Janina Grabs

Fellowship

Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs

Period of the Fellowship

2014

Project title

Institutional support mechanisms of a more sustainable food system

Short biography

Janina Grabs studied International Politics, Economics and Russian at McGill University in Montreal and Sciences Po Paris and subsequently completed a double Master’s degree in Agricultural and Food Economics in Bonn and Uppsala. She gained professional experience working for several Think Tanks, the NGO Food Secure Canada, and at the German Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva in the area of human rights and humanitarian affairs. During her fellowship, Janina will explore alternative sustainable agricultural methods and their institutional support mechanisms in Europe and Latin America.