Claudia Veith

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Research Associate Geography of Food Research Group

Focus

• Sustainable development with focus on rural areas and mountain regions
• Agroecology and food systems
• Sustainable land use
• Climate change (mitigation and adaptation), especially in agriculture

Teaching

• Module lead «Food Systems» (BSc. Natural Resource Sciences)
• Module lead «Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries» (MSc. in Environment and Natural Resources)
• Module lead «International Virtual Course - Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning» (BSc. Natural Resource Sciences)
• Module lead «Internship in International Cooperation» (BSc. Natural Resource Sciences)

Experience

• Insurance Specialist Emerging Markets
  CelsiusPro, Zurich, Switzerland
  07 / 2017 - 06 / 2018
• Country Representative Brazil
  Caritas Switzerland, Recife, Brazil
  04 / 2014 - 04 / 2016
• Programme Officer Haiti and Sahel
  Caritas Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland
  08 / 2013 - 04 / 2014
• Independent Consultant, Ecuador
  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Quito, Ecuador
  06 / 2012 - 11 / 2012
• Project Manager «cambio climático, bosques y pueblos indígenas»
  Fundación Pachamama, Quito, Ecuador
  11 / 2011 - 11 / 2012
• Consultant «sustainable mountain development»
  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
  07 / 2010 - 10 / 2011
• Junior Researcher Development Programme «programme agro-écologique»
  German Development Service (now GIZ), Parakou, Benin
  05 / 2009 - 04 / 2010
• Intern «sustainable mountain development»
  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
  07 / 2008 - 12 / 2008
• Volunteer work
  Social project, San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala
  01 / 2002 - 07 / 2002

Education and Continuing education

Education

MSc. / Geography
University of Bern
10 / 2002 - 05 / 2008

Continuing Education

• CAS Higher & Professional Education
  ZHAW, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
  12 / 2024
• SVEB course instructor
  Academy for Adult Education, Zurich
  11 / 2018

Network

Membership of networks

LinkedIn

Projects

• Food strategies for all: participation and transformation in smaller cities / Team member / completed
• EXTRA - Extreme weather events in agriculture / Co-project leader / completed
• International Virtual Course - Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning / Project leader / completed
• Safe Hiking 2040 - Strategies for hiking trails in a changing climate / Deputy project leader / completed

Publications

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Corrêa da Silva, M. et al. (2025) 'Lessons learned from teaching an international virtual course on climate change', in Leal Filho, W. et al. (eds) The Transformative Power of Higher Education Institutions in Accelerating the Implementation of the UN SDGs. Cham: Springer, pp. 121–137. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-96251-6_9.

Other publications

Grüter, R. and Veith, C. (2021) 'Klimawandel in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft : bereits jetzt anpassen?', e-agil, 2021(1), p. 9. Available at: https://www.1kcloud.com/ep160811ac63ef05/#1.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Forrer, C. and Veith, C. (2023) 'Tackling climate change through global learning : experiences and learnings from an international virtual course', in SGM 2023 Abstract Volume 21st Swiss Geoscience Meeting. Swiss Academy of Science : Platform Geosciences, pp. 541–542. Available at: https://geoscience-meeting.ch/sgm2023/wp-content/uploads/abstract_volume/SGM_2023_Symposium_18.pdf.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• FAO (Ed.). (2011). Why invest in sustainable mountain development? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
• Ceci, P., Hofer, T., Manuelli, S., Romeo, R., & Veith, C. (2011). The FAO and Mountain Partnership Engagement with Mountains. Mountain Research and Development, 31(1), 54–57. doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00001.1
• Muys, B., Ceci, P., Hofer, T., & Veith, C. (2011). Towards Integrated Ecological, Socio-Economic and Hydrological Management. In Y. Birot (Ed.), Water for Forests and People in the Mediterranean Region: A Challenging Balance (p. 104-115). European Forest Institute

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