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Prof. Dr. Johanna Jacobi is an Assistant Professor for Agroecological Transitions at ETH Zürich's Department of Environmental Systems Science. She holds degrees in Geography, Biology, and Social Anthropology, with a master's thesis on wastewater-irrigated agrobiodiversity in Hyderabad, India, and a PhD on cocoa farm resilience in Bolivia under climate change. Her postdoctoral research with Miguel Altieri at UC Berkeley focused on agroforestry in Bolivia, followed by transdisciplinary action research in the region. Her research emphasizes agroecology as transformative science, practice, and social movement, addressing power dynamics in food systems through political ecology approaches.
She is a member of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA) and engages in projects linking sustainability, food justice, and policy. Her work spans resilience in agroecological systems, pesticide impacts, and participatory approaches to food system transformation. Courses she teaches include 'Political Ecology of Food and Agriculture' and 'Agrarian and Environmental Values.' Her research highlights systemic challenges in agricultural practices, advocating for equitable and ecologically sound transitions.
Rights and strategies of marginalized actors in food systems are central to her studies, including analyses of coffee value chains in Brazil and Bolivia, and the role of citizens' assemblies in radical food-system change. She critiques agro-industrial models and promotes alternative pathways rooted in agroecology and social justice.
- Key Research Themes: Agroecology, food sovereignty, political ecology, climate resilience, transdisciplinary methods
- Notable Projects: Agroecological transitions in Bolivia, pesticide risk analysis, participatory guarantee systems
- Affiliations: SOCLA, ETH Zürich's Agrarökologische Transitionen group
