Sonja Kaufmann
Dr.nat.techn. Sonja Kaufmann
Status Currently not employed at BOKU
ORCID: 0000-0001-8738-8383, opens in new window.
AuthorId : 57199750944
ResearcherId : ABA-2147-2021
Research Focus
Participatory guarantee systems (PGS), regulatory mechanisms and certification systems in the organic farming and food industry, group certification, internal control systems, participation, food systems, alternative food networks
Career
- 2021 Freelancer; e.g. Rapunzel Naturkost GmbH & CO. KG, Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Fair Trade & CSR)
- 2023 University Assistant, Institute of Organic Farming (IFÖL)
- 2021 - 2023 Project assistant in the Working Group Knowledge Systems and Innovation (AGWI)
- 2019 - 2021 service contractor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Division of Organic Farming
- 2018 - 2021 Rapunzel Naturkost GmbH; Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Fair Trade & CSR Affairs
- 2017 - 2017 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), sector project agricultural policy and food security
Awards
- Year: 2024 Awards: ÖFG Konferenzstipendium (Italien)
- Year: 2024 Awards: Stipendium Kongress- und Konferenzteilnahme, Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich m.b.H.
- Year: 2024 Awards: Leistungsstipendium, Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich m.b.H.
Projects
1 Project found.
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): Facts and fiction on the concept of participation
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Vogl Christian R.
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Organic Farming
funded by: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Project Staff: 01.08.2021 - 30.06.2023
duration: 07.01.2019 - 06.07.2023
Publications
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Presentations
Year: 2025 - Was ist Gruppenzertifizierung mit internen Kontrollsystemen? (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S
Event: SPEEDING UP INNOVATION Vernetzung von Forschung und Praxis Biologische Landwirtschaft 2.0
Period: 13.03.2025 - 13.03.2025 | Location: Angermayergasse 1, 1130 Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (HAUP)
Year: 2024 - Knowledge exchange and peer learning in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): insights from a Costa Rican case study (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N; Vogl, CR
Event: 15th IFSA Conference - Systenic Change for Sustainable Futures 2024
Period: 30.06.2024 - 04.07.2024 | Location: Trapani, Italy | Organizer:
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)
Year: 2024 - Insights into participatory guarantee systems (PGS) in Latin America: A Paraguayan case study (Poster)
Autoren: Hruschka, Nikolaus;
Event: Tropentag 2024. Explore opportunities... for managing natural resources and a better life for all
Period: 11.09.2024 - 13.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research | Organizer:
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
Ghent University
Year: 2024 - Wissensaustausch und Peer-Learning in Partizipativen Garantiesystemen (PGS) in Costa Rica (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N; Vogl, CR
Event: 17. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau 2024
Period: 05.03.2024 - 08.03.2024 | Location: Gießen, Deutschland | Organizer:
Justus Liebig Universität Gießen | Organizer:
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Year: 2024 - Empowerment as an effect of participation in participatory guarantee systems (PGS): A case study in Argentina (Poster)
Autoren: Pfister, J; Vogl, C R; Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N
Event: Tropentag 2024. Explore opportunities... for managing natural resources and a better life for all
Period: 11.09.2024 - 13.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research | Organizer:
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
Ghent University
Year: 2023 - The Right to Certify - Institutionalizing Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in Latin America (Talk)
Autoren: Hruschka, N; Kaufmann, S; Vogl CR
Event: Knowing Food: Insights from around the Table. The 2023 Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS)
Period: 31.05.2023 | Location: Boston University, Boston, Mass., USA (online) | Location: Boston, USA (ONLINE)
Year: 2023 - Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) as more inclusive organic certification alternative: Exploring certification costs and farm inspections in a Costa Rican PGS initiative (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S.; Hruschka, N.; Vogl, C.R.
Event: Knowing Food: Insights from around the Table. The 2023 Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS)
Period: 31.05.2023 | Location: Boston University, Boston, Mass., USA (online) | Location: Boston, USA (ONLINE)
Year: 2023 - Konsument*innenbewusstsein, -vertrauen und -partizipation in Partizipativen Garantiesystemen (PGS) in Mexiko, Chile und Bolivien (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N; Vogl, CR
Event: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau 2023
Period: 08.03.2023 - 10.03.2023 | Location: Frick, Schweiz | Location: Frick, Switzerland | Location: Frick Schweiz
Year: 2022 - A transition towards a participatory society? Exploring participation: strategies, challenges and solutions of participation in rural and urban Alternative Food Networks (AFN) (Talk)
Autoren: Hruschka, N; Kaufmann, S
Event: ESRS 2022 Satellite Event: far apart but still close together. “Just Rural Transitions: Opportunities and Challenges” A transition towards a participatory society? Exploring participation: strategies, challenges and solutions of participation
Period: 23.06.2022 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2022 - Institutionalization of Participatory Guarantee systems (PGS). Challenges, Outcomes and Perspectives of formalizing Alternative Food Networks (AFN) in Chile (Talk)
Autoren: Hruschka, N; Kaufmann, S; Vogl C.R.
Event: 15th World Congress of Rural Sociology 2022
Period: 19.07.2022 - 22.07.2024 | Location: Cairns, Australia | Location: 4870 Cairns, Australien | Organizer:
James Cook University, Cairns
Year: 2022 - Exploring consumer participation in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) – results from a cross-country study Confirmation (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N; Vogl, C.R.
Event: 15th World Congress of Rural Sociology 2022
Period: 19.07.2022 - 22.07.2024 | Location: Cairns, Australia | Location: 4870 Cairns, Australien | Organizer:
James Cook University, Cairns
Year: 2022 - Facts and fiction on the concept of participation: assessing stakeholder participation in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) (Poster)
Autoren: Vogl, CR; Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N
Event: Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society AFHVS & the Association for the Study of Food and Society ASFS Conference 2022 - Cultivating Connections: Exploring Entry Points into Sustainable Food Systems
Period: 18.05.2022 - 21.05.2022 | Location: Athens, Georgia
Year: 2022 - Exploring participation in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in selected case studies in Chile (Talk)
Autoren: Hruschka, N; Kaufmann, S; Vogl, CR
Event: Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society AFHVS & the Association for the Study of Food and Society ASFS Conference 2022 - Cultivating Connections: Exploring Entry Points into Sustainable Food Systems
Period: 18.05.2022 - 21.05.2022 | Location: Athens, Georgia
Year: 2021 - Assessing Stakeholder Participation in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N; Vogl, CR
Event: 20th Organic World Congress 2021
Period: 06.09.2021 - 10.09.2021 | Location: Rennes, France | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Assessing Stakeholder Participation in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Hruschka, N; Vogl, CR
Event: 20th Organic World Congress 2021
Period: 06.09.2021 - 10.09.2021 | Location: Rennes, France | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - ¿Consumidores informados? Un estudio exploratorio de los consumidores de la Ecoferia de la Reina en Santiago (Talk)
Autoren: Nikolaus Hruschka, Sonja Kaufmann, Christian R. Vogl
Event: 2° Congreso Chileno de Agroecología. Reencuentro De Saberes Para Renacer
Period: 23.09.2021 | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - How local are Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) really? Exploring the role of distance on participation (Talk)
Autoren: Nikolaus Hruschka; Sonja Kaufmann; Christian R. Vogl
Event: Ventana III: A Conference on Latin America. Global Reactions and Responses
Period: 07.09.2021 | Location: Online
Year: 2019 - Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) / Sistemas Participativos de Garantía (SPG) (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S;
Event: HAND IN HAND Workshop für Fair Trade-Lieferanten, Rapunzel Naturkost GmbH
Period: 11.02.2019 | Location: Legau, GERMANY
Year: 2017 - Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and local organic markets in Mexico: the role of consumers (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Vogl, CR
Event: 19th Organic World Congress IFOAM 2017 - An Organic World Through an Organic India
Period: 09.11.2017 - 11.11.2017 | Location: New Delhi, India
Year: 2017 - Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and local organic markets in Mexico: the role of consumers (Talk)
Autoren: Kaufmann, S; Vogl, CR
Event: 19th Organic World Congress IFOAM 2017 - An Organic World Through an Organic India
Period: 09.11.2017 - 11.11.2017 | Location: New Delhi, India
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Events
- 2022
A transition towards a participatory society? Exploring participation: strategies, challenges and solutions of participation in rural and urban Alternative Food Networks (AFN). Satellite Event 2022
(Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee
- 2022