Christina Plank

Christina Plank is a Senior Scientist at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) within the Institute of Development Research. Her work centers on political ecology, governance, and social-ecological transformation, with a regional focus on Central and Eastern Europe, emphasizing transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.

Her research explores transformative strategies for food systems, including community-supported agriculture, decentralized governance, and critiques of corporate food regimes. She is the study programme coordinator for Climate Change and Societal Transformation (CCAST) at BOKU and collaborates on projects like FoodAlternatives.at and Klimasozial.at.

Her recent publications address urban sustainability, degrowth strategies, feminist provisioning frameworks, and policy analyses of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy. She has received awards such as the BOKU Diversitätspreis Forschung (2024) and the Kurt Rothschild Award (2022).

Scientific Awards:

• BOKU Diversitätspreis Forschung (2024)
• Kurt Rothschild Award (2022)
• Austrian Political Science Association Dissertation Award (2017)
• ksoe Fellowship (2016)
• University of Vienna Dissertation Fellowship (2015)