Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Ressourcenökonomie

Dr. Maria Proestou

Postdoc

 

Address


 

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of Life Sciences
Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute 

WINS at IRI THESys

 

Phone

+49-30-2093-66435

Fax

+49-30-2093-6339

Email

maria.proestou (at) hu-berlin.de

Research Interests


  • Expertise: Institutional Economist and Policy Analyst
  • Fields: bioeconomy, energy policy, agricultural policy, climate change politics, sustainable resource management

Academic Career


since 2017

Research Associate, inimbio project, HU Berlin

since 2016

Coordinator, WINS Berlin Workshop in Institutional Analysis of SETS

Public and Scientific Presentations (selection)

2018: Sustainable Bioeconomy, Council of International Educational Exchange

2018: Politikstrategien und Initiativen der Bioökonomie, Inimbio Workshop

2017: Land Governance in Times of Bioeconomy, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London UK

2017: Sozioökonomische Aspekte und aktuelle Frage der Bioökonomie, HTW Berlin

2016: Bureaucratization of social interactions in the wake of the crisis, 7th Annual Conference in Political Economy, Lisbon Portugal

2016: Environmental pragmatism in times of neoliberalism International Conference of the European Network Political Ecology, Stockholm Sweden

Training (selection)

2012: Workshop on “Evolutionary Thinking and Its Policy Implications for Modern Capitalism”, University of Hertfordshire UK

 

Academic Background


2010-15

Doctorate, Understanding societies beyond economics: Wind energy development on the Greek island of Amorgos in times of neoliberalism

2004-08 MSc Sustainable Land Use, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Division of Rural Sociology
2005-06 Visiting scholar at Freie Universität Berlin
 

1996-2003

MSc Agronomy and Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens
Division of Agricultural Biotechnology and Division of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology


Teaching


2018

2017

2015-16


 

2012-13

Land Management, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Bioökonomie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Umweltpolitik und Umweltökonomie, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
 

Sustainable Energy Transition, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability, Institute for Environmental Communication

 

Other Activities


Forschungsprojekte

Policy Designs for Resilient Bioeconomies (submitted)

Institutional Implications of Bioeconomy Development (ongoing)

Imkerin

Imkerverein Berlin-Tempelhof

wiss. Betreuerin

Südafrika zwischen Nuklearenergieprogramm und Erneuerbaren Energien

Land grabbing in Italy and Germany

Die Rolle von Carbon Leakage im Emmisionshandel der EU
wiss. Methoden Interviews, Umfragen, Textanalyse, QCA, deskriptive Analyse

Awards


2010-2014

PhD Scholarship

2002 Commercial and Industrial Chamber Athens Award
1999 ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ scholarship

Memberships


European Society of Ecological Economics (ISEE)
European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA)
Society of Beekeepers Berlin
Geotechnical Chamber of Greece
Greek Agricultural Economists Association (GAEA)

 


Publications