Dr. Emilia Schmitt

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate Geography of Food

www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/bildung-und-kommunikation/geography-of-food/

Expertise and research interests

My research and teaching focus on:
- sustainability analysis of value chains and food systems
- Resilience and vulnerability in mountain regions
- local products and value chains
- voluntary standards for sustainable food

Educational background

Doctoral thesis Sustainable agro-ecosystems, Department Environmental systems science, ETH Zürich (2017)

Professional milestones

Project "MOVING" website:https://www.moving-h2020.eu/

Dissertation: www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/89

Membership of networks

• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie SGA/SSE
• Schweizerischer Verband der Ingenieur-Agronomen und der Lebensmittel-Ingenieure
• ETH Alumni, Fachgruppe Agri-Food

Projects

• Neuentwicklung von Labelinfo.ch / Team member / Project ongoing
• MOVING – Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• WWF Labelbewertungen / Project leader / Project completed
• MyFoodChoice: Persönliche Werte für einen nachhaltigen Konsum / Team member / Project completed
• Foodscape.ch / Team member / Project completed
• AgroInnoTool / Project leader / Project completed
• Soziale Nachhaltigkeit in Wertschöpfungsketten von Nahrungsmitteln / Team member / Project completed
• Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Jaisli, Isabel; Schmitt, Emilia,

  2019.

  Ernährungsgeographie

  .

  In:

  Kluwick, Ursula; Zemanek, Evi, eds.,

  Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär : Konzepte, Diskurse, Praktiken.

  Köln:

  Böhlau Verlag.

  pp. 220-237.

  utb, Kulturwissenschaft ; 5227.

• Schmitt, Emilia; Vukotic, Fabienne; Schwab, Seraina; Jaisli, Isabel; Rieger, Lorenz,

  2018.

  Diversifizierung in der Landwirtschaft : Potentiale der digitalen Vernetzung für Innovationen und Nischenmärkte [poster].

  In:

  Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA).

  Innovation in der Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft, Gränichen, April 2018.

  Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3868

• Trachsel, Sonja; Jaisli, Isabel; Schmitt, Emilia,

  2018.

  Finding and Analysing Social Hotspots in a Global Food Value Chain as a Basis for Livelihood Improvement [paper].

  In:

  13th European IFSA Symposium, 1-5 July 2018, Chania (Greece).

  13th European IFSA Symposium, Chania, Greece, 1-5 July 2018.

  Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania.

  pp. 1-18.

• Schmitt, Emilia; Schwab, Seraina; Vukotic, Fabienne; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2018.

  The potential of digital platforms to facilitate the diffusion of diversification strategies in agriculture [paper].

  In:

  Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, ed.,

  13th European IFSA Symposium.

  13th European IFSA Symposium, Chania, Greece, 1-5 July 2018.

  IFSA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3875

• Mariani, Ennio; Schmitt, Emilia; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2020.

  Foodscape - Begleitdossier für Lehrpersonen : Lernspiel und Unterrichtsmaterial zum Schweizer Ernährungssystem.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21287

• Jaisli, Isabel; Schmitt, Emilia,

  2017.

  Geography of food summer school : designing food value chains [poster].

  In:

  1st Global Conference of the 10 YFP Sustainable Food Systems Programme, Pretoria, 23 June 2017.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3663

• Geiser, Anna; Schmitt, Emilia; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2022.

  Cereal production in a Swiss mountain region : analysing drivers of change for more resilient mountain food systems.

  In:

  14th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE 2022), Pisa, Italy, 14-17 June 2022.

• Schmitt, Emilia,

  2020.

  Do regional food labels and brands contribute to achieving the SDGs?.

  In:

  Forum Origin, Diversity and Territories (ODT), Virtual Forum, 5-7 October 2020.

  Available from: https://origin-for-sustainability.org/public/ws2020/3_3%20-%20Emilia%20Schmitt%20-%20Abstract_Schmitt_ODT_FR.pdf

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Schmitt, E., Galli, F., Menozzi, D., Maye, D., Touzard, J.-M., Marescotti, A., Six, J., & Brunori, G. (2017). Comparing the sustainability of local and global food products in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 165, 346–359. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.039
Schmitt, E., Barjolle, D., & Six, J. (2017). Assessing the degree of localness of food value chains. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 00, 1–26. doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2017.1365800
Maye, D., Kirwan, J., Schmitt, E., Keech, D., & Barjolle, D. (2016). PDO as a Mechanism for Reterritorialisation and Agri-Food Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Cheese Products in the UK and Switzerland. Agriculture, 6(4), 54. doi.org/10.3390/agriculture6040054
Schmitt, E., Keech, D., Maye, D., Barjolle, D., & Kirwan, J. (2016). Comparing the Sustainability of Local and Global Food Chains: A Case Study of Cheese Products in Switzerland and the UK. Sustainability, 8(5), 419. doi.org/10.3390/su8050419
Brunori, G., Galli, F., Barjolle, D., van Broekhuizen, R., Colombo, L., Giampietro, M., Kirwan, J., Lang, T., Mathijs, E., Maye, D., de Roest, K., Rougoor, C., Schwarz, J., Schmitt, E., Smith, J., Stojanovic, Z., Tisenkopfs, T., & Touzard, J-M. (2016). Are local food chains more sustainable than global food chains? Considerations for assessment. Sustainability, 8(5), 449. doi.org/10.3390/su8050449
Schmitt, E., Barjolle, D., Tanquerey-Cado, A., & Brunori, G. (2016). Sustainability comparison of a local and a global milk value chains in Switzerland. Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 5(2), 79–102.
Schmitt, E., Comoé, H., & Barjolle, D. (2013). Social Networks Analysis of the Ivorian Agricultural Sector Regarding Adaptation to Climate Change. Yearbook of Socio-economics in Agriculture. 81–108.

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