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Josephine Lauterbach
Guest researcher
- Telephone
- +49 333 465-7452
- Josephine.lauterbach[at]hnee[dot]de
Brief profile
Josephine has been an external doctoral student at the University of Kassel since fall 2025 and works as a research assistant at the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE). Her research is at the interface of value chain development and consumer research. In transdisciplinary projects, she investigates how regional food value chains can be established and further developed - taking into account changing consumer preferences.
In her doctoral thesis, she is investigating how regional meat value chains in north-eastern Germany can be designed in such a way that economic risks are distributed fairly between the actors involved - from producers and processors to canteens and consumers. The focus is on new forms of cooperation and marketing channels, such as supplying communal catering with regional pasture-raised beef or click-and-collect systems, which can contribute to more sustainable and fairer food systems.
Josephine is also involved in various courses at HNEE and actively involves students in her research projects.
Area of responsibility
External doctoral candidate, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
PhD topic and supervision
From Producer to Consumer: Exploring Fairness in Local Meat Value Chains in Northeast Germany (working title)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Bettina König
Research interests
Regional value chains
Sustainable nutritional behavior
Consumer research
Sustainable food environments
Social innovations
Transdisciplinary research
Publications
Josephine Lauterbach; Antonia Bruns; Anna Maria Häring (2023) : Exploring Consumer Preference towards the On-Farm Slaughtering of Beef in Germany: A Discrete Choice Experiment Foods DOI: 10.3390/foods12183473
Anne Wiedemann; Josephine Lauterbach; Anna Maria Häring (2023) : In Search of the Niche-Targeting Lamb Meat Consumers in North-East Germany to Communicate the Ecosystem Services of Extensive Sheep Farming Systems. Sustainability. DOI: 10.3390/su151410849
Josephine Lauterbach; Christina Bantle (2022): "For More Diversity, Better Taste and My Own Health" Exploring Organic Consumers' Purchasing Motives for Heirloom Vegetable Varieties. Sustainability. DOI: 10.3390/su14074068.