Working Group Knowledge Systems and Innovation

Institute of Organic Farming
Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, 1180 Vienna

Phone: (+43)1/47654-93345
E-Mail: hruschka(at)boku.ac.at

Publications, Presentations
Projekte
ResearchGate

Research projects

Austrian Science Fund (FWF): project number P 31513

Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): facts and fiction on the concept of participation

 

Curriculum vitae

  • 2019 ongoing: Project assistant at the Institute of Organic Farming. Project Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): facts and fiction on the concept of participation
  • 2019 – ongoing: PhD candidate at BOKU (Dissertation topic: “Understanding the concept of participation within Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay”)
  • 2017-2019: Evaluation officer and country coordinator and Inspector, CERES GmbH, Germany
  • 2015: Project Junior Consultant, Sabab Lou, Stuttgart Germany and Chereponi, Ghana
  • 2014: Project Coordinator Entebbe/Kampala, Uganda
  • 2013-2016: Organic Agricultural Systems and Agroecology master’s programme at BOKU and University of Hohenheim, Hohenheim, Germany (EUR-Organic double degree programme)
  • 2007-2013: Bachelor studies in Agricultural Sciences at BOKU and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (E.T.S.I.) Madrid, Spain

Main research focus

Food Systems, Organic Certification Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), Alternative Food Networks (AFN), Participation