Institute of Geography

Portrait

short CV

Since 09/2021 PhD Student - University of Bern
10/2020 - 03/2021 Intern at the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), Switzerland
2018 - 2020 MSc in Geographies of Global Change: Resources, Markets and Development - University of Zurich
2014 - 2018 BA in English and French Literature and Linguistics, Minor in Human Geography - University of Zurich, University of Neuchâtel (spring semester 2017)

Research interests

Sustainable land / resource use:

  • Commonification and decommodification
  • Environmental Justice
  • Property rights
  • Institutional analysis
  • Power asymmetries
  • Sustainability trade-offs

Publications

Publication Year Type

Research Insights

04/07/2024

Within and Beyond Certification: Farmer self-determination through the Participatory Guarantee System in the Peruvian Andes?

Many agri-food products are labelled with sustainability claims. However, the standards of most certification schemes are set and enforced by actors based in the global North, and are intended for consumers in those countries. The Participatory Guarantee System – a farmer-to-farmer certification scheme – was introduced to change this. Does it always deliver what is promised?

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