Brown bag seminars
1 Information
“Brown bag” is a series of seminars focused on agriculture and health from a global perspective.
The name originates from the paper bag, children used to bring to school, with lunch inside. It suggests that the seminar takes place at lunch time, when audience is invited to bring their food and have lunch while listening to the speaker.
2 Rules
- Each seminar lasts 1 hour and starts at noon.
- Bring your lunch and consume it quietly, respecting the speaker.
- The seminar is discussion focused: presenters should aim to give at least 20 minutes for discussion at the end, or even better, have a round of discussion every 3-4 slides.
- The target audience are PhD students. Professors and other senior staff should only ask questions after all PhD questions have been answered.
3 Upcoming seminars
2024 Sep 12
SOL B 4
Carlos Oya, SOAS University of London
Interrogating Statistical Categories for Work in Agriculture: Informal, Casual, Decent, Employment
2024 Oct 03
CLD D 1
Jules Peter, GHE (ETHZ)
Inventing the Myco-Toilet
2024 Nov 07
SOL B 4
Braida Thom, Environmental Systems Science (ETHZ)
Different Perceptions about Environmental and Social Impacts in the Coffee Value Chain. Insights from Brazil, DRC, and Switzerland
2024 Dec 05
CLD D 1
Colin Walder, GHE (ETHZ)
Fertilizer Pilot in Malawi
4 Past seminars
2024 Jun 06
SOL B 4
Philipa Birago Akuoko, University of Bern
Governing Informality in Public Spaces and its Implication for Food Supply (slides)
2024 May 02
SOL B 4
Celestina Heepen, FSEP (ETHZ)
Qualitative Investigation of Labour Matching Processes in the Swiss Vine Production
2024 Apr 04
CLD D 1
Rebecca Alcock, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rural Health Facility Electrification with Off-Grid Solar and Micromobility Networks
2024 Mar 07
SOL B 4
Marie Sigrist, AET (ETHZ)
I have no choice, I have to pick this coffee to cope! Power Asymmetries and Strategies in the Coffee Sector in South of Minas Gerais, Brazil
2024 Feb 01
SOL B 4
Moritz Egger, FiBL
Uncovering Sustainability Perspectives: Exploring Local Definitions and Criteria in Cocoa, Olive, and Almond Farming Communities through a Photovoice Action Research Process
2024 Jan 18
SOL B 4
Giorgia Giordani, University of Tuscia
2023 Dec 09
CLD D 1
Lin Boynton, GHE (ETHZ)
Recap from INC-3: The United Nations Negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty
2023 Nov 11
CLD D 1
Mollie Chapman, TdLab (ETHZ)
Redesigning Direct Payments to Farmers in Switzerland