Independent experts nominated by country party

Jes Weigelt

Title
Dr.
First name
Jes
Last name
Weigelt
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Desertification
Environmental economics
Political sciences
Social sciences
Thematic Areas
Adaptation
Deforestation
Desertification
Environmental governance
Environmental policy analysis
Food security
Integrated natural resources management
Land degradation
Land-climate system
Land-use change
Policy analysis
Poverty
Rural development
Science policy analysis
Sustainable development
Sustainable land management
Traditional knowldege
UN languages spoken

English

Geographical Focus
Brazil
Guatemala
Benin
Burkina Faso
Kenya
Malawi
Job function
Head of Programmes
Division
TMG Research
Email
jes.weigelt@tmg-thinktank.com
jweigelt.spree@gmail.com
Telephone number
+491759320712
Work experience
More than ten years of experience in designing and implementing applied, participatory, and transformative research projects on responisble land governance (with a special focus on land rights of vulnerable groups and women), the adoption of sustainable land management and landscape women), the adoption of sustainable land management and landscape restoration activities, and an enabling environment for sustainable use of natural resources. By getting involved in actual transformation processes, it becomes possible to address the wicked questions of „how“ to make sustainable land management and landscape restoration happen. Through working with stakeholders from Governments, Civil Society, businesses and farmers, I learned how to design meaningful science-policy exchanges.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
PhD in Agricultural Economics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, 2011
Publication titles
1. Weigelt, Jes, 2014, Reforming Development Trajectories? Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam.
2. Harpinder, Sandhu et al. 2019, The Future of Agriculture and Food, The Anthropocene Review 6 (3)
3. Weigelt, Jes et al., 2015, Land and Soil Governance towards a transformational 2030 Agenda, Current Opinion Environmental Sus (15)
Other activities
- Coordinating Lead Author, True Cost Accounting & SDGs, TEEBAgriFood Coordinator of the Global Soil Week (since 2012)
- Advisor to the German Ministry for Economic Development and Coop.
Organisation name
TMG
Organisation nature
Think Tank for sustainability
Organisation street address
EUREF Camps 6-9
Organisation city
Berlin
Organisation post code
10829
Organisation country
Germany