Dr. Anna-Mara Schön
Dr. rer. pol.
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Schmalenbach School of Business and Economics

Responsibilities
- Scientific project management KIRA - Conception and initiation of a sustainable regional supply network for AHV in the metropolitan region of Southern Rhineland with the follower regions Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland, Freiburg and Munich
Research fields
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Logistics and supply chain management for bio-regional value chains for out-of-home catering From the field to the plate - how can we achieve sustainable out-of-home catering in Germany with logistical solutions?LogRegio project overviews (preliminary projects)
Projects / Cooperations
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KIRA - Conception and initiation of a sustainable regional supply network for AHV in the metropolitan region of Southern Rhineland with the follower regions Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland, Freiburg and MunichKIRA project overview
Logistics and supply chain management for bio-regional value chains for out-of-home catering
Publications
Article (peer reviewed)
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Land Consumption for Current Diets Compared with That for the Planetary Health Diet—How Many People Can Our Land Feed?MDPI Sustainability - Land Consumption for Current Diets Compared with That for the Planetary Health Diet—How Many People Can Our Land Feed?
Anna-Mara Schön, Marita Böhringer, 26 May 2023, Publisher: MDPI Sustainability
Nowadays dietary habits in many countries are disconnected from the locally available resources and land. Current diets harm ecosystems and people’s health. (Re-)regionalising food systems and aligning diets with planetary boundaries can be one way to reconnect people to the food that they eat. Within academic discourse, there are numerous debates about the benefits and drawbacks of regional agriculture, and the circumstances that determine the viability of regional agriculture as a preferable approach. An argument that often merges is that feeding a whole population using local resources cannot be accomplished. However, is this true? To test this argument, we used statistical data and created a framework to calculate land consumption in square meters per capita according to different dietary habits, among other factors. This study will focus on scenario analyses for the region of Hesse, Germany—with an emphasis on the livestock sector—as land consumption for the production of meat, milk and eggs is relatively high there. Our results show that the region is far from being able to feed the current livestock population and that it does not have the land to support the livestock needed to sustain current consumption patterns. However, the region could support a smaller livestock population with the implementation of the planetary health diet, especially if farmers were to adopt crop rotation systems and (more) extensive husbandry.
Dissertation
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Assessing the Level of Self-Reliance and Livelihood of Encamped RefugeesUniversity Kassel - Labor and Globalization Vol. 20
Anna-Mara Schön, 2020, Publisher: Nomos Verlag, Universität Kassel
Achieving self-reliance among refugees is favoured by many international organisations, though hardly achieved for refugee camps. In many cases, deprived of their human rights, located in remote areas and without access to the local labour market, encamped refugees have no other opportunity than turning to negative coping mechanisms to survive, including sex work, child labour, crime and dangerous work in the informal sector. This book concentrates on measuring self-reliance and identifying factors influencing it in camp settings.