Dr. Cory Whitney

Dr. Cory Whitney

Researcher

University of Bonn

Biography

I use collaborative research and holistic analysis approaches to describe systems and model decision impact pathways. I work with diverse groups including policy makers, researchers, food activists, small-scale farmers and indigenous communities. I seek to address sustainability issues that are of direct relevance to vulnerable communities and to offer new lenses through which to view the development process. My work is related to human ecology, agroforestry and decision analysis.

Interests
  • Human Ecology
  • Agroforestry
  • Decision Analysis
Education
  • PhD in Agricultural Sciences, 2018

    University of Kassel

  • MSc in Sustainable International Agriculture/International Organic Agriculture, 2011

    George-August University Göttingen/University of Kassel

  • BA in Human Ecology, 2003

    College of the Atlantic

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral researcher
University of Bonn, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Horticulture Institute
Apr 2018 – Present Bonn, Germany
Teaching graduate courses, graduate student supervision, project management
 
 
 
 
 
Guest researcher
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Oct 2016 – Present Bonn, Germany
Teaching interdisciplinary graduate courses in programming and modeling.
 
 
 
 
 
Scientific staff
Hochschule Rhein-Waal
Nov 2013 – Jun 2017 Kleve, Germany
Teaching undergraduate courses in horticulture.

Publications

(2023). Decision Analytical Methods for Assessing the Efficacy of Agroecology Interventions. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, (4), 1, pp. 9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00151-9.

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(2023). Indigenous Communities’ Perceptions Reveal Threats and Management Options of Wild Edible Plants in Semiarid Lands of Northwestern Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, (19), 1, pp. 13, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00584-6.

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(2023). Allometric Models for Aboveground Biomass Estimation of Small Trees and Shrubs in African Savanna Ecosystems. Trees, Forests and People, pp. 100377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100377.

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(2022). Profitability of Farm-Scale Management Strategies against the Boll Weevil in the Tropics: Case Study from the Colombian Caribbean. Journal of Pest Science, (95), 2, pp. 931–947, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01409-9.

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(2022). Agroforestry and Reforestation with the Gold Standard-Decision Analysis of a Voluntary Carbon Offset Label. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, (27), 2, pp. 17, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-021-09992-z.

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