Dr. rer. agr. Robert Cárcamo Mallen
Guest Researcher
Room 1134
Short Bio
- 2025-present Associate Professor-Researcher at the National Technological Institute of Mexico
- 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
Research Interests
- Food Security, Memory, and Disaster
- Rural Development
- Food Market and Trade Analysis
- Food Systems and Nutrition
- Latin America Studies
Country Expertise
- Latin America (Brasil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico)
Projects
- Latin America Network for Rural Innovation (RED LatIR) https://www.redlatir.org/proyectos
- Research project as CALAS fellow: http://calas.lat/en/content/robert-carcamo-mallen
- Integrated Network for Disaster Risk Management in Central America and Germany (REDINTEGRA-CA) http://www.redintegra-ca.org/
Publications
- Álvarez Macías, A. & Cárcamo Mallen, R. (2025). Multicrisis, agricultura y seguridad alimentaria en Centroamérica: una aproximación a su estudio. San José: Universidad de Costa Rica, Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de América Central. https://n9.cl/c4ihl
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Coral, C., Carcamo, R., Ollendorf, F., Tokou, B. A., Yao, C. Y. A., Sieber, S., & Löhr, K. (2024). Elongating the causes of social vulnerability: Historical analysis of social sustainability dimensions in the Ivorian cocoa sector. World Development, 183, 106727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106727
- 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
- Cárcamo Mallen, R. (2020). Globalization and food security: A case study on livelihoods and food security in Sitalá, Chiapas. Verlag Dr. Köster. ISBN 9783895749919