PartnersAssociated Researchers
Aline Borghoff Maia
since July 2019
Social scientist, PhD student in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society
Collective action, rural social movements, land and socio-environmental conflicts, legal sociology and rural education
alineborgh@gmail.comMariana Calcagni
since June 2020
PhD Researcher, DAAD Scholarship, Sociologist, M.Sc Environmental Governance
Environmental sociology, environmental governance, social inequalities, feminism, territorial development
mariana.calcagni@fu-berlin.de
Melissa Luciana de Araújo
since August 2019
Nutritionist, PhD-Student in Health and Nutrition, MSc. in Health and Nursing (UFMG), Researcher of the AUÊ/UFMG Urban Agriculture Study Group and member of the GEPPAAS
Food and Nutritional Security, Food Systems, Agroecology and Urban Agriculture
melissaluciana20@gmail.comThalita Kalix Garcia Santana
since January 2020
Doctoral Researcher Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work
Food movements, Food Heritage, Slow Food, Brazil, Germany
thalita.kalixgarcia@urv.catNicolas Goez
since April 2019
Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of Urban Studies and Social Research of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism – Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Socio-spatial research. Currently working on urbanization and alternative local food systems
nicolas.goez@uni-weimar.deFederico Masson
since June 2020
PhD Researcher, Social anthropologist, M.A. in European Studies
SoLaWi, Organic Farming, (EU) Policy, Discourse Analysis – Case Study CSA
federico.masson@hotmail.comProf. Dr. Larissa Loures Mendes
since August 2019
Nutritionist, PhD in Nursing, Professor at the Department of Nutrition of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil, Leader of the Group of Studies, Research and Practices in Food Environment and Health (GEPPAAS)
Nutrition, Epidemiology and Public Health
larissaloures@ufmg.brProf. Dr. Milene Cristine Pessoa
since August 2019
Nutritionist, PhD in Nursing, Professor at the Department of Nutrition of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil, Leader of the Group of Studies, Research and Practices in Food Environment and Health (GEPPAAS)
Nutrition, Epidemiology and Public Health
milenec@ufmg.brFelipe Hernández Crespo
since May 2024
M.A. in Sociology (FU Berlin). Research Coordinator. Project funded by the German Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ
Socioecological Tranformations, Economies of the Coca Leaf, Alternative Food Systems, Urban-Rural Linkages, Intersectionality, Environmental Peacebuilding
felipehcrespo@gmail.com
Visiting Researchers
Thalita Kalix Garcia Santana
June 2023 – August 2023
Doctoral Researcher Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work
Food movements, Food Heritage, Slow Food, Brazil, Germany.
thalita.kalixgarcia@urv.catClaudia Schmidt
April 2023 – July 2023
Senior researcher. Sociologist and Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ).
claudia.js21@gmail.comMariana Calcagni
July 2022-Sept 2022
PhD Researcher, DAAD Scholarship, Sociologist, M.Sc Environmental Governance
Environmental sociology, environmental governance, social inequalities, feminism, territorial development.
mariana.calcagni@fu-berlin.deDr. Janet Conway
May 2022 – July 2022
Senior researcher fellow. Professor of Sociology at Brock University. Nancy Rowell Jackman Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.
Global justice movements, transnational feminisms, Indigenous activisms, tensions between the politics of difference and solidarity, and the problem of colonial difference in social justice movements.
jconway@brocku.caDr. Sabrina Fonseca Borges Fernandes
November 2021 – October 2022
Post-doctoral researcher of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-strategies (IRGAC) of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung in partnership with the Graduate Program in Sociology of the University of Brasília (UnB).
Political ecology, anti-ecological authoritarianism and processes of resistance, with a special focus on Brazil.
ENF. MPH. Juan Camilo Calderón Farfán
May 2021-June 2021
PhD candidate at Universidad Surcolombiana, Programa de Enfermería, Facultad de Salud
Intercultural health, health inequalities in minority groups and differentiated health policies
juan.calderon@usco.edu.coMariana Hase Ueta
September 2020 – January 2021
PhD Candidate in the Social Science Program, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. BA in Social Science (UNICAMP) and MA in Sociology at Fudan University, China.
Food Consumption and Environmental Values, Youth, Global South, Intergenerational Change, Meat, Vegetarianism/Veganism, Sustainability
mariana.ueta@gmail.comThalita Kalix Garcia Santana
January – June 2020
Doctoral Researcher Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work
Food movements, Food Heritage, Slow Food, Brazil, Germany
Associated Projects and Institutions
Bioeconomy as a societal change (BMBF Bioeconomy)
Forschungszentrum Brasilien – Centro de pesquisas brasileiras (FZB)
Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (Ipb)
1st MIMIMI-Space Berlin 2020 – Racism in Dance between life and stage (MIMIMI-Space)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Instituto Fome Zero
Centro de Estudos da Metrópole (CEM)
