Nikolaus Hruschka, MSc. MSc. Dr.

Nikolaus Hruschka, MSc. MSc. Dr.

Institute of Organic Farming
Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, 1180 Vienna

Phone: (+43)1/47654-93345
E-Mail: hruschka(at)boku.ac.at

Publications, Presentations
Projects
ResearchGate

Research projects

Project Soil-X-Change - Fostering cross-border knowledge exchange and co-creation on sustainable soil and farm management 1.1.2024-31.12.2026, EU-Horizon.

Project Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): facts and fiction on the concept of participation. Austrian Science Fund (FWF): project number P 31513. (Project website)

Curriculum vitae

  • 2024 – ongoing:  University Assistant (Postdoc) - Institute of Organic Farming (BOKU University)
  • 2024 – ongoing: University Assistant (Postdoc) - Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) EUR-Organic Coordinator (BOKU University)
  • 2024 – ongoing: Research Assistant “Soil-X-Change” (BOKU University)
  • 2023 – ongoing: Auditor - Accreditation Austria (Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy, Austria)
  • 2019-2024: Doctoral Studies at BOKU (Dissertation topic: “A study of participation and institutionalization in Latin American Participatory Guarantee Systems”) (BOKU University)
  • 2019-2023: Project assistant: Project Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): facts and fiction on the concept of participation (BOKU University)
  • 2017-2019: Evaluation Officer and Country Coordinator, CERES GmbH, Germany
  • 2015: Project Junior Consultant, Sabab Lou, Stuttgart Germany and Chereponi, Ghana
  • 2014: Project Coordinator Entebbe/Kampala, Uganda
  • 2013-2016: Masters Studies: EUR-Organic double degree programme at BOKU University and University of Hohenheim, Germany
  • 2007-2013: Bachelor studies: Agricultural Sciences at BOKU University (ERSAMUS Scholarschip at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (E.T.S.I.) Madrid, Spain)

Main research focus

Food Systems, Organic Certification Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), Alternative Food Networks (AFN), Participation