Emilia Schmitt

ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Grüental
8820 Wädenswil

Research Interest

After a master thesis (at ETHZ) on the social side of climate change adaptation of agriculture in Ivory Coast, I pursued my research at the interface of agriculture and environmental sciences. My PhD research project focused on the sustainability analysis of food value chains in Switzerland. It was embedded in an EU research project called “Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional peRformance-based approach (GLAMUR)”. external pagewww.glamur.eu

My goal in my PhD thesis was to compare local and global food chains through case studies in the dairy and wine sectors in Switzerland. The performance of the chosen chains was assessed and compared through a system of indicators in the dimensions of environmental, economic, social, health and ethical sustainability.

Education

2017: Ph.D. Doctor of Science, ETH Zurich
2013: MSc in ‘Human-environment systems’, Environmental Systems Sciences (D-USYS), ETH Zurich
2009: BSc in Geosciences and Environment, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Selected Publications

Schmitt, E., Comoé, H., & Barjolle, D. (2013). Social Networks Analysis of the Ivorian Agricultural Sector Regarding Adaptation to Climate Change. Yearbook of socioeconomics in agriculture. 81–108.

Schmitt, E., Sorg, L., & Barjolle, D. (2013). Organic agriculture as innovation in a rural region of Switzerland: Applied Social Network Analysis. Conference proceedings of the XXV ESRS Congress, Firenze, Italy.

Schmitt, E. (2012). The importance of social networks to inform and support farmers about adaptation strategies regarding climate change in Côte d’Ivoire. Master Thesis. IED, ETH Zürich.