Dr. Mollie Chapman
Dr. Mollie Chapman
Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
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Research area
My current research centers on developing leverage points to sustainable food systems via a focus on human-nature relationships and values. I am interested in how a broader conception of what it means to value the more-than-human world, can create space to bridge divides across conflicts in biodiversity and climate debates. To this end, I focus my work on plural approaches to values, or in other words, considering diverse value concepts that cannot be summed together. As a transdisciplinary scholar, I work collaboratively with government, NGO and other civil society groups to develop research that can foster transformation to sustainability. As an interdisciplinary scholar, I collaborate across social sciences, natural sciences and humanities, though my primary training is in social sciences.
Geographic Foci: Switzerland; Latin America; USA; Canada
Research Interests: sustainability transformations; inter- and transdisciplinary research; food systems; farmer motivations; ecological restoration; conservation social sciences; relational values, environmental values, cultural values of nature; biodiversity & ecosystem services; incentive programs; qualitative methods
2022 – Present, Group Leader, Environmental Values and Food System Transformation, TdLab
2018 – 2021, Senior Scientist, Space, Nature and Society, Department of Geography and University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich, CH
2017, Ph.D., Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of British Columbia, CA
2012, M.Sc., Sustainable Development, University of Basel, CH
2006, B.A., with Distinction, Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University, USA
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Course Catalogue
Spring Semester 2024
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 751-1000-00L | Agro-Food Projects |