Dr. rer. agr. Robert Cárcamo Mallen
Guest Researcher
Room 1133
Short Bio
- 2020-present Coordinator in Europe of Latin America Network for Rural Innovation (RED LaTIR) / Guest Researcher at Agrifood Chain Management of the Department of Agricultural Economic, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2020 - 2023 Global Market and Trade-Specialist in Latin America and Caribbean Region - Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), Washington DC, United States
- 2014-2020 Doctor in Agricultural Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Doctoral Certificate Program in Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-Universtität zu Berlin
- 2014-2017 Researcher-EULALinks SENSE (Sustainable Exchanges towards Natural and Social Education) Program, ERASMUS MUNDUS
- 2011-2016 Market Specialist Latin America and Caribbean Region - Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), Guatemala City. Market analysis and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean
- 2009-2011 M.Sc. in Regional Studies, Instituto de Investigación, Dr. José Maria Luis Mora, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2010-2011 Academic stay at Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2003-2011 Agricultural Economist - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mexico City
- 1998-2002 Bachelor in International Trade of Agricultural Products, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico
Research Interests
- Food Securtiy and Globalization
- Food Security and Climate Change
- Food Systems and Nutrition
- Food Market and Trade Analysis
- Rural Development and Value Chain
- Latin America Studies
Country Expertise
- Latin America (Brasil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico)
Projects
- European Union Latin America Academic Links (EULALinks)
- Rural Society, Economy, and Natural Resources (SERIDAR)
- Research project as CALAS fellow: http://calas.lat/en/content/robert-carcamo-mallen
Publications
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Cárcamo Mallen, R., Álvarez, A. & Coral, C. (2022). Mercado global-efectos locales: Un análisis coyuntural sobre el COVID- 19, Conflictos bélicos y Cambio Climático 2020-2022. En Revista Sociedades Rurales y Medio Ambiente, Vol. 22. Núm. 43. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco. https://sociedadesruralesojs.xoc.uam.mx/index.php/srpma/article/view/464
- Coral, C., Bokelmann, W., Bonatti, M., Carcamo Mallen, R., & Sieber, S. (2021). Understanding institutional change mechanisms for land use: Lessons from Ecuador's history. Land Use Policy, 108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105530 Add to Citavi project by DOI
- Palacioa Bucheli, V.J., Cárcamo Mallen, R., Álvarez Maciás, A., Coral, C. & Bokelmann, W. (2021). Indigenous family labor in agroforestry systems in the context of global transformations: the case of the inga and Camëntsá communities in Putumayo, Colombia. Forests, 12(11), 1503.
- Cárcamo, R. (2020). Globalization and Food Security: A case study on livelihoods and food security in Sitalá, Chiapas. Verlag Dr. Koster, Berlin Germany.
- Coral, C., Bokelmann, W., Bonatti, M., Carcamo Mallen, R., & Sieber, S. (2020). Agency and structure: a grounded theory approach to explain land-use change in the Mindo and western foothills of Pichincha, Ecuador. Journal of Land Use Science, 15(4), 547-569. doi:10.1080/1747423X.2020.1811791