Nikolaus Hruschka, MSc. MSc. Dr.

Nikolaus Hruschka, MSc. MSc. Dr.

Working Group Knowledge Systems and Innovation

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