Kirsten Gaber, M.Sc.
Doctoral Candidate (Extern)
Kirsten Gaber is an external Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture at the University of Hohenheim. She is employed as a scientific researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her academic degrees include a Master of Science degree from the University of Hohenheim in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems, a Master of Science degree from AGRAPOLE - ISARA LYON in Agroecology, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Geography from the University of British Columbia.
Her ongoing doctoral work focuses on the socio-economic impact of digitalization in fruit farming. During her professional experience as a research associate at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu Heidelberg) and ITAS, Kirsten has specialized in digitalization in agriculture, life cycle assessment for food systems and biofuels, systems modeling, and sustainability assessment.
Stakeholder perspectives on the contribution of digital technologies to improve sustainability of conventional and organic fruit production
- Organic agriculture
- Digitalization in agriculture
- Systems modelling
- Agroecology
- Life cycle assessment
- Socioeconomic sustainability in agriculture
| Since 2018 | Scientific researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Since 2020 | Ph.D./Dissertation (Dr. sc. agr.) at the University of Hohenheim, topic: Socio-economic and environmental sustainability of digitalized fruit production. |
| 2017 - 2018 | Graduate student researcher, then research associate at the Insitute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg GmbH (ifeu) |
| 2015 - 2017 | M.Sc. Organic Agriculture and Food Systems: University of Hohenheim M.Sc. Agroecology: ISARA-Lyon, Lyon, France |
| 2015 | Research associate in the Land and Food Systems Faculty, Human Nutrition Department at the University of British Columbia |
| 2011 - 2015 | B.A. Geography: The University of British Columbia (Canada), University College Dublin (Ireland), and Queen’s University (Canada) |
| 18.07.2022 | “Sauerer Apfel oder Sahnehäubchen? Digitalisierung im Obstbau“ präsentiert mit Rösch, C. und Benighaus, C. bei KIT im Rathaus „Wandel gestalten“ in Karlsruhe, Deutschland |
| 9.12.2021 | “Use, expectations, and barriers to acceptance of digital technologies in German fruit farming” präsentiert beim wissenschaftlichen Workshop - Session 3 "Farmer interaction and robotic acceptability" auf der World FIRA Konferenz - AG Robotics Forum in Toulouse, Frankreich |
| 15.6.2021 | “Obstanbau mit Drohnen und Roboter- ist das nachhaltig?“ präsentiert online auf der EFFEKTE im Juni: Von Digitalbauern, Mischwäldern und Nachhaltigkeit |
| 5.12.2019 | “Comparison of LCA on biofuel production from first (food crop) and third generation biofuels (microalgae)” präsentiert auf der International Conference AlgaEurope (2019) in Paris, Frankreich |
| 24.09.2019 | “Challenges of upscaling innovative processes in LCA- Case study of butanol production by synechocystis PCC6803” präsentiert mit Ketzer, F. und Rösch, C. im Workshop “LCA on Upscaled Algae Production: Challenges of Data Gaps and Modelling” in Frankfurt, Deutschland |
| 19.06.2019 | “Life cycle assessment of microalgae biofuel production scenario- the Italian case study of N. oceanica” präsentiert mit Rösch, C. auf der International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels, and Bioproducts (AlgalBBB 2019) in Boulder, Colorado, USA |
