Karlotta Koch, M.Sc.
Doctoral Candidate (external)
Karlotta Koch is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, at the University of Hohenheim. She holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production by the University of Hohenheim. In her Master's Thesis she analyzed consumers’ acceptance of processed organic food on the basis of a quantitative consumer study with FibL Switzerland within the ProOrg project funded by the Core Organic Cofund.
Her current research addresses the applicability and consumer acceptance of a development-oriented certification procedure in organic farming tested by Demeter e.V. that replaces third-party certification by a self-inspection tool and a moderated farm talk. Her research is part of the project “Zerti4.0” funded by the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE) and the Federal Program for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture (BÖLN), Germany.
The organic certification system in transition: Integrating a development-oriented approach into third-party certification – A case study of Demeter’s project “Projekt Anerkennung”
- Organic certification
- Participatory guarantee systems
- Third-party certification
- Consumer research
- Consumer acceptance of organic food
| Since 2022 | Doctoral Candidate, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim |
| Since 2020 | Researcher, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim |
| 2017 - 2020 | M.Sc. in Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production, University of Hohenheim |
| 2018 - 2019 | Semester abroad at University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2012 - 2016 | B.A. in Liberals Arts and Sciences, University of Freiburg |
| 2014 - 2015 | Year abroad at Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy |
| 23.06.2022 | „Challenges, potentials, and impacts of a more participatory Third Party Certification”, presentation held at the satellite event of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) organized by BOKU, Vienna (digital) |
| 08.09.2021: | “Collaborative paths to certification for German Demeter farms”, presentation held at the international Organic World Congress 2021, organized by IFOAM – Organics International in Rennes and digital |
| 07.09.2021: | “Compliance through Trust, Quality through Teamwork: New Paths to Certification for Demeter farms in Germany”, presentation held at the international PGS pre-conference “30 Years of PGS development: a root and branch appraisal”, organized by IFOAM – Organics International in Rennes and digital |
| 2020 | ELLS Prize for Excellent Master Theses donated by Prof.Dr. Prof.h.c. Dr.h.c. Klaus Macharzina |
