huertas urbanas de Bogotá. In: Hoinle B., Rodríguez B., Leal Soto C., & Pérez Cardoso M. (Eds.). Construyendo territorios de paz entre el campo y la ciudad. Agroecologías urbanas y circuitos agroalimentarios para la paz. Universidad Externadode Colombia, Bogotá, pp. 257-280. |
Hoinle B. (2019). Espacios de empoderamiento en la agricultura urbana y periurbana en Bogotá. In: Hoinle B., Rodríguez B., Leal Soto C., & Pérez Cardoso M. (Eds.). Construyendo territorios de paz entre el campo y la ciudad. Agroecologías urbanas y circuitos agroalimentarios para la paz. Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, pp. 281-308. |
Hoinle B. (2019). Das Saatgut gehört uns! In den Stadtgärten Kolumbiens gedeiht der Widerstand gegen das Freihandelsabkommen mit der EU. Südzeit 80: 18-19. |
Pinilla K., Hoinle B., Mahecha-Groot A. & Cepeda J. (2018). Mapping the agrodiversity in Bogotá – the platform Mapeo AgroecoBogotá. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics 13(4): 407-414. |
Hoinle B., Cepeda J., Macheha A.M., & Pinilla K. (2018). El contra-mapeo de la diversidad agroecológica de Bogotá: la plataforma AgroEcoBogotá. In: Nail S. (Ed.). Alimentar las ciudades. Territorios, actores, relaciones. Editorial Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, pp. 329-348. |
Hoinle B. (2017). Gärtnern in der Stadt. Südzeit 15: 10-11. |
Hoinle B. (2017). “Ich esse keine Blumen.” Projekte solidarischer Landwirtschaft in der Stadtregion Bogotá. IZ3W 360: 12-14. |
Hoinle B., Cabero S. (2016). Migrantinnen im Fairen Handel – Neue Perspektiven für eine Süd-Nord-Kooperation am Beispiel des “CHAT der WELTEN” und der Kooperative “Kallari”. In: MoveGlobal (Ed.). Was wir schon immer über den Fairen Handel wissen wollten. Ein Handbuch für die praktische Arbeit der Migrantischen Organisationen im Fairen Handel. MoveGlobal, Berlin, pp. 40-42. |
Hoinle B. (2016). Alternativas agroecológicas entre campo y ciudad. In: Leal Soto C. & Canelo Bridshaw P. (Eds.). La movilización social. Experiencias de participación territorial. Instituto de Ciencias Alejandro Lipschutz, Santiago de Chile, pp. 195-225. |
Hoinle B., Werner M. (2015). Umkämpfte Territorien. Sexualisierte Gewalt gegen Frauen in Kolumbien. In: Bargetz B., Fleschenberg A., Kerner I., Kreide R., & Ludwig G. (Eds.). Kritik und Widerstand. Feministische Praktiken in androzentrischen Zeiten. Budrich, Leverkusen, pp.129-148. |
Hoinle B. & Calba S. (2015). Special Issue “Child and Youth Geographies” of the Working Group Feminist Geographies Newsletter. URL: http://ak-geographie-geschlecht.org/docs/rundbriefe/GeoRundMail_62.pdf (editorship). |
Hoinle B. (2013). „Es ist wie ein Weckruf für die Frauen“ ‒ Empowermentprozesse durch Solidarische Ökonomie in den Favelas von Rio de Janeiro. Global Statis Working Papers. Univeristy of Tübingen. URL: https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/49835 |
Hoinle B., Rothfuss R., Gotto D. (2013). Empoderamiento espacial de mujeres marginalizadas a través de la Economía Solidaria. Revista Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural/ International Journal of Rural Development 10(71): 117-139. URL: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/desarrolloRural/article/view/7025 |
| 24.09.2026 | "Toxic harvest", invited as expert to a filmdiscussion at the Manufaktur Schorndorf, invited by el mundo e.V. (Faire Woche Schorndorf). | |
| 08.09.2026 | "Brazilian’s National School Food Programme (PNAE) – strategies and limits for inclusive and sustainable school food policies", lecture at the ECPR Conference, Jagiellonian University, Kraków. | |
| 21.-22.07.26 | Chairing session on "Governing food systems: Understanding food inequalities and food insecurities in the city”, at the RC21 Conference on Urban and Regional Development, University of Viena, with Prof. Dr. Filippo Oncini (Maastricht University), Dr. Alejandro Ciordia (Maastricht University, Mario Trifuoggi (University of Naples) and Dr. Petra Lütke (University of Münster). | |
| 12.07.2026 | "Dekolonisier deinen Teller! Ernährung selbstbestimmt und gerecht gestalten", invited as panelist at the AgrikulturFestival Freiburg, organized by Dachverband Entwicklungspolitik Baden-Württemberg (DEAB), Eine-Welt-Forum Freiburg and Agrikultur e.V. | |
| 15.-19.06.26 | Conference co-organization: “German-Brazilian Symposium for Sustainable Development” at the Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies (NAEA), Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Brazil, incl. chairing session: “Shaping Agri-food Systems through Inclusive Food Policy Approaches” (with Dr. Andhressa Fagundes, Universidade de Sergipe). | |
| 17.06.2026 | "School Food Policies around the World – Insights into France, Italy and Germany”, lecture at the German-Brazilian Symposium for Sustainable Development, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Brazil. | |
| 27.05.2026 | "Políticas públicas de alimentação escolar na Alemanha, França e Itália – desafios e oportunidades” (School Food Policies in Germany, France and Italy – Challenges and Opportunities), invited keynote at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói (Brazil). | |
| 12.05.2026 | "Co-kreative Entwicklung und Umsetzung neuartiger Geschäftsmodelle in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung – Biodiversität auf die Teller bringen", invited as panelist and poster presentation at the second food summit (Ernährungsgipfel) in Karlsruhe. | |
| 09.05.2026 | "Zukunft säen. Vom globalen Fußabdruck unserer Ernährung zum positiven Handabdruck in der Region!", invited for a public lecture as part of an exhibition opening on agroecology at the VHS Schorndorf. | |
| 02.02.2026 | "Participatory Mapping", workshop at the TREE Teaching symposium: “Living and learning transformation – Yes! But how?”, University of Hohenheim. | |
| 26.01.2026 | "Design Thinking as innovative methodology for transdisciplinary research processes. Insights from a project on biodiversity in public catering (BiodivRegio)”, presentation at the CULEST research seminar on Innovation and Transformation, University of Hohenheim. | |
| 14.01.2026 | "Blick über den Tellerrand: Wie können wir unsere Ernährung fairer, pflanzlicher und regionaler gestalten?", invited for a public lecture as part of the "Veganuary" month, city hall of Tübingen. | |
| 28.10.2025 | "Strategien für mehr bioregionale Produkte in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung", poster presentation at the "Towards New Food Systems" conference in Berlin. | |
| 22.10.2025 | "Bittere Früchte", invited as expert to a film discussion at CineClub Leutkirch, organized by Engagement Global. | |
| 01.10.2025 | "Black Food Sovereignty Visions for Culturally Appropriate School Food in Toronto - Exploratory Study on How to Integrate diversity into the new school food program in Toronto", presentation at the conference Neue Kulturgeographie, University of Augsburg. | |
| 28.08.2025 | "Just Food for Kids? - the Role of Public Food Management Models in the Transition to Sustainable School Meals in France and Germany", paper presentation at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, University of Birmingham. | |
| 15.04.2025 | "School Food Programs around the World" online panel with Debbie Field, Cecilia Rocha, Yukari Seko and Birgit Hoinle, Toronto Metropolitan University, Center for Studies in Food Security. | |
| 01.04.2025 | "Ein Blick über den Tellerrand: Strategien und Herausforderungen für mehr bio-regionale Produkte in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung", invited lecture at the Pädagogische Hochschule Innsbruck/ Agrarmarketing Tirol. | |
| 28.11.2024 | "What are Key Factors and challenges for just and sustainable school meals? Insights into school food policies in Germany, France and Italy", Keynote lecture Betinho project, Toronto Metropolitan University. | |
| 18.11.2024 | "Mense biologiche - strategie e sfide" (Organic Canteens - Strategies and Challenges), online lecture at the network conference of biodistricts, Rome. | |
| 13.11.2024 | "Advancing the Sustainable Food System Transformation", online lecture at FRIAS lunch lectures, with Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek. | |
| 23.07.2024 | “Culinary Justice: An Essential Ingredient of Food Justice”, lecture at the Food for Justice Conference, University of Heidelberg, together with Dr. Meike Brückner. | |
| 13.06.2024 | “Potentials, Barriers, and Policy Measures for Sustainable Public School Food Procurement in Germany and France”, lecture at the Regional Studies Association Conference in Florence (Italy). | |
| 12.06.2024 | Chairing of the thematic session “Rural-urban Food Networks as Pathways for Sustainable Regional Transitions”, at the Regional Studies Association Conference in Florence (Italy), together with Prof. Dr. Doris Schmied. | |
| 27.05.2024 | “Koloniale Spuren in unserem Essen. Ein historischer und geographischer Blick auf unser Ernährungssystem“, Vortrag im Stadtmuseum Tübingen im Rahmen der Ausstellung ‚Alles fresh – der Tübinger Wochenmarkt‘ | |
| 22.03.2024 | Chairing of the thematic session “Sustainable Urban-Rural Food Networks – Policy Approaches for Food Justice and Security” at the 11th German-Brazilian Symposium on Sustainable Development, University of Tübingen, together with Dr. Georgia Jordão, Universidade da Brasilia. | |
| 21.09.2023 | “Food Justice in der Schulverpflegung?! Schlüsselfaktoren und Herausforderungen für die Gestaltung nachhaltiger Ernährungssysteme in der Stadt“, lecture at the German Geography Conference, University of Frankfurt. | |
| 06.07.2023 | „How Can Cities promote Sustainable and Just School Food? Analysis of Best-practice Examples in Southern Germany“, Lecture at the European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, in Rennes (Frankreich). | |
| 21.06.2023 | „Best-Practice-Beispiele für eine nachhaltige Schulverpflegung“, Organization and moderation of an expert dialogue forum with representatives of Mannheim, Göttingen and Freiburg, at Bundesgartenschau Mannheim. | |
| 10.05.2023 | „Empowerment-Prozesse in urbaner Landwirtschaft in Bogotá“, Book presentation with short movie at the Festival Latino, BuGa Mannheim. | |
| 05.05.2023 | „Das Potential dekolonialer und feministischer Perspektiven auf den Kohleextraktivismus: cuerpo-territorio, feminismos territoriales und Kohleabbau im Cerrejón“, Lecture at the ‚Nature-Society-Relations & Global Environmental Crisis’ Conference, HU Berlin. | |
| 14.04.2023 | „Ernährungswende in der Außer-Haus-Verpflegung“, Podiumsbeitrag auf der Fachveranstaltung „Ernährungsräte. Für die nachhaltige Transformation des Ernährungssystems“, Panelist at the Slow-Food Fair/ Messe Fair Handeln Stuttgart. | |
| 31.03.2023 | „Bee xond. Bee fair – die Kochshow“, Invitation as commtator for a cooking show as part of the "Bee fair"-Fair at VHS Reutlingen, with chef David Mayer and comedian Dodokay. | |
| 28.03.2023 | "Faire Schokolade – verstehen, probieren und handeln!“, Workshop at Frühlingsakademie Nachhaltigkeit, KIT Karlsruhe, with Raquel Cayapa. | |
| 23.-25.03 2023 | Organisation of the AK Agri-food geographies international network conference „Who makes our Food? Power and Powerlessness of Actors in the Agri-food System“ University of Hohenheim. | |
| 11.03.2023 | „Ernährungswende in der Schulverpflegung?“, Workshop at the Food Policy Council network meeting, Cologne. | |
| 26.10.2022 | „Food justice in future cities?! A feminist geographic perspective on food justice in the Global South and North”. Keynote lecture, University of Padua. | |
| 14.10.2022 | “¿Espacios de cuidado? – Procesos de empoderamiento espacial de mujeres en la agroecología urbana en Bogotá”. Invited lecture at the ‘Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano de Economía Social e Innovación Socioecológica’, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Kolumbien. | |
| 11.10.2022 | „Buen Vivir/ Sumak Kawsay – cosmovisions, practices, and political proposals of the Andean concept for a Good Life in the context of urban agroecology in Bogotá”. Invited lecture at the University of Heidelberg, ‚Creating the ‘Good Life’ in the City‘ conference (Organization: DFG-Netzwerk Umwelten-Umbrüche-Umdenken). | |
| 07.09.2022 | „School catering & Food Justice?! Intersectional perspectives on just and sustainable school food”. Lecture at the International Environmental Justice conference, University of Bern. | |
| 16.06.2022 | „School catering & Food Justice?! Intersectional perspectives on school food”. Lecture at the International Feminist Geographies Conference, University of Colorado. | |
| 22.04.2022 | “Coloniality of Food and Movements for Food Sovereignty in Colombia and Kenya”, Lecture at the Agri-Food Geographies network conference, University of Vechta. | |
| 11.04.2022 | „Diverse Perspektiven auf Buen Vivir – das Konzept des ‚Guten Leben aus den Anden". Organization and moderation of a panel discussion at the Cine Latino film festival in Tübingen, with Saron Cabero (Bolivia), Elena Muguruza (Peru), Ivonne Cadavid (Colombia) and Raquel Cayapa (Ecuador). | |
| 17.01.2022: | “Rassismuskritische Perspektiven in der Geographie“, workshop held together with Dr. Antony Pattathu, organized by Fachschaft Geographie and Mosaik e.V., at the University of Heidelberg | |
| 5.11.2021: | „Unsere Ernährung mitgestalten!“, public lecture held at the ‚Lebensphasenhaus Tübingen‘, organized by Stadtseniorenrat Tübingen | |
| 16.09.2021: | “Creating Transdisciplinary Teaching Spaces. Cooperation of Universities and Non-University Partners to Design Higher Education for Regional Sustainable Transition”, lecture held together with Dr. Ilka Roose (University of Duisberg-Essen) at the International Transdisciplinarity Conference, organized by the Network for Transdisciplinarity Research and Transdisciplinarity Lab, ETH Zürich | |
| 13.09.2021: | „Spaces of Empowerment – Urban Agroecology & Rural-Urban Food Networks in Colombia”, lecture at the Food for Future Conference, University of Cologne | |
| 23.07.2021: | “Kolonialität von Essen und Bewegungen für eine Um-Care im Ernährungsbereich“, lecture at the Conference ‚Bedürfnisorientierung in regionalen Ernährungsnetzwerken‘, organized by Universität Gießen/ HU Berlin‘ | |
| 15.07.2021: | „Urban Agroecology in Bogotá. Between the Postcolonial Production of Urban Nature and Spaces of Resistance”, lecture at the International Conference of the RC21 Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development ‘Sensing the City’, University of Antwerp | |
| 30.06.2021: | „Palmöl – tropisches Wunder oder Wahnsinn? Zur weltweiten Wertschöpfungskette und sozialökologischen Auswirkungen der Palmölproduktion“, public lecture held in Köngen, organized by Weltladen and Stadtverwaltung (fairtrade-town) Köngen | |
| 16.06.2021: | „Lehre dekolonisieren! Möglichkeiten, Perspektiven und akademische Verantwortung“, workshop held together with Saron Cabero (EPiZ), Dr. Antony Pattathu and Carina Stickel (University of Tübingen), at the Festival contre le Racisme | |
| 20.05.2021: | “Decolonizing Teaching and Learning: Concepts and Challenges”, workshop held together with Dr. Antony Pattathu and Carina Stickel at the International Online-Workshop: ‘Wissenschaft und Universität zwischen kolonialer Vergangenheit, postkolonialer Gegenwart und dekolonialer Zukunft’, University of Tübingen | |
| 18.05.2021: | „Räumliche Empowermentprozesse von Frauen in urbaner und solidarischer Landwirtschaft in Bogotá/ Kolumbien“, book presentation with short movie „Stimmen aus den Stadtgärten“ at the Sustainability Week @ Universities (‘Nachhaltigkeitswochen @ Hochschule‘) Baden-Württemberg | |
| 20.10.2020: | „Decolonial Perspectives in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Perspectives, Methodologies and Examples from the Global South“, lecture held together with Dr. Rocío Rueda (Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia), at the University Alliance for Sustainability Spring Campus | |
| 15.08.2020: | „Searching for Food Justice – About the Coloniality of Food Geographies and Initiatives for the Commoning of Food and Seeds“, lecture at the Telciu Summer Conference, organized by the Telciu Center for the Study of Modernity and the Rural World, Romania | |
| 23.07.2020: | „Buen Vivir, aproximaciones descoloniales y nuevas formas de educación superior“, workshop held together with Dr. Rocío Rueda (Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia) and Dr. Juliana Florez (Universidad Javeriana) at the Global South Summer School, University of Tübingen | |
| 17.07.2020: | „Urban Agroecology in Bogotá – connecting City and Countryside by Planting Alternatives of Buen Vivir“, lecture at the Global South Summer School, University of Tübingen | |
| 06.06.2020: | „Bildung dekolonisieren! Diálogo de saberes und Agrarökologie als widerständige Pädagogien“, workshop held together with César Leal Soto (University of Freiburg) at the Welt-Weit-Wissen-Kongress 2020 | |
| 28.09.2019: | „Feldforschung dekolonialisieren?! – Ja bitte, aber wie?“, lecture at the German Congress for Geography at the University of Kiel | |
| 27.09.2019: | „Decolonial Perspectives on Territory and Agroecology – Views from the Latin American Network for Critical Geography GeoRaizAL“, lecture at the German Congress for Geography at the University of Kiel | |
| 05.09.2019: | „Aeropuerto El Dorado II: Procesos neoimperiales y resistencias decoloniales“, lecture held together with Patricia Veloza and Sergio Guerin (Universidad de Santa Marta) at the Congress on ‘Procesos Urbanos Informales’, Universidad Nacional de Colombia | |
| 02.03.2019: | „Seed Sovereignty. Approaches to resource justice in the context of alternative food networks in Colombia“, lecture at the Conference on ‚Resources for a Socioecological Transformation‘ at the University of Innsbruck, Austria | |
| 09.10.2018: | „Mapping Bogotá’s agroecological diversity – the AgroEcoBta platform“, lecture at the Conference on ‚Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability‘, in New Forest, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK | |
| 24.09.2018: | „Fairer Handel zwischen Stadt und Land – Beispiele solidarischer ‚rurbaner‘ Brücken in Bogotá/ Kolumbien“, lecture at the Congress on Fair Trade, organized by Global South Studies Center, University of Köln | |
| 11.08.2018: | „Between Dependencies and Resistances – Impact of the Capitalist Crises in the Ruralities of Latin America“, lecture at the Telciu Summer Conference, Romania | |
| 17.05.2016: | „Ecología Política Feminista. Luchas de mujeres por la justicia ambiental en las huertas urbanas y periurbanas de Bogotá y la Sabana“, public lecture at the Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá | |
| 05.05.2016: | „Procesos de empoderamiento espacial de mujeres en la agricultura urbana y periurbana“, lecture held at the series of conferences ‘Agroecologías urbanas y territorios de paz entre campo y ciudad’, organized together with the network GeoRaizAL, at the Universidad Externado de Colombia | |
| 14.04.2016: | „Apropiaciones de espacio de la agricultura urbana y periurbana. Un recorrido de experiencias desde Alemania hasta la Sabana”, public lecture at the Universidad de Cundinamarca in Fusagasugá (Colombia) |
