Dr. Katharina Gröne

Education and Academic Training

• 2022: Doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne
• 2006 - 2014: Master in Political Science, African Studies, Islamic Studies

Professional Experience

• Since March 2022 at the Wuppertal Institute
• Since 2020: Head of the Competence Center Fair Trade (CCFT) of the Global South Studies Center (GSSC), University of Cologne
• 2015 - 2020: Resarch Assistant at the Global South Studies Center (GSSC), University of Cologne

Research Focus

• Sustainable consumption and lifestyles
• Sustainable food systems and sustainable cities
• Multi-stakeholder dialogues for sustainability
• Grassroots approaches and social practices for social-ecological transformation
• Sustainable Value Chains
• Sustainable Public Procurement

Teaching

• WiSe 21/22: Bachelor seminar: "Fair Trade: Chances, Limits, Challenges", Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne
• SoSe 21: Interdisciplinary Bachelor seminar (Anthropology/Geography) "Fair Trade: Chances, Limits, Challenges”, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne
• SoSe 21: Citizen Science Project "Fairer Handel als Suchbewegung" (Fair Trade as a Search Movement) as part of the Citizen Science Initiative of the Coordination Office for Science and the Public Sphere at the University of Cologne
• WiSe 2020/21 Master Research Seminar Anthropogeography "North-South Relations in Fair Trade", Institute of Geography together with Prof. Boris Braun, University of Cologne
• Co-supervision of a master thesis on "Living Wages and Living Incomes in Fair Supply Chains", Institute of Geography together with Prof. Boris Braun, University of Cologne

Memberships

• Steering committee Fairtrade University, University of Cologne