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

• 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

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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