Janina Grabs

Dr. Janina Grabs is an Assistant Professor affiliated with the Research Group of the Institute of Social Innovation. Her work focuses on Value Creation, Supply Chain Management, and Deforestation within global value chains.

• Principal Investigator for the PACSMAC: The paradoxes of climate-smart coffee project (2021–2026)
• Member of the GRIIS research group since 2022

Research spans Sustainable Business Models, Environmental Governance, and Smallholder Inclusion in commodity production. Recent publications address EU deforestation regulations, corporate sustainability standards, and Indonesian palm oil governance.

Key article trends include:

• Zero-deforestation policies in coffee and palm oil industries
• Equitable value distribution in global supply chains
• Jurisdictional sustainability frameworks for agro-commodities