Brighter Agricultural Futures in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Beschreibung
The Bright Futures Project aims to identify examples of agricultural sustainability in various countries, including Mexico. As a fundamental part of this research, we focus on deeply understanding the context of Oaxaca, a state that, due to its exceptional biodiversity, rich traditional agriculture, and marked socioeconomic inequalities, presents a unique range of research topics and opportunities.
In this phase of the project, our objective is to identify and analyse the gaps in both research lines and in the state's geographical areas on sustainable agricultural practices and in the practices currently implemented in Oaxaca. This analysis will allow us to contrast these gaps with the map of "bright spots" we have developed, with the purpose of finding socio-ecological systems that are already an example of sustainability or that have high potential to become one.
- Beschreibung des interdisziplinären Teils des Projekts
- While the literature review requires methods from the social sciences to interpret the context and qualitative factors, the construction of databases and subsequent analysis demand knowledge from disciplines such as agricultural sciences, socioeconomics, sustainability science, and statistics.
- Projektzeitraum
- Sommersemester 2026
- Bewerbungszeitraum
- 07. bis 20.04.2026
- Durchführung
- geblockt
- Studienfach
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Agrarwissenschaften
Sustainability & Change - Betreuende
- Marisol Galicia
- Institut
- Institut für Sozialwissenschaften des Agrarbereichs (430) (Nachhaltige Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (430c))
- Sprache
- englisch
- Teilnehmendenanzahl
- min. 2, max. 4
- Arbeitsaufwand
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ca. 180 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r
| 6
ECTS-Punkte
Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.
- Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
- Projektart
- theoretisch/nicht experimentell
- Lernziele
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Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:
- Research Methodology: You will learn to conduct a systematic literature review.
- Critical Analysis: You will learn to assess the relevance of information sources, distinguishing between solid evidence and weak data.
- Data Management: You will participate in the construction of structured and functional databases.
- Quantitative Analysis: You will apply basic statistical concepts for data processing and interpretation.
- Anmerkungen für Studierende
For further information and questions please contact Marisol Galicia: marisol.galicia@uni-hohenheim.de
Additional language option: Spanish
- Schlagworte
- Agricultural, Mexico, Bright Spots, Data, Sustainability