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Curiculum Vitea

Professional experience

Since 02/2023

Senior researcher EU Horizon Europe PREMIERE project - Department of Politics and Markets in the Agricultural and Food Industry, HNE Eberswalde (part-time). The PREMIERE project will foster the development of coherent and well-prepared multi-actor projects.

Since 08/2022

EU-FarmBook knowledge network facilitator project - Highclere Consulting SRL, Braşov, Romania (part-time). The EU-FarmBook is an open-source, interactive database for farmers and foresters with practice-oriented materials from EU-funded research and innovation projects.

07/19 to 11/22

Head of Knowledge Exchange and Research Support - Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, United Kingdom

03/18 to 06/19

Knowledge Exchange Programme Manager - Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, United Kingdom

05/18 to 05/22

Research Associate EU Horizon 2020 LIAISON research project - University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom. Better Rural Innovation: Linking Actors, Instruments and Policies through Networks. LIAISON aims to make a significant and meaningful contribution to optimising interactive innovation project approaches and the delivery of EU policies to speed up innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural area

01/15 to 09/17

Research Project Manager EU H2020 Hennovation, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. Practice-led innovation supported by science and market-driven actors in the laying hen and other livestock sectors.

04/11 to 03/14

Director of Programs, Center for Development Services, Cairo, Egypt. The Center for Development Services (CDS) is an employee-owned social entrepreneurship in the development sector working in Egypt and across the Middle East implementing short and long-term projects in five program areas including Agriculture and Agri-business Development and Health Management and Research.

05/06 to 11/09

Head of Community Programmes/ Programme Advisor, Brooke Hospital for Animals, London, United Kingdom. The Brooke is an international NGO based in the UK with offices Asia, Africa and the Middle East dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules in some of the world's poorest communities.

04/02-04/06

Project Coordinator Livestock DFID/EU funded Malawi Prison Farm Development Programme, Penal Reform International, Lilongwe, Malawi

03/01 to 05/03

Front Line Staff Training Coordinator / Food Security and Natural Resource Management Advisor - Plan Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi

Education

2015 to 2018

Doctor of Philosophy, Farmer innovation for the improvement of animal health and welfare. University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

2009

Certificate in Promoting Public Health: skills, perspectives and practice. The Open University, London, United Kingdom. Grade: certificate – honors

2009

Certificate in International Perspectives in Participatory Research. University of Victoria, Canada and the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

2004 to 2006

Postgraduate Diploma, Animal Health and Production, Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom.

1998 to 2000

Master of Science Rural Development Management, University of Reading/ Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, United Kingdom & The Netherlands

1993 to 1998

Bachelor of Science Topical and sub-tropical agriculture, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Deventer, The Netherlands.