Kenza Benabderrazik

Kenza Benabderrazik is a Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS), ETH Zurich. She serves as an outreach project coordinator for the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, focusing on curriculum development and interdisciplinary initiatives such as the art-science exhibition project 'Edible Research Goes Storytelling.' Her research examines resilience in agroecosystems, particularly the impacts of climate change and market volatility on smallholder farmers in Morocco, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

Education:

• PhD in Food System Resilience (ETH Zurich, 2016–2020)
• Master and Bachelor in Environmental Science and Engineering (EPFL Lausanne, 2006–2012)

Research Interests:

• Climate resilience in food systems
• Water resource management
• Agroecology and socio-ecological systems
• Political ecology of food systems

Her work integrates system dynamics modelling with participatory approaches to address systemic challenges in agricultural sustainability.

Awards:

• Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Students

Grants & Projects:

• Contributions to the World Food System Center's 'Enhancing Resilience in Food Systems' project
• Swiss-funded doctoral research on tomato producers in Morocco and Ghana