Jimena Maria Solar Alvarez

Jimena Maria Solar Alvarez is a Research Scientist at the Center for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland. Her work focuses on sustainability governance, environmental justice, and trade cooperation across agricultural and forest value chains. She collaborates with institutions like the EnJust-Network, Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland (LATCAM), and Bar Association of Lima (CAL).

• Institution: University of Bern
• Role: Research Scientist
• Contact: jimena.solar@unibe.ch

Research Interests: She specializes in sustainable natural resources management, agricultural value chains, forest governance, and trade cooperation. Her projects include Environmental justice for human well-being (COMPASS) and Sustainable trade relations for diversified food systems, with field experience in South America and Switzerland.

Publications: Recent work examines EU deforestation-free regulations in Peruvian cocoa/coffee sectors, sustainable trade frameworks, WTO compliance, and product differentiation policies.

Languages: Spanish, English, German, and Portuguese.