Mai Abbas, M.Sc.

Mai Abbas

Doctoral Candidate (Extern)

Mai Abbas 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 master degree in environmental protection and agricultural food production (Envirofood) by the University of Hohenheim. In her master thesis she explored the Role of Alternative Food Networks in contributing to Food Sovereignty in West Bank Palestine.  Her current research addresses agroecology, ethics of care and food related knowledge.

Dissertation Title

Urban Agroecology for health and wellbeing

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Research Interests

  • Ethics of care
  • Agroecology
  • Food sovereignty
  • Sustainable food systems
  • Alternative food networks
  • Participatory action research

Career

Since 10/2021Doctoral candidate at Hohenheim University
04/2021 - 12/2022Early stage researcher, Rachel Carson centre, Ludwig Maximilians Universität Munich
02/2021 - 06/2022Adjunct lecturer, Tallinn university, Estonia
11/2018 - 04/2021Early stage researcher, Centre for Agroecology, water and resilience, Coventry university, UK
2017 - 2018Research assistant at Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim
10/2017 - 12/2017Intern, Department of Applied nutritional psychology, Hohenheim University
2014 - 2017M.Sc. in Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart

Conferences and scientific workshops (selection)

07.06.2021: The Pre-Pasteurian Sensations of Fermentation, online workshop given together with Sevgi Mutlu Sirakova at the “Spaces of possibility: communities and places in times of social and environmental uncertainty “CONFEX, organized by RECOMS : resourceful & resilient communities, a Marie-Curie ITN.
19.09.2019: Urban agroecology for health and wellbeing, poster presentation held at the Topentag conference “Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources development", organized by Kassel university, Germany

Publications

Abbas, M., Franklin, A., Lemke, S. & Tornaghi, C. (2024):Practicing care-full scholarship: Exploring the use of ‘visual informed consent’ in a study of motherhood, health and agroecology in Coventry, UK Qualitative Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941231224584