Claudia Veith

Claudia Veith
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Senior Research Associate Geography of Food Research Group
Focus
- Sustainable development with focus on rural areas and mountain regions
- Agroecology and food systems
- Sustainable land use
- Climate change (mitigation and adaptation), especially in agriculture
Teaching
- Module lead «Food Systems» (BSc. Natural Resource Sciences)
- Module lead «Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries» (MSc. in Environment and Natural Resources)
- Module lead «International Virtual Course - Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning» (BSc. Natural Resource Sciences)
- Module lead «Internship in International Cooperation» (BSc. Natural Resource Sciences)
Experience
- Insurance Specialist Emerging Markets
CelsiusPro, Zurich, Switzerland
07 / 2017 - 06 / 2018 - Country Representative Brazil
Caritas Switzerland, Recife, Brazil
04 / 2014 - 04 / 2016 - Programme Officer Haiti and Sahel
Caritas Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland
08 / 2013 - 04 / 2014 - Independent Consultant, Ecuador
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Quito, Ecuador
06 / 2012 - 11 / 2012 - Project Manager «cambio climático, bosques y pueblos indígenas»
Fundación Pachamama, Quito, Ecuador
11 / 2011 - 11 / 2012 - Consultant «sustainable mountain development»
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
07 / 2010 - 10 / 2011 - Junior Researcher Development Programme «programme agro-écologique»
German Development Service (now GIZ), Parakou, Benin
05 / 2009 - 04 / 2010 - Intern «sustainable mountain development»
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
07 / 2008 - 12 / 2008 - Volunteer work
Social project, San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala
01 / 2002 - 07 / 2002
Education and Continuing education
Education
MSc. / Geography
University of Bern
10 / 2002 - 05 / 2008
Continuing Education
- CAS Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
12 / 2024 - SVEB course instructor
Academy for Adult Education, Zurich
11 / 2018
Network
Membership of networks
Projects
- International Virtual Course - Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning / Project leader / laufend
- EXTRA - Extreme weather events in agriculture / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
- Safe Hiking 2040 - Strategies for hiking trails in a changing climate / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
Publications
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Grüter, Roman; Veith, Claudia,
2021.
Klimawandel in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft : bereits jetzt anpassen?.
e-agil.
2021(1), pp. 9.
Available from: https://www.1kcloud.com/ep160811ac63ef05/#1
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Forrer, Carmen; Veith, Claudia; et al.,
2023.
In:
SGM 2023 Abstract Volume 21st Swiss Geoscience Meeting.
21st Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Mendrisio, Switzerland, 17-19 November 2023.
Swiss Academy of Science : Platform Geosciences.
pp. 541-542.
Available from: https://geoscience-meeting.ch/sgm2023/wp-content/uploads/abstract_volume/SGM_2023_Symposium_18.pdf
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- FAO (Ed.). (2011). Why invest in sustainable mountain development? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- Ceci, P., Hofer, T., Manuelli, S., Romeo, R., & Veith, C. (2011). The FAO and Mountain Partnership Engagement with Mountains. Mountain Research and Development, 31(1), 54–57. doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00001.1
- Muys, B., Ceci, P., Hofer, T., & Veith, C. (2011). Towards Integrated Ecological, Socio-Economic and Hydrological Management. In Y. Birot (Ed.), Water for Forests and People in the Mediterranean Region: A Challenging Balance (p. 104-115). European Forest Institute