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
Research projects
Austrian Science Fund (FWF): project number P 31513
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): facts and fiction on the concept of participation
Curriculum vitae
- 2019 ongoing: Project assistant at the Institute of Organic Farming. Project Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): facts and fiction on the concept of participation
- 2019 – ongoing: PhD candidate at BOKU (Dissertation topic: “Understanding the concept of participation within Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay”)
- 2017-2019: Evaluation officer and country coordinator and Inspector, CERES GmbH, Germany
- 2015: Project Junior Consultant, Sabab Lou, Stuttgart Germany and Chereponi, Ghana
- 2014: Project Coordinator Entebbe/Kampala, Uganda
- 2013-2016: Organic Agricultural Systems and Agroecology master’s programme at BOKU and University of Hohenheim, Hohenheim, Germany (EUR-Organic double degree programme)
- 2007-2013: Bachelor studies in Agricultural Sciences at BOKU and 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