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Research Focus

My research focuses on the interface of food, democracy, sustainability transitions and cities. I have several years of experience in inter- and transdisciplinary projects in this field and use participatory and qualitative approaches in my research to include the perspectives of diverse actors.

free keywords Right to the city Food democracy Sustainability transitions Transdisciplinarity Qualitative research

 

Career

  • 2024 Post-doc researcher in the Project "Trans-Local Food Coalition" (funded by the Weave Programme from FWF, SNF and DFG) at the Institute of sustainable economic development, Department of economics and social sciences. (BOKU University)
  • 2023 - 2024 Post-doc researcher at the Institute of sustainable economic development, Department of economics and social sciences (funded by an Erwin-Schrödinger Fellowship, FWF) (BOKU University)
  • 2022 - 2023 Visiting researcher at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (University of Surrey)
  • 2018 - 2022 PhD candidate at the Institute of organic farming, Department of sustainable agricultural systems and researcher in the project "The future of urban food" (funded by WWTF) (BOKU University)

Awards

  • Year: 2022 Awards: FWF Erwin-Schrödinger Fellowship
  • Year: 2022 Awards: Rückenwind Förderbonus
  • Year: 2021 Awards: Österreichischer Preis für Entwicklungsforschung

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Presentations

7 lecures found.

  • Year: 2023 - Rhizomatic transformations in urban food environments

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: López Cifuentes, Marta

    Event: NEST Conference 2023: Re-imagining transitions: Beyond established methods and concepts

    Period: 30.06.2023 - 01.07.2023  | Location: Dresden

  • Year: 2023 - Strategies towards democratic food citizenship for all in alternative food networks

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: López Cifuentes, Marta

    Event: STS Conference Graz 2023 „Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies“

    Period: 08.05.2023 - 10.05.2023  | Location: Graz

  • Year: 2021 - Wie isst Wien in Zukunft?

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: Gugerell, C; López Cifuentes, M.

    Event: Projekt SCIENCE, Wiener Volkshochschulen

    Period: 26.01.2021  | Location: Online

  • Year: 2021 - Food Systems in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: Critical Reflections on Health and Ecological Crises

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: Freyer, B; Amare, Y; Bieling, ; Lopez Cifuentes, M; Ellssel, P; Fiala, V; Kiskaye, V; Sanjuan, L D; Wieck, C; Bingen, J

    Event: iV ISA Forum of Sociology

    Period: 27.02.2021  | Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil

  • Year: 2020 - Towards food democracy: Niche-regime collaborations and the role of knowledge in urban food systems

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: Lopez Cifuentes, Marta Gugerell, Christina

    Event: 5th Network of Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions Conference 2020

    Period: 07.05.2020 - 08.05.2020  | Location: Online

  • Year: 2020 - Conceptualizing food democracy: cross-level contributions and barriers for democratizing an urban food system

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: López Cifuentes, M.; Gugerell, C.

    Event: 11th International Sustainability Transition IST Conference 2020 - Governance in an Era of Change – Making Sustainability Transitions Happen

    Period: 18.08.2020 - 21.08.2020  | Location: Online

  • Year: 2019 - The Future of Urban Food - A case study for Vienna

    Art:   Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation

    Autoren: Gugerell, C; López-Cifuentes, M;

    Event: 4th NEST Conference 2019 - Transitions to where? Shared values and visions for sustainability transitions

    Period: 04.04.2019 - 05.04.2019  | Location: Lisbon, Portugal

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