Marta G. Rivera Ferre

Prof. Marta G. Rivera Ferre. PhD in Sociology, PhD in Animal Sciences. CSIC Research Professor at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV). Honorary researcher of the University of Coventry. With a multidisciplinary profile in the analysis of the society and environment interactions within agri-food systems, she has a particular interest in alternative agri-food systems and in the analysis of feminists and commons theories as to be adopted in agri-food research. She has worked on the identification of different mental models co-existing in agricultural research and policies, the potential of local traditional agri-food knowledge in adaptation to climate change and the gendered impacts of climate change. Lead author in the UN assessments the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD, 2005-2008), the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC, AR5 2010-2014; SRCCL 2017-2019), Review Editor (IPCC, AR6 2018-2021) and IPBES scoping author for the Nexus assessment of biodiversity, food, water, energy, climate change, health (2020).
