Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Agrar- und Ernährungspolitik

Dr. Miriam Boyer

 

Contact

Leader of BioMaterialities Research Group
Department of Agricultural Economics,
Division of Agricultural and Food Policy
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin

(Visitors' Address: Hannoversche Str. 27, Haus 12)
Phone: +(49)-(0)30-20 93-46 313
Mail: miriam.boyer(at)hu-berlin.de

Research Group Leader

Publications | Research Group Biomaterialities

 

Research Interests

Nature-society theories; agricultural biotechnologies; economic valuation of nature; politics of biodiversity and agriculture; environmental conflicts; Mexico and Latin America

 

Work Experience and Education

  • Post-doctoral Researcher, ‘Global Valuation of Nature and Social Inequalities’, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, 2014-2017

  • Ph.D., Sociology summa cum laude, 2014, Columbia University and Freie Universität Berlin

  • Elsa-Naumann Dissertation Fellowship of the Federal State of Berlin, 2012-2013

  • National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, Columbia University, 2009-2012

  • National Science Foundation, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Trainee Fellowship, Columbia University

 

Selected Publications

  • Boyer, Miriam, Kusche, F., Hackfort, S. et al. (2023). The making of sustainability: ideological strategies, the materiality of nature, and biomass use in the bioeconomy. Sustain Sci 18, 675–688.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01254-4

  • Boyer, Miriam (2022). „Biodiversität,“ in: Daniela Gottschlich, Sarah Hackfort, Tobias Schmitt, von Winterfeld, Uta: Handbuch Politische Ökologie: Theorien, Konflikte, Begriffe, Methoden. Transkript Verlag, 133-142

  • Friedrich, Beate, Sarah Hackfort, Miriam Boyer und Daniela Gottschlich (2019). Conflicts over GMOs and their Contribution to Food Democracy, in: Politics and Governance 2019, Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 165–177.
  • Boyer, Miriam (2019) „‘Grüne’ Strategien und der Streit um die Kontrolle natürlicher Ressourcen.” In Schmalz, Stefan and Ramírez, Martín, Extraktivismus. Lateinamerika nach dem Ende des Rostoffbooms. Oekom, München.

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