Dr. Gianna Lazzarini

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate at Geography of Food Research Group

Experience

• Research associate
  Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick
  05 / 2018 - 02 / 2023
• Post-doc
  Consumer Behavior Group, ETH Zurich
  08 / 2017 - 04 / 2018
• PhD
  Consumer Behavior Group, ETH Zurich
  05 / 2014 - 07 / 2017
• Internship
  International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Managua
  09 / 2012 - 03 / 2013

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Consumer Behavior
  ETH Zurich
  06 / 2014 - 08 / 2017
• Master / Environmental Sciences
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 2011 - 06 / 2014
• Bachelor / Environmental Sciences
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 2008 - 05 / 2013

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7296-5176

Projects

• Sustainable Protein and Oil Crops: The potential of protein and oil crops for a transformation towards a more sustainable Swiss food system / Deputy project leader / laufend
• Farm to Table 2.0 - Wädenswil Edition / Deputy project leader / laufend
• Developing a farmers’ happiness index with smallholder coffee and tea farmers in Sri Lanka and India / Project leader / laufend
• MOVING – Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen

Publications

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Tennhardt, L. M., Lazzarini, G. A., Schader, C., Martin, K., Lambin, E. F. (2024) The role of household labour for sustainable intensification in smallholder systems: a case study in cocoa farming systems, 24, 83.
• Kuhn, M., Tennhardt, L., Lazzarini, G. A. (2023). Gender Inequality in the Cocoa Supply Chain: Evidence from Smallholder Production in Ecuador and Uganda. World Development Sustainability, 2.
• Tennhardt, L., Lazzarini, G., Weisshaidinger, R., & Schader, C. (2022). Do environmentally-friendly cocoa farms yield social and economic co-benefits?. Ecological Economics, 197, 107428.
• Hartmann, C., Lazzarini, G., Funk, A., & Siegrist, M. (2021). Measuring consumers’ knowledge of the environmental impact of foods. Appetite, 167, 105622.
• Schader, C., Heidenreich, A., Kadzere, I., Egyir, I., Muriuki, A., Bandanaa, J., … Stolze, M. (2021). How is organic farming performing agronomically and economically in sub-Saharan Africa? Global Environmental Change, 70.
• Curran, M., Lazzarini, G., Baumgart, L., Gabel, V., Blockeel, J., Epple, R., Stolze, M., Schader, C. (2020). Representative Farm-Based Sustainability Assessment of the organic Sector in Switzerland using the SMART-Farm Tool. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4
• Schader, C., Curran, M., Heidenreich, A., Landert, J., Blockeel, J., Baumgart, L., Ssebunya, B., Moakes, S., Marton, S., Lazzarini, G., Niggli, U., Stolze, M. (2019). Accounting for uncertainty in multi-criteria sustainability assessments at the farm level: Improving the robustness of the SMART-Farm Tool. Ecological Indicators, 106, 1313-1320.
• Siegrist, M., Hartmann, C., Lazzarini, G. A. (2019). Healthy choice label does not substantially improve consumers’ ability to select healthier cereals: results of an online experiment. British Journal of Nutrition, 121, 1313-1320.
• Lazzarini, G. A., Visschers, V. H. M., & Siegrist, M. (2018). How to improve consumers' environmental sustainability judgements of foods. Journal of Cleaner Production, 198, 564-574.
• Lazzarini, G. A., Visschers, V. H. M., & Siegrist, M. (2017). Our own country is best: Factors influencing consumers’ sustainability perceptions of plant-based foods. Food Quality and Preference, 60, 165-177.
• Lazzarini, G. A., Zimmermann, J., Visschers, V. H. M., & Siegrist, M. (2016). Does environmental friendliness equal healthiness? Swiss consumers’ perception of protein products. Appetite, 105, 663-673.

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