Sabine de Castelberg

Work at ZHAW

Position

Deputy Programme Director MSc PREFS

Focus

Programme Management Team MSc Preneurship for Regenerative Food Systems | Deputy Modul Coordinator Navigation I & II | Marketing & Communications | Regenerative Coffee

Teaching

Navigation I - Fundamentals of Food Systems, Ecosystems and Regeneration

Experience

• Research Associate
  ZHAW Coffee Excellence Center
  01 / 2017 - 02 / 2025
• Research Assistant
  ZHAW IUNR Research Group Geography of Food
  09 / 2012 - 04 / 2016

Projects

• Development Nespresso CAS Coffee Expertise / Co-project leader / completed
• Improving rural livelihoods through promoting high-quality coffee and coffee cherry products in the origin countries Colombia and Bolivia / Project leader / completed
• Nespresso Coffee Knowledge / Deputy project leader / completed
• Indian Coffee in Switzerland by improved quality, labeling and positioning for the socio economic betterment of coffe / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Jacobi, J., Lara, D., Opitz, E. W. S., de Castelberg, S., Urioste, S., Irazoque, A., Castro, D., Wildisen, E., Gutierrez, N., & Yeretzian, C. (2024). Making specialty coffee and coffee-cherry value chains work for family farmers’ livelihoods : a participatory action research approach. World Development Perspectives, 33(100551). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100551

Books, peer-reviewed

Gutiérrez Guzmán, N., Lara Figueroa, D. C., Castro Cabrera, D. M., Yeretzian, C., de Castelberg, S., Jacobi, J., & Opitz, S. (2020). Análisis de stakeholders y mapeos de cadenas de valor del café en Colombia (Primera edición). Ecoe Ediciones. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21732

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Roth, A., Trachsel, S., Schneider, M., & de Castelberg, S. (2020, September 10). How is the issue of overageing of cocoa farming households influenced by their endowment with livelihood capitals? Tropentag 2020 : Food and Nutrition Security and Its Resilience to Global Crises, Online, 9-11 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20477

Other publications

• Jaisli, I., & Stauffacher, S. (2016). CONSUS : ein neues Tool für die Agrarplanung. Transfer, 2016(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5720
• Bratschi, T., & Stauffacher, S. (2014). Nachhaltigkeit zu Mehrwert machen : die Herausforderung von indischen Kaffeebauern. Unr.intern, 2014(1), 19–21. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2754

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