Writing

Writing - about What matters

Welcome to my writer page. As a scientist, I write about food environments and agricultural topics and do my best to share knowledge that matters.

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I explain difficult scientific topics in a simple style with the least jargon possible. My articles appear mostly in international peer reviewed journals. You can also contact me for other formats on food environments, sustainable food production and consumption, and digital food cultures.

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what my writing stands for

Writing about what matters

Writing about scientific topics around food environments and agriculture helps to share knowledge that matters and supporting change that makes our food systems more sustainable, fair and democratic.

Sharing easily understandable knowledge

Knowledge helps people to make better decisions. In my writing, I take care to make it easily understandable. Thus sharing knowledge which builds bridges throughout our society and educational disparities.

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References in the field of writing

Selected Publications as corresponding author

Social & Cultural Geography 2025
From the ‘wealthy-healthy-chubby’ nexus to ‘outside foods’: changing food consumption practices in India and Mexico
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14649365.2025.2498944?scroll=top&needAccess=true#abstract

Geographien Südasiens 2024
“Urban Food Environments in India and Mexico”
https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/1364/chapter/20558

Die Erde 2023 (Vol. 154: 1)
“Interdisciplinary research on food environments: the key to transforming unhealthy food consumption practices and unsustainable food systems“
https://die-erde.org/index.php/die-erde/article/view/656

Discover my latest blog publication

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Figure on the Slow Food Movement and its central concepts: higher food quality, regional food networks, community cohesion, preserving agricultural products and practices, lower food miles travelled, and nutrition education.

La Via Campesina and Slow Food

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Guest Blog Post by Valentina Bendl “La Via Campesina and Slow Food: Challenging the Status Quo through Food Movements” In this in-depth guest post, Valentina Bendl explores how global food movements such as La Via Campesina and Slow Food offer alternative models to the dominant corporate food regime. Through the…

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searching for A reviewer?

Do you need an expert scientific for reviewing? I regularly review articles for scientific and journalistic journals and give them qualitative feedback through my broad knowledge about food consumption and agriculture. Check my references below and get in touch!

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Data Visualization

Analyzing and visualizing

Analyzing & visualizing

I use data visualization for analysis and science communication. My core expertise are qualitative maps and clean and precise figures. Write to me if you’re interested in:

  • Data analysis
  • Data visualization

Speaking

Raising my voice for science

Raising my voice for science

I speak regularly at conferences and working group meetings, but also at science fairs, podium discussions, and press events. Let me know in case you’d like me to share knowledge at:

  • Conferences
  • Cultural events
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Teaching

Knowledge through education

Knowledge through education

Quality educational services are very important to me. It’s how we can pass knowledge to others in the most direct way. How I share scientific knowledge.

  • Academic seminars at Universities
  • Public lectures
  • Workshops for the public

Writing

Publishing Scientific knowledge

Publishing scientific knowledge

I explain difficult scientific topics in a simple style. My articles appear mostly in international peer reviewed journals about:

  • Food environments
  • Sustainable food production and consumption
  • Digital food cultures
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Organizing

Design, management, implementation

Design, management, implementation

From organizing scientific congresses to implementing a smartphone based application about nutrition and coordinating transdisciplinary research in an international context.