Dr Birgit Kemmerling
Key expertise
Governance of natural resources, environmental justice and conflicts, humanitarian aid
(Academic) education / CV:
PhD at University of Leipzig; MA in Geography at University of Cologne (minors Social Anthropology and Political Sciences)
Birgit Kemmerling joined BICC in November 2019 as a researcher for a project on sustainable transformation processes in rural Morocco. Prior to this, she conducted extensive research on governing water in the agricultural sector in Egypt and on sustainable range management in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. She also worked at Caritas Germany for several years, where she managed humanitarian projects in various Sub-Saharan African countries.
Recent Publications:
- Kemmerling, B., Schetter, C., & Wirkus, L. (2023). Addressing Food Crises in Violent Conflicts. In J. von Braun, K. Afsana, & M. H. Hassan (Eds.), Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation (pp. 217-228). Cham: Springer.
- Kemmerling, B., Schetter, C., & Wirkus, L. (2022). The logics of war and food (in)security. Global Food Security, 33, 100634.
- Kemmerling, B. (2021). Forschung für ein nachhaltiges Land- und Wassermanagement im ländlichen Marokko
- Kemmerling, B., Schetter, C., & Wirkus, L. (2021). Addressing food crises in violent conflicts (Food System Summit Brief April 2021). Bonn: Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit.
