Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Agrar- und Ernährungspolitik

Dr. Harry Konrad Hoffmann

 

Dr. Harry Konrad Hoffmann
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Kontakt

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Department of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural and Food Policy Group
Philippstraße 13 -
House 12, Room 66
D-10115 Berlin

Mail: harry.konrad.hoffmann(at)hu-berlin.de
Phone: +49(0)30 2093 46327

RI-ProT

Publikationen | Projekt RI-ProT

 

Forschungsinteressen

Alternative Proteine, Ernährungssicherheit mit Schwerpunkt im südlichen Afrika, nachhaltige Bioenergie, Governance der Transformation von Ernährungssystemen


Arbeitserfahrung

  • 03/2025 – heute 
    Post-Doc am Fachbereich Agrar- und Ernährungspolitik der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

  • 10/2022 – 12/24
    Senior Research Associate bei TMG Research gGmbH

  • 02/2020 – 09/2022
    Projektleiter Landwirtschafts- und Ernährungspolitik bei der Deutschen Welthungerhilfe e.V. in Berlin 

  • 06/2017– 01/2020  
    Projektleiter und Postdoktorand am Leibniz Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) in Müncheberg

  • 07/2016 - 05/2017
    Beratertätigkeit für die Weltbank in Washington D.C., USA

  • 07/2016 - 12/2016
    Leitung der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit bei Slow Food Deutschland in Berlin

  • 06/2016          
    Beratertätigkeit für das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE/GDI) in Bonn

  • 01/2015 - 04/2015                  
    Gastwissenschaftler am International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C., USA

  • 11/2013 - 02/2014                  
    Beratertätigkeit für die Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen (DGVN) in Berlin

  • 06/2011 - 02/2013                  
    Projektkoordinator für die NRO Kampagne Meine Landwirtschaft in Berlin

  • 05/2009 - 07/2016                  
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Leibniz Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) in Müncheberg

  • 08/2008 - 04/2009                  
    Beratertätigkeit für das Climate Action Network (CAN) Canada in Bonn 

  • 08/2008 - 04/2009                  
    Forschungsassistent am Geographischen Institut der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn 

  • 09/2008                                  
    Beratertätigkeit für Germanwatch e.V. in Bonn 

  • 04/2008 - 05/2008                  
    Beratertätigkeit für den NGO Focal Point im Kontext der UN-Biodiversitätskonferenz in Bonn 

  • 10/2004 - 06/2007                  
    Studentische Hilfskraft bei der Gerechtigkeit Jetzt! Die Welthandelskampagne in Bonn

  • 04/2007                                  
    Studentische Hilfskraft bei der internationalen Konferenz G8-Dialog Zivilgesellschaft in Bonn

  • 12/2006                                  
    Studentische Hilfskraft bei der internationalen Konferenz Sustainable Bioenergy – Challenges and Opportunities in Bonn 

  • 07/1998 – 08/1999                
    Zivildienst bei der Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung Kreis Neuss e.V. in Kaarst/Vorst

 

Ausbildung

 

Stipendien

 

Aktuelles Forschungsprojekt

  • Responsible Innovation and Protein Transition (RI-ProT) mit besonderem Fokus auf Arbeitspacket 5: Policy Co-Design Lab

 

Publikationen

Peer reviewed journal articles

  • Stiem-Bhatia, L., Onura, W., & Hoffmann, H. (2026). Strengthening farmers’ voices in food systems transformation: an analysis of the Governor’s Day with Farmers in Western Kenya. [Original Research]. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Volume 9 – 2025.  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1495949

  • Care, O., Zaehringer, J. G., Bernstein, M. J., Chapman, M., Friis, C., Graham, S., Haider, L. J., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Hoffmann, H., Kernecker, M. L., Pitt, H., & Seufert, V. (2025). Reaping what we sow: Centering values in food systems transformations research. Ambio, 54(2), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02086-5 

  • Matavel, C. E., Hoffmann, H., Kaechele, H., Löhr, K., Bonatti, M., Kipkulei, H. K., Njoya, H. M., Massuque, J., Sieber, S., & Rybak, C. (2024). Does participatory research stimulate sustained adoption of energy technologies? Lessons from stove dissemination in Gurué district, rural Mozambique. Technology in Society, 79, 102722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102722

  • Matavel, C. E., Hoffmann, H., Hafner, J. M., Kipkulei, H. K., Uckert, G., Kaingo, J., Salavessa, J., Mbwana, H. A., Issa, R., Novela, L. S., Sieber, S., & Rybak, C. (2023). Fuel scarcity or household wealth? Assessing the drivers of cooking energy consumption patterns in rural areas in East Africa. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 32(1), 12-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2022.2153282 

  • Matavel, C. E., Kächele, H., Hafner, J. M., Rybak, C., Uckert, G., Hoffmann, H., Kipkulei, H. K., Massuque, J., Steinke, J., & Sieber, S. (2023). How to increase cookstove adoption? Exploring cost-effective dissemination techniques in Central Mozambique. Energy Research & Social Science, 100, 103082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103082 

  • Hoffmann, H. K., Kinabo, J. L., Sieber, S., Stuetz, W., Bonatti, M., Mbwana, H. A., Uckert, G. B., Matavel, C. E., Hafner, J. M., Löhr, K., & Rybak, C. (2022). Editorial: Achieving nutrition security in Tanzania by improving production, education and economics: Methods, tools and applications [Editorial]. Frontiers in Public Health, Volume 10 - 2022. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1014741 

  • Matavel, C., Hoffmann, H., Rybak, C., Steinke, J., Sieber, S., & Müller, K. (2022). Understanding the drivers of food security among agriculture-based households in Gurué District, Central Mozambique. Agriculture & Food Security, 11(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-021-00344-3 

  • Vijayan, D., Ludwig, D., Rybak, C., Kaechele, H., Hoffmann, H., Schönfeldt, H. C., Mbwana, H. A., Rivero, C. V., & Löhr, K. (2022). Indigenous knowledge in food system transformations. Communications Earth & Environment, 3(1), 213. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00543-1 

  • Matavel, C., Kächele, H., Steinke, J., Rybak, C., Hoffmann, H., Salavessa, J., Sieber, S., & Müller, K. (2022). Effect of passive solar drying on food security in rural Mozambique. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 17154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22129-9 

  • Matavel, C. E., Hafner, J. M., Hoffmann, H., Uckert, G., Massuque, J., Rybak, C., & Sieber, S. (2022). Toward energy saving and food safety in Central Mozambique: the role of improved cook stoves and heat retention boxes. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 12(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-022-00352-6 

  • Habtemariam, L. T., Gornott, C., Hoffmann, H., & Sieber, S. (2021). Farm Production Diversity and Household Dietary Diversity: Panel Data Evidence From Rural Households in Tanzania [Original Research]. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Volume 5 - 2021. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.612341 

  • Matavel, C. E., Hoffmann, H., Rybak, C., Hafner, J. M., Salavessa, J., Eshetu, S. B., & Sieber, S. (2021). Experimental evaluation of a passive indirect solar dryer for agricultural products in Central Mozambique. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 45(11), e15975. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.15975 

  • Care, O., Bernstein, M. J., Chapman, M., Diaz Reviriego, I., Dressler, G., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Friis, C., Graham, S., Hänke, H., Haider, L. J., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Hoffmann, H., Kernecker, M., Nicol, P., Piñeiro, C., Pitt, H., Schill, C., Seufert, V., Shu, K., . . . Zaehringer, J. G. (2021). Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations. Sustainability Science, 16(2), 703-708. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00909-y 

  • Matavel, C., Hoffmann, H., Rybak, C., Sieber, S., Müller, K., Brüntrup, M., & Salavessa, J. (2021). Passive solar dryers as sustainable alternatives for drying agricultural produce in sub-Saharan Africa: advances and challenges. Discover Sustainability, 2(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-021-00049-4 

  • Hafner, J. M., Uckert, G., Hoffmann, H. K., Rosenstock, T. S., Sieber, S., & Kimaro, A. A. (2020). Efficiency of Three-Stone Fire and Improved Cooking Stoves using on-farm and off-farm fuels in semi-arid Tanzania. Energy for Sustainable Development, 59, 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2020.10.012 

  • Schlindwein, I. L., Bonatti, M., Bundala, N. H., Naser, K., Löhr, K., Hoffmann, H. K., Sieber, S., & Rybak, C. (2020). Perceptions of Time-Use in Rural Tanzanian Villages: Working With Gender-Sensitive Tools in Nutritional Education Meetings [Original Research]. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Volume 4 - 2020. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00007 

  • Nowack, W., & Hoffmann, H. (2020). ‘We are fed up’ – encountering the complex German call for sustainable, small-scale agriculture. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 47(2), 420-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2019.1628019 

  • Hoffmann, H., Schomers, S., Meyer, C., Sander, K., Hickey, V., & Feuerbacher, A. (2019). Agriculture and Ecosystem Services1. In P. Ferranti, E. M. Berry, & J. R. Anderson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability (pp. 9-13). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.22202-6 

  • Scheid, A., Hafner, J. M., Hoffmann, H., Kächele, H., Uckert, G., Sieber, S., & Rybak, C. (2019). Adapting to Fuelwood Scarcity: The Farmers' Perspective [Original Research]. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Volume 3 - 2019. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00028 

  • Hoffmann, H., Uckert, G., Rybak, C., Graef, F., Sander, K., & Sieber, S. (2018). Efficiency scenarios of charcoal production and consumption – a village case study from Western Tanzania. Food Security, 10(4), 925-938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0786-3 

  • Scheid, A., Hafner, J., Hoffmann, H., Kächele, H., Sieber, S., & Rybak, C. (2018). Fuelwood scarcity and its adaptation measures: an assessment of coping strategies applied by small-scale farmers in Dodoma region, Tanzania. Environmental Research Letters, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aadb27 

  • Hafner, J., Uckert, G., Graef, F., Hoffmann, H., Kimaro, A. A., Sererya, O., & Sieber, S. (2018). A quantitative performance assessment of improved cooking stoves and traditional three-stone-fire stoves using a two-pot test design in Chamwino, Dodoma, Tanzania. Environmental Research Letters, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9da3 

  • Uckert, G., Graef, F., Faße, A., Herrmann, L., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F. C., Kissoly, L., König, H. J., Lambert, C., Mahoo, H., Makoko, B., Mrosso, L., Mutabazi, K. D., Mwinuka, L., Schäfer, M. P., Schindler, J., Sieber, S., Swai, E., & Yustas, Y. M. (2018). ScalA-FS: expert-based ex-ante assessments of local requirements and success potential of upgrading strategies for improving food security in rural Tanzania. Food Security, 10(4), 841-858. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0789-0 

  • Hoffmann, H. K., Sander, K., Brüntrup, M., & Sieber, S. (2017). Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to the Charcoal Value Chain [Perspective]. Frontiers in Environmental Science, Volume 5 - 2017. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00084 

  • Uckert, G., Hafner, J., Graef, F., Hoffmann, H., Kimaro, A., Sererya, O., & Sieber, S. (2017). Farmer innovation driven by needs and understanding: building the capacities of farmer groups for improved cooking stove construction and continued adaptation. Environmental Research Letters, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa88d5 

  • Graef, F., Uckert, G., Schindler, J., König, H. J., Mbwana, H. A., Fasse, A., Mwinuka, L., Mahoo, H., Kaburire, L. N., Saidia, P., Yustas, Y. M., Silayo, V., Makoko, B., Kissoly, L., Lambert, C., Kimaro, A., Sieber, S., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F. C., & Mutabazi, K. D. (2017). Expert-based ex-ante assessments of potential social, ecological, and economic impacts of upgrading strategies for improving food security in rural Tanzania using the ScalA-FS approach. Food Security, 9(6), 1255-1270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-016-0639-x 

  • Graef, F., Schneider, I., Fasse, A., Germer, J. U., Gevorgyan, E., Haule, F., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F. C., Kashaga, L., Kissoly, L., Lambert, C., Lana, M., Mahoo, H. F., Makoko, B., Mbaga, S. H., Mmbughu, A., Mkangwa, S., Mrosso, L., Mutabazi, K. D., . . . Yustas, Y. M. (2015). Natural Resource Management and Crop Production Strategies to Improve Regional Food Systems in Tanzania. Outlook on Agriculture, 44(2), 159-167. https://doi.org/10.5367/oa.2015.0206 

  • Hoffmann, H., Uckert, G., Reif, C., Graef, F., & Sieber, S. (2015). Local biofuel production for rural electrification potentially promotes development but threatens food security in Laela, Western Tanzania. Regional Environmental Change, 15(7), 1181-1190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-014-0596-x 

  • Uckert, G., Hoffmann, H., Graef, F., Grundmann, P., & Sieber, S. (2015). Increase without spatial extension: productivity in small-scale palm oil production in Africa—the case of Kigoma, Tanzania. Regional Environmental Change, 15(7), 1229-1241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0798-x 

  • Hoffmann, H., Uckert, G., Reif, C., Müller, K., & Sieber, S. (2015). Traditional biomass energy consumption and the potential introduction of firewood efficient stoves: insights from western Tanzania. Regional Environmental Change, 15(7), 1191-1201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-014-0738-1 

  • Graef, F., Schneider, I., Fasse, A., Germer, J. U., Gevorgyan, E., Haule, F., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F. C., Kashaga, L., Kissoly, L., Lambert, C., Lana, M., Mahoo, H. F., Makoko, B., Mbaga, S. H., Mmbughu, A., Mkangwa, S., Mrosso, L., Mutabazi, K. D., . . . Yustas, Y. M. (2015). Assessment of Upgrading Strategies to Improve Regional Food Systems in Tanzania: Food Processing, Waste Management and Bioenergy, and Income Generation. Outlook on Agriculture, 44(3), 179-186. https://doi.org/10.5367/oa.2015.0209 

  • Graef, F., Sieber, S., Mutabazi, K., Asch, F., Biesalski, H. K., Bitegeko, J., Bokelmann, W., Bruentrup, M., Dietrich, O., Elly, N., Fasse, A., Germer, J. U., Grote, U., Herrmann, L., Herrmann, R., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F. C., Kaufmann, B., Kersebaum, K. C., . . . Uckert, G. (2014). Framework for participatory food security research in rural food value chains. Global Food Security, 3(1), 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2014.01.001 

 

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