Bettina Scharrer Senior Research Scientist Just Economies and Human Well-Being Impact Area Phone +41 31 684 55 21 E-Mail bettina.scharrer@unibe.ch Office 255 Postal Address Bettina Scharrer Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) University of Bern Mittelstrasse 43 CH-3012 Bern
Research Areas of professional focus at CDE Sustainable development paths in the food sector Organic farming Social and solidarity economy Sociocultural aspects of landscape and regional development Sustainable regional and landscape development Projects Cities for sustainable food systems The importance of processing and trade for sustainable food systems The importance of the solidarity economy for the development of organic farming in Europe, past and present The cultural dimension of sustainable regional and landscape development; part of COST Action IS1007: Investigating Cultural Sustainability (completed) Collaboration on the project Sustainable trade relations for diversified food systems Further professional interests Impacts of intensive animal husbandry Environmental history and politics Agricultural politics and history Agriculture and sustainability Global food security Field experience Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy Languages German, English, French, Italian
Network Affiliations Network affiliations Member of Schweizerische Akademische Gesellschaft für Umweltforschung und Ökologie (SAGUF, Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology) Member of Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Geschichte SGG (Swiss Historical Society)
