Hart Nadav Feuer

Hart Nadav Feuer
Curriculum Vitae
Address and Contact
Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture
Kyoto University
606-8502
Japan

Mobile +81 80 2571 3073
Email feuer.hartnadav.4e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Webhartfeuer.net
Skype hart_feuer

Current Occupation (since 2015)
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Philosophy of Agricultural Sciences
Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University, Japan

Education
PhD

Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural Science

Center for Development Research,
University of Bonn, Germany

2013

MPhil

Development Studies

Oxford University, England

2008

Graduate
Studies

Environmental Studies (Fulbright Scholar)

Arava Institute for Environmental
Studies, Israel

2006

B.A.

Economics and Business

Lafayette College, USA

2004

B.A.

German Studies

Lafayette College, USA

2004

Publications

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‘Conventionalization of informal, community-led responses to Japan’s food poverty crisis’, Feuer, H.N.,
Nomura, A., in McGreevy, S. et al. (Eds.) Food baskets for post-growth Japan: revaluing informal andwild food practices as provisioning systems, Canberra: Australian National University Press (In Contract).
‘Crowding out local initiative in the protection of heritage agri-food specialties: The growing hegemonyof sui generis Geographical Indication in East Asia’, International Sociology. Online 2022/08/01, doi:
10.1177/02685809221111940.
‘Aligning Trends in Climatic Parameters and Nomads’ Indigenous Knowledge about Climate Change inCentral Iran (Case Study: Semirom town)’, Saboohi, R., Barani, H., Khodagholi, M., Sarvestani, A.A.,
Tahmasebi, A., Feuer, H.N., Weather, Climate, and Society 14(3): 769-782.
https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0041.1‘Managing culinary adversity with food literacy: Children’s encounter with whole fish and bitter
greens’, International Journal of Food Design (IJFD), In Press.
‘Perceptions and reality of economic power among migrants in mobility-dependent sectors: The case of
Cambodian migrants in fishery and construction’, Seng, S., Charoenratana, S., Feuer, H.N., Social
Justice and Inequality Journal 3(2): 1-20.
‘Institutional food literacy in Japan's Children's Canteens: Leveraging food system skills to reduce foodwaste and food insecurity via new food distribution network’, Nomura, A., Feuer, H.N., The
International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food (IJSAF) 27(2): 55-71.
‘Evolution of place-based governance in the management of development dilemmas: long-term learningfrom Małopolska, Poland’ Feuer, H.N., Van Assche, K., Czesak, B., Różycka-Czas, R., Journal ofEnvironmental Planning and Management, 64(8): 1312-1330.
‘Cambodia’, Feuer. H.N., Seng, S., Say, C., Pek, S., in Olmedo, E., Ulam: Regenerative Edible Florafrom Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur: KITA-UKM Press, pp. 51-73.
Geographical Indication and Global Agri-Food: Development and Democratization, Bonanno, A.,
Sekine, K., Feuer, H.N. (eds). London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138600478‘Geographical indications out of context and in vogue: the awkward embrace of European heritage
agricultural protections in Asia’, Feuer, H.N., pp. 39-53.
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Hart Nadav Feuer‘Modern resilience of Georgian wine: Geographical indications and international exposure’,
Shtaltovna, A., Feuer, H.N., pp. 134-153‘Introduction’ Bonanno, A., Sekine, K., Feuer, H.N., pp.1-20.

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‘Conclusions: comprehensive change and the limits and power of sectorial measures’ Bonanno, A.,
Sekine, K., Feuer, H.N., pp. 216-232.
‘Assessing the effectiveness of Japan's community-based direct payment scheme for hilly andmountainous areas’, Ito, J., Feuer, H.N., Kitano, S., Asahi, H., Ecological Economics 160: 62-75.
‘Putting Cooking Skills to the Test: Dietary Lifestyles in Cambodia's Industrial Slums’, Feuer, H.N.,
Seng, S., in Olmedo, E., Kay, Rachel C.S. (Eds.), Food and Society in Asia Pacific: Taste, Culture,
Education, pp. 124-138. Kuala Lumpur: KITA-UKM Press.
‘Assessing the Sustainability of Community-led Responses to Japan’s Food Poverty Crisis’, Feuer, H.N.,
Nomura, A., in Olmedo, E., Kay, Rachel C.S. (Eds.), Food and Society in Asia Pacific: Taste, Culture,
Education, pp. 373-385. Kuala Lumpur: KITA-UKM Press.
‘A SKAD ethnography of educational knowledge discourses’, Hornidge, A.-K., Feuer, H.N., in Keller,R., Hornidge, A.-K., Schünemann, W. (Eds.), The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse, pp.
149-165. London: Routledge.
‘A Policy Evaluation of the Direct Payment Scheme for Collective Stewardship of Common Property
Resources in Japan’, Ito, J., Feuer. H.N., Kitano, S., Komiyama, M. Ecological Economics 152: 141151.
‘Appropriating Nutritional Science to Valorize Traditional Cuisine in Cambodia’, in Olmedo, E., Giok
Hun, P., Kay, Rachel C.S. (Eds.), Food and Society in Asia Pacific, pp. 110-115. Kuala Lumpur: KITAUKM Press.
‘Recovering from Runaway Privatization in Cambodian Higher Education: The Regulatory Pressure of
ASEAN Integration’, SOJOURN Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 31(2): 648-683.
‘Our Land of Milk and Honey: Spirituality in the Transformation of Ecological and Heritage
Production’, in Antony, S. and Schmidt E.M. (Eds.) Beyond the Superficial: Making Sense Food in a
Globalized World, pp. 97-110. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
‘The contribution of land exchange institutions and markets in countering farmland abandonment inJapan’, Ito, J., Nishikori, M., Toyoshi, M., Feuer. H.N., Land Use Policy 57: 582-593.
‘Urban Brokers of Rural Cuisine: Assembling National Cuisine at Cambodian Soup-Pot Restaurants’,
Austrian Journal of South-East Asia Studies, Special Issue: The Sovereignty of Food and Health, 8(1):45-66.
‘Higher Education Cooperation in ASEAN: Building Towards Integration or Manufacturing Consent?’
Feuer, H.N., Hornidge, A.-K., Comparative Education 51(3): 327-352.
Civil Society Gaze: Scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam, Waibel, G., Ehlert, J., Feuer,
H.N. (eds). London: Routledge.
‘Competitive discourses in civil society: Pluralism in Cambodia’s agricultural development
platform’, pp. 237-252.
‘Conclusion – the Civil Society Gaze’, Feuer, H.N., Le Trong, P., Ehlert J., pp. 253-264.
‘Rebuilding Knowledge: Opportunities and Risks for Higher Education in Post-Conflict Regions’, Feuer,
H.N., Hornidge, A.-K., Schetter, C. ZEF Working Paper Series 121, Bonn: Germany.
‘Negotiating Technical and Ideological Standards for Agroecological Rice Production in Emerging
Markets: The Case of Cambodia’, East Asian Science, Technology and Society 5(4):441-459.

Conference Presentations and Organizing
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Rewilding urban cuisines: Discovering and valorizing the rural with edible wild plants, Feuer, H.N. and
Olmedo, E., XV World Congress of Rural Sociology (IRSA), Cairns, Australia, 19-22 July.
Food literacy precursors: Passive cultivation of lifelong food skills among rural children in Cambodia,
XV World Congress of Rural Sociology (IRSA), Cairns, Australia, 19-22 July.
The transparency of labor and care in place-of-origin foods, XV World Congress of Rural Sociology(IRSA), Cairns, Australia, 19-22 July.
Novel conditions or just new paths for re-territorialization through Geographical Indi-cation: Case studyof “Yamanashi wine” GI in Japan, Fournier, S., Feuer, H.N., Kingsbury, A.J., Sekine, K., Worldwide
Perspectives on Geographical Indications, Montpellier, France – 5 to 8 July.

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The scope for developmental dynamism after Geographical Indication specification:
The case of Japanese kaki, Takahashi, N. and Feuer, H.N., Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical
Indications, Montpellier, France – 5 to 8 July.
The patrimony blind spot of Geographical Indication in state-centred governance: Mikawa region agrifood products in Japan, Feuer, H.N. and Fort, F., Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications,Montpellier, France – 5 to 8 July.
Instrumentalizing Indigenous Food Systems in Southeast Asia: Cultural Projects and the Nation-State’s
Strategic Positioning of Local Foodways, Feuer, H.N. and Olmedo, E., European Association forSoutheast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Annual Conference, Paris, 28 June – 1 July.
Seeking Social Legitimacy of Wagyu in the Transition towards a Sustainable Agri-Food System:
Evolution of Policy and Practice in Japan, Sekine, K. and Feuer, H.N., Virtual Presentation, International
Seminar“Law, Territories & Gastronomy in France and Japan”, Tours, France, 19 May.
Host, Working Session “Food literacy approaches for the Global South”, Joint Conference of the
Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) & the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society(AFHVS), Athens, Georgia, USA, May 18-22.
Sweat shop workers and their kitchens: Building food literacy under adverse conditions, Joint Conferenceof the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) & the Agriculture, Food & Human Values
Society (AFHVS), Athens, Georgia, USA, May 18-22.
Co-creating Ecological Entrepreneurship: The Intersection of Transdisciplinary Methods andExperimentation, Panel Presentation, Grounded Transdisciplinary Research in Southeast Asia,
ASEAN Research Platform Annual Meeting (Online), Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto
University, Japan, 18 February.
Discussant, Alternative producer-consumer linkages in the food system (Panel), Symposium: Is Rural
Japan Sustainable?, Kyoto University, Japan (Online), 1-3 October.
Managing Nutrition Precarity in the Migrant Experience: Dietary Lifestyles of Cambodia Migrants in
Thailand, Seng, S., Feuer, H.N., Charoenratana, S., European Association of Southeast Asian Studies(EuroSEAS) Conference, Olomouc, Czech Republic (Online), 7-10 September.
Managing culinary adversity with food literacy: Children’s encounter with whole fish and bitter greens,
Virtual Panel Presentation, Creative Tastebuds Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 16-17 August.
What is holding back organic rice diffusion in Southeast Asia? Evidence from Cambodia, Virtual Panel
Presentation, The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics (ARAFE - 地域農林経済学会) International Workshop (Online), 11 July.
Indoor and Outdoor Foodscape Learning Encounters under Pandemic Conditions in Japan, Panel
Presentation, Just Food: Joint Annual Conference of Food Studies Associations (ASFS, AFHVS, CAFS,
SAFN), New York, 9-15 June 2021.
When herbs become vegetables: The Southeast Asian art of aromatic cookery, Panel Presentation, Just
Food: Joint Annual Conference of Food Studies Associations (ASFS, AFHVS, CAFS, SAFN), New
York, 9-15 June 2021.
Performative food literacy in the Global South: Showing off agri-food knowledge in the context of global
culinary de-skilling, Paper Presentation, Food and Communications Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia(Online), 15-17 September.
What prevents organic from becoming mainstream in developing countries? Evidence from rice sales in
Cambodia, Paper Presentation, XVI EAAE - European Association of Agricultural Economists, Prague,
Czech Republic (Online), 20-23 July.
Crowding out Local Initiative in the Protection of Regional Agri-Food Specialties: The Growing
Hegemony of Sui Generis Geographical Indication in East Asia, Panel Presentation, IV International
Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Online), 23-28 February
Educating to Navigate Food Futures: Food Literacy and the Role of Personal Agency in Agri-Food
Systems, Panel Presentation, IV International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology, Porto
Alegre, Brazil (Online), 23-28 February.
Sweat shop workers and their kitchens: Building food literacy under adverse conditions, Presentation in
the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) & the Agriculture, Food & Human Values
Society (AFHVS) Twitter Conference #foodstudies20, 23-25 July
Cutting through static models of best practice in conservation agriculture: Sidestepping the polarized
debate about the System of Rice Intensification, Keynote Speech, Conference of Soil Conservation &Land Use Planning – Geospatial Solutions, Bangalore, India (Online), 23 December.
Diverging Public Roles in Conflict Resolution of Agri-Food Patrimony: Comparing the Implementationof Geographical Indication in Japan and Cambodia, Invited Lecture, ‘From local to global: The challenge3Hart Nadav Feuer

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of Geographical Indications: International and Japanese perspectives’, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 21-22
February.
Child food literacy benchmarking: More precise insight into early skill precursors and intervention
pathways, Panel Presentation, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies Conference(EuroSEAS), Humboldt University of Berlin, 10-13 September.
Beyond the global superfood: Localizing the campaign for nutrient-dense vegetables in Asian cuisine,with Pek, S., Panel Presentation, Food and Society International Conference, University of Sorbonne,
Paris, 28-30 March.
Discussant. An International Symposium on Agri-environmental Polices: Combining Theory with
Practice, at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Association of Regional Agriculture and Forestry Economics(ARFE), Tokyo University of Agriculture, 14 October.
‘Differentiating the layers of agri-food locality: The politics of Geographical Indications inJapanese high-grade beef’, with Sekine, K., Paper Presentation, What is the Local? International
Symposium, German Institute for Japan Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, 18-20 October.
‘Challenges of Geographical Indications for Sustainable Food Systems:
Lessons from Cambodia’, Panel Presentation, FAO Nutrition and Food System Division Seminar on
Geographical Indications in the Era of Diet Transformation, Rome, 25 September.
‘Turning the Humble into the Grandiose: The "Discovery" of Cambodia’s Mekong Island Pomelo
Geographical Indication’, Panel Presentation, Forum Origin, Diversity and Territories, Turin, 19-21
September.
‘Keeping Cuisine at the Forefront of the Rural-Urban Dietary Transition: Food Culture Among
Cambodian Factory Workers’, with Seng. S., Paper Presentation, Asian Rural Sociology Association(ARSA) International Conference, Makassar City, 27-30 August.
‘Geographical Indications out of context and in vogue: The awkward embrace of European heritage
agricultural protections in Asia’, Paper Presentation, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Panel: The
Role and Significance of Geographical Indication As a Tool for the Development and Democratization ofAgri-Food, Toronto, 15-21 July.
Food and Society International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 16-19 November.
Keynote: ‘Taste and Comfort Food: the Art of Cooking in Children’s Cafeteria in Japan with
Nomura, A. and Katano, N.
Panel 1: ‘Assessing the sustainability of community-led responses to Japan’s food poverty crisis’with Nomura, A.
Panel 2: ‘Putting cooking skills to the test: Dietary lifestyles in Cambodia’s industrial slums’
with Seng, S.
‘Appropriating nutrition science to valorize traditional cuisine in Cambodia’, Paper Presentation, Food &Society International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-19 November.
‘Appropriating nutrition science to valorize traditional cuisine: Is there inherent wisdom in Cambodian
customary eating patterns?’, Paper Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for CambodianStudies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University, 11-12 June.
Discussant. ‘Agroecology and Peasant Agriculture as a Promise for the Future’, Special Lecture by Jan
Douwe van der Ploeg, Miguel Altieri and Steven McGreevy, Asian Platform for Global Sustainability &Transcultural Studies (AGST), Kyoto University, 25 May.
Moderator. ‘The 2nd Kyoto-Wageningen University International Graduate Workshop on Food, Farmand Rural Development’, Kyoto University, 24-25 May.
‘Using Sustainable Development Goal data to increase resolution on marine zones’, Invited Lecture,
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 4
December.
‘The new geographical precision of the SDGs: How civil society and coastal areas come into focus’,
Presenter, Herrenhausen Symposium by the Volkswagen Foundation, "Sustainable Development Goals
and the Role of Research - A Focus on Coastal Regons", Hanover, Germany, 8-9 December.
'Our Land of Milk and Honey: Spirituality in the Transformation of Ecological and Heritage Production',
Proceedings of: ‘Constructing and Defining Food Practices: Food Project’s 4th Global Meeting’, Oxford,
England, 15-17 September.
‘Understanding the Diversity of Local Food: How National Cuisine Evolves in Everyday Cambodian
Restaurants’ (街かどの多様な食に隠された意味：カンボジアにおける大衆食堂と国民食の関係),
Special Seminar, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 28 May 2015.
Urban Brokers of Rural Cuisine: Food Literacy at Cambodian Soup-Pot Restaurants, Center for Khmer
Studies, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 20 February.
Preserving Rural Food Tradition in Urban Areas: Food Literacy in Cambodia's Capital City, special
lecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China, 15 December.
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Traditional and Heritage Food of Cambodia: A Lunchtime Workshop and Rice Tasting, Center for Khmer
Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 28 May.
ASEAN Integration and Runaway Privatization in Cambodian Higher Education: Can Private Universities
Train Students and Spur Social Growth? Panel Presentation in ' The Neoliberalism Dilemma in
Cambodia: Who Holds the Keys for the Future? Cases Studies Related to Health and Education
Interventions', Asian-Pacific Sociological Association Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 15 February.
Discussant, Workshop on 'Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy in Transition Countries using the
Example of Myanmar', Bonn Int'l Center for Conversion, Germany, 11 November.
Civil Society Expressions of Patriotism and Progressivism: Heritage Products in Cambodia, European
Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) 7th Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 5-7 July.
Panel host, Civil Society in Mainland Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia Studies Symposium 2 nd Annual
Conference, University of Oxford, England, 9-10 March.
Moderator and Host, International Conference on Education Reform (ICER), Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2324 February.
Countering Industrial Alienation with Traditional Product Forms: Commoditization as a Platform for
Heritage Preservation of Healing Knowledge in Cambodia, presented at the German Anthropology
Society’s 2011 Annual Meeting, Vienna, 14-17 September.
Our Land of Milk and Honey: Jacques Ellul’s Notion of ‘Civilization’ in the Transformation of
Ecological and Heritage Production in Cambodia, presented at the Centenary Conference 'Rethinking
Jacques Ellul and the technological society in the 21st century', Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 June.
Organizer and Panelist, Workshop for the Exchange of Interdisciplinary Concepts and Methodology in
Development Research, Center for Development Research, 8 April.
Organizer, the Interdisciplinary ZEF Student Workshop on Methodological Approaches: Field
Experiences in Developing Countries, Mayen, Germany, 18-20 November.
Negotiating Technical and Ideological Standards for Agroecological Rice Production in Emerging
Markets: The Case of Cambodia, in the special panel 'Rice science, rice technology and rice societies:
materiality in research, knowledge and practice’, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual
Conference, Tokyo, 25-29 August.
Transdisciplinary Methods for Researching and Supporting Ecological Entrepreneurship: ResearcherMerchant Partnerships in Cambodia, presented at the 10th IAS-STS Annual Conference - 'Critical Issues
in Science and Technology Studies', Gratz, Austria, 1-3 May.

Theses and Dissertations
2013
2008

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(PhD) Pre-industrial Ecological Modernization in Agro-Food and Medicine: Directing theCommodification of Heritage Culture in Cambodia, University of Bonn, Faculty of Agriculture.
(MPhil) Sustainable Agricultural Techniques and Performance-Oriented Empowerment: An ActorNetwork Theory Approach to CEDAC Agricultural and Empowerment Programmes in Cambodia, Oxford
University, Department of International Development (QEH).
(B.A. Economics & Business) Social Capital, Market Interaction, and Income-generation Capacity: An
Analysis of 2 Semi-rural Villages in Cambodia, Lafayette College, Department of Economics & Business.
(BA, German Studies) Die Geschichte der Umweltbewegung Deutschlands und der Aufstieg derZeitgenössischen Umweltpolitik im späten 20. Jahrhundert (trans: The History of the German
Environmental Movement and the Rise of Contemporary Environmental Politics in the Latter 20 thCentury), Lafayette College, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature.

Grants and Funding

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20182020

Toyota Foundation International Grant Program, Principal Investigator,‘Advancing indigenous wild gardens for healthy and biodiverse foodsystems in Asia: A transboundary and transdisciplinary platform for scienceand ethnic minority collaboration’ (Project No. D22-N-0087). YEN
8,000,000

Malaysia /Cambodia /Vietnam /Philippines /TaiwanJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Young Scientist,
Principal Investigator, ‘Evaluating the impact of Geographical Indication
policies on small, traditional agri-food producers in Japan and Cambodia’(Project No. 21K14924). YEN 3,500,000
Japan / Cambodia
Toyota Foundation International Grant Program, Co-Investigator, ‘The
‘Ulam School’: A Food Education Transborders’ Network to Foster
Solidarity and Edible Flora Preservation for Sustainable and Healthy

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Lifestyle among Neighboring Countries’ (Project No. D18-N-0197). YEN
7,200,000
20172020

20162019

20162017
20122013
2013 2014

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Young Scientist B,
Principal Investigator, ‘Informal Food Learning Environments for
Improving Youth Dietary Skills’ (Project No. 17K12919). YEN 2,990,000
Lotte Foundation Grant Program, Principal Investigator, ‘The Potential of
Geographical Indications as an Instrument for Regional Agricultural
Development in Asia: A Comparison between Japan and Cambodia’ [アジアにおける地域農業振興の道具としてのGIの潜在力：日本とカンボジアの比較から]. YEN 4,000,000
Toyota Foundation International Grant Program, Principal Investigator.
‘Recognizing and promoting the value of former generations' domestic andcommunity contribution to nutrition, health and family balance indisadvantaged urban areas’ (Project No. D16-N-0121). YEN 4,000,000
Thyssen Foundation Grant Holder, ‘Umkämpftes Wissen: Chancen und
Risiken der Bildungsarbeit in Krisen- und Konfliktregione‘ (Projekt-No.
30700037). EUR 68,500
Center for Khmer Studies Senior Fellowship, ‘The Cultural Politics of
Traditional Cambodian Products’. USD 11,000

Japan / Cambodia

Japan / Cambodia

Cambodia
Cambodia

Professional & Research Experience2014
2013 2014

Senior research fellow. Center for Khmer Studies. Post-doctoral research
and fieldwork in food studies
Report evaluator and editor. Center for Development Research, Universityof Bonn

Cambodia
Germany

2013

Project evaluator. For 'Social Concentrating Solar Power', implemented byGermanwatch, Wuppertal Institute, Bonn Intl Center for Conversion (BICC)

Germany

20122013

Project leader. Research and funding for a pilot project on higher educationin post-conflict regions, entitled 'Contested Knowledge'

International

20112013

Book editing. Co-editor for a volume published by Routledge on civilsociety in Southeast Asia
Panel member. Organic standards evaluation - social aspects and yieldmeasurement protocols. - International Federation for Organic Agriculture
Movements (IFOAM). Sustainability Camp, Bonn, 23-26 November

2012International,
Cambodia, Vietnam
Germany,
International

20102011

Measurement and social equality protocols for certification, Cambodian
Organic Agriculture Association (COrAA)

Cambodia

20092011

PhD field research. Cultural politics of the commercialization of ecological
heritage products. Focus on rice, natural palm sugar, and traditional
medicine

Cambodia,countrywide

20072008

MPhil field research. Applying performance/business logic to NGO-basedrural development projects. Focus on lowland rice production

Cambodia2006

Arava Institute for Environmental Studies capstone project field research.
Cultural and ecological dimensions of arid agricultural technology transfer

Southern Jordan
and Israel

2005

Arava Institute for Environmental Studies research project. The constraints
faced by underutilized crop species in global agricultural research

Southern Israel

2004

B.A. honors thesis research. The effects of social capital and market
interaction on entrepreneurship and farmer income
Funding: Center for Khmer Studies, Siem Reap

Cambodia

2003

B.A. capstone project. The cultural precedents for the rise of green politics
and contemporary environmental ethic in Germany

Germany

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Freedom as Familiar Markets: Negotiating the Influences of Globalisation on the Marketplace, Oxford
University Department of International Development.
Pathologies of Expanding Moral Authority in the United Nations Development System, Oxford
University Department of International Development.
Can NGOs Contest the Domain of the State? Evidence from Bangladesh, Oxford University Department
of International Development.
The lock-in of major standard crops and the prospects of underutilized alternative species: A
technological systems and institutions analysis, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, co-authoredwith Dr. Yaakov Garb.
Paradigm Inertia in the U.S. National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), Arava Institute forEnvironmental Studies.
Human Ecology of the Southern Arava: Environmental Perspectives of Ancient Desert Dwellers, Arava
Institute for Environmental Studies.
Technology Transfer and Sustainable Development: Implications for Local Culture, Rachme Village,
Jordan, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.
Jerusalem: A Holy City’s Journey Towards Sustainability, with L. Moriyah and M. Shahin, Arava
Institute for Environmental Studies.
Fermentation, Productivity and Society: Beer and Kombucha in a Modern, Global and Sterile World,
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.
The Radical Simplicity of Environmentally Sustainable Development, Lafayette College, McKelvy
Papers 9.
Whipping Globalization into Submission, Aristeia, Dean of Studies Publication, Fall Edition.
A Study on Political Terror: World Bank IBRD and IDA Loans, Presented at the Lehigh Valley
Association for Independent Colleges Social Research / Social Justice Conference, March 25-26.
The Wide-ranging Merits of Transport and Communications Infrastructure, Lafayette College,
Department of Economics & Business.

Teaching Experience
2017-2021

2018-2021

2016-2021
2017-2021
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Food and Globalization I & II (Spring, Autumn)
15 x 90-minute Undergraduate Class, English
Food Systems in Asia (Spring, Autumn)
15 x 90-minute Undergraduate Class, English
Qualitative Methods (Autumn), 7 x 90 minute
Graduate Seminar, English
Qualitative Research Methods (20 participants)
4 x 180-minute Open Seminar, English
International Agri-Food Studies (12 students) 15 x
90-minute Graduate Seminar, English
Concepts of Rural Development (12 students)
15 x 90-minute Graduate Seminar, English
Foreign Food and Environment Economics III(36 students)
15 x 90-minute Undergraduate Class, English
Academic English and Public Presentation Skills(22 students)
8 x 90-minute Open Seminar, English
Trade of Cultural Food Heritage
2 x 90-minute Undergraduate Lecture, English
Field experiments in social science (20 students),
intensive course (8 hours), Graduate, English
Institutions and Actors (~12 students)
3-Hour Course, Graduate Seminar, English
Political Ecology (~12 students)
3-Hour Course, Graduate Seminar, English
Reading and Writing Skills (~12 students)
3-Hour Course, 6-month Follow-up, English

Kyoto University
Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kyoto University
Graduate School for Global Environmental
Studies
Kyoto University
Graduate School of Economics

Kyoto University
Division of Natural Resource Economics

Osaka University of Commerce

University of Bonn
Center for Development Research
Dept. for Political and Cultural Change

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Questionnaire Design for Fieldwork (~20 students)
Two 3-Hour Courses, Graduate Seminar, English
Environmental Anthropology (35 students)
90-minute Undergraduate Lesson, English
Special Lectures on 'ASEAN Integration and
Global Citizenship' (25-35 students)
5 x 90-minutes, Undergraduate Level, English
Development Theory (30 students)
2 x 9-Hour Graduate Seminar, English

Ritsumeikan University, Global Gateway
Program, Kyoto, Japan
Deutsche Welle Academy, Bonn, Germany

Work Experience
2014

Senior Research Fellow,
Center for Khmer Studies

Coordinating research project and fieldwork
on heritage food in Cambodia

20122013

Senior Researcher, Center for
Development Research

Research and development, focusing on
higher education for development inBonn, Germany

2005

Assistant,
Action Pennsylvania

Environmental NGO focusing on waste,
toxics and energy issues

Philadelphia, USA

2005

Public Relations Head
BioDemocracy 2005

Event planning for conference andmobilization on food safety

Philadelphia, USA

20022004

Proctor and Tutor,
Foreign Language Laboratory

Part time equipment technician and tutor in
German and Hebrew

Easton, PA, USA

20032004

Consultant,
Technology Clinic

Commissioned by Lafayette College(Pennsylvania) to assess urban renewal

Easton, PA, USA

2003

Intern,Forum for Environment andDevelopment

Translation, research assistant, event
logistics and IT support

Bad Godesberg,
Germany

Cambodia

Distinctions, Academic Honors and Awards
2016

Research Award Program

Lotte Foundation

2016

International Grant Program, Project Leader

Toyota Foundation

2013

Senior Research Fellowship to Cambodia

Center for Khmer Studies, Cambodia

2007

Carr and Stahl Awards for Research

2006

EADI Prize for Development Studies Finalist

St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
European Association of Development
Research and Training Institutes

2006

Junior Common Room Award for Fieldwork

St. Antony’s College, Oxford University

2005
2005
2004
2004
2002
2004

Graduate Scholarship fully-funded studies throughPhD in Development Studies (concluded 2013)
Fulbright Scholarship to Israel
Rhodes Scholarship, Oregon State Finalist
Junior Fellowship at the Center for Khmer Studies
Honors Research Grant
McKelvy Scholar
Freeman-ASIA Summer Scholarship (declined)

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Fulbright Commission
Rhodes Trust
Henry Luce Foundation
Lafayette College
Lafayette College
Institute of International Education

2004
2003
2003
2004
2004
2003

Truman Scholarship National Finalist
Undergraduate Scholarship
Rexroth Prize for German Studies
Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honors Society
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Delta Phi Alpha German Honors Society

Harry S. Truman Foundation
Morris K. Udall Foundation
Lafayette College
Lafayette College
Lafayette College
Lafayette College

2005

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Language Skills
Language

SpokenWrittenReading

EnglishNativeNativeNativeGermanFluentFluentFluentHebrewNativeModerate

Good

Khmer

Good

Elementary

Moderate

Japanese

Moderate

H/K Only

Moderate

FrenchElementary

Elementary

Moderate

Memberships
Since
2020
Since
2019
Since
2017
Since
2016
Since
2015
Since
2013
Since
2013
Since
2010
Since
2010
Since
2011
Since
2011
Since
2013

Association of Regional Agriculture and Forestry Economics (ARAFE)
Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS)
Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
Asia-pacific Food Studies Network (APFSN)Japan Association for Cambodia Studies
Asia-Pacific Sociological Association (APSA)
Food Tank for Sustainability
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Individual
International Jacques Ellul Society (IJES)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (DGV - German Anthropological Association)
European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS)

Other Skills
Intercultural Competence and Teamwork
Certification in intercultural communication, team-building, and experience in project management
Project Evaluation and Language Editing
Grant writing, English proofreading, book editing, development project quality evaluation
Automobile Driving
USA and International Driver License
Geo-mapping
GPS data collection, geo-referencing, GIS post-processing, map layout, ArcGIS Software
Information Technology
Linux, Networking, PC maintenance & repair, basic website building (HTML and CSS)
Workspace Software Familiarity
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Microsoft Office and OpenOffice, Adobe Photoshop
Statistics and Qualitative Data Analysis
STATA, SPSS, Kwalitan 5, QSR Nvivo

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