Name
Dr. Eva-Marie Meemken
Current Position:
Post-doctoral researcher
Current Field of Research:
Smallholder participation in modern supply chains and impacts on income, poverty, and development
[Chair of International Food Economics and Rural Development; Supervisor: Prof. Matin Qaim, Global Food Subproject: D1]
Research Interests:
Agricultural development, food security, and poverty reduction
Agricultural and environmental policies
Agri-food system transformation
Education:
- University of Goettingen, Germany
- Supervisor: Prof. Matin Qaim
- Dissertation: Can Sustainability Standards Promote Socioeconomic Development in the Small Farm Sector? Insights from Coffee Producers in Uganda (summa cum laude)
M.Sc. Agricultural Economics (2011-2013) - University of Hohenheim, Germany
- Semester abroad (M.Sc. program Agricultural Economics) (2012), Purdue University, USA
B.Sc. Organic Agriculture (Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften) (2007-2011) - University of Kassel, Germany
- Semester abroad (B.Sc. program Agro-ecology) (2009/10), University of Yucatán, Mexico
Ph.D. Program GlobalFood (RTG 1666) (2014-2017)
Professional Experience:
- Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development / RTG 1666: GlobalFood (sine 2017)
University of Goettingen, Germany - Doctoral researcher, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development / RTG 1666: GlobalFood (2014-2017)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (German Agency for International Cooperation) - Intern in the project Adaptation to Climate Change in the Andean Region in Lima, Peru (2013)
University of Goettingen, Germany
Publications:
- Meemken, E.-M., & Qaim, M. (2018). Can private food standards promote gender equality in the small farm sector? Journal of Rural Studies, 58, 39–51.
- Meemken, E.-M., Spielman, D. J., & Qaim, M. (2017). Trading off nutrition and education? A panel data analysis of the dissimilar welfare effects of Organic and Fairtrade standards. Food Policy, 71, 74–85.
- Meemken, E.-M., Veettil, P. C., & Qaim, M. (2017). Towards improving the design of sustainability standards – A gendered analysis of farmers’ preferences. World Development, 285–298.
Languages
German
English
Spanish
French (basic knowledge)
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