Curriculum Vitae Philipp Aerni Address World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland Phone: +41 31 631 36 27 Fax: +41 31 631 36 30 E-mail: philipp.aerni@wti.org Institute for Environmental Decisions and Collegium Helveticum at ETH Zurich ETH-Zentrum (SOL F9), CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland Phone: +41 44 632 53 08 Fax: +41 44 632 10 86 E-mail: aernip@ethz.ch Education 2000-2002 Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for International Development 1996-1999 ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Doctor (PhD) in Agricultural Economics 1991-1996 University of Zurich, Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland Diploma in Geography Minor Subjects: Economics (4 years), Environmental Sciences (2 years) 1993-1994 University of Zaragoza, Spain ERASMUS University Exchange Program 1985-1990 Kantonsschule Solothurn (College), Switzerland (Bachelor in Law & Economics) Present and Previous Appointments and Positions Since 2005 University of Bern, Switzerland Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute Since 2004 ETH Zurich, Switzerland Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) and the Institute for Environmental Decisions 2007-2008 University of Fribourg, Switzerland Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Education Sciences 2006 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Appl. Economics and Policy Studies 2004-2005 University of Zurich, Switzerland Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and IT 2000 University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Commerce 2000 Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM), Mexico Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology 1997 University of the Philippines in Los Banos (UPLB), Philippines Visiting Research Associate, Institute of Development Communication 1996-2000 ETH Zurich, Switzerland Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics 1994 Institute for Nutrition in Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala Visiting Research Assistant
Grants and Consulting 2008 Grant from Cogito Foundation (SFr. 55 000) 2007 Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant within NFP59 (SFr. 325 000) 2007 Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant within NFP59 (SFr. 406 000) 2007 Grant from Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SFr. 100 000) 2006 Grant from the Bill & Melissa Gates Foundation (US$ 9 000) 2004 Consulting for the Swiss Center for International Agriculture (ZIL) (SFr. 20 000) 2000-1 SNF Scholarship for Post-Doctoral Research at Harvard University (SFr. 76 000) 1999-2008 Grants from Hochstrasser Foundation (SFr. 20 000) Awards 2006 Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science Tutorial and Teaching Experience New in 2012 History of Food & Agriculture, ETH Zurich Since 2004 Science, Technology & Public Policy, ETH Zurich 2003 2008 International Agricultural Economics, ETH Zurich (co-teaching) 2004 2005 Forms and Methods of Social Science Research. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zurich (co-teaching) 2000 2001 Science, Technology and Development, Harvard University, USA (co teaching) Refereeing Science, Nature Biotechnology, Journal of Environmental Management, Risk Analysis, Science, Technology and Human Values, Ecological Economics, Aquatic Sciences, Mitigation and Adaptation of Strategies for Global Change, International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Technology, Environment and Development, Environmental Politics, Agricultural Economics, Review of Policy Research, Global Environmental Politics, Food Policy, Revista Sociología, Journal of Risk Research Evaluation of research proposals/projects Schweizerischer Nationalfonds: Scientific co-operation with Eastern Europe (SCOPES) review proposal / The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW): Responsible Innovation (MVI) - review proposal / Aarhus University (Advisor of a PhD at Aarhus Business School) Professional Responsibilities and Editorial Work Member of the Editorial Board and Co-Founder of African Technology Development Forum Member of the Editorial Board of Sociología y Tecnociencia (since 2010) Member of the Editorial Board of Sustainability (since 2009) Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Biotechnology (since 2005) Member of the Society for Risk Analysis (since 2004) Member of the Society for the Adv. of Behav. Economics and Econ. Psychol. (since 2007) Member of the International Society for Ecological Economics (since 2009) Listings in applications for open faculty positions 8/2005 Environmental Policy at ETH Zurich (short list) 12/2007 Development Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva (long list) 2
Presentations and Outreach Activities Selected Invited Lectures since 2008 11/2011 E-mentoring for African Development. UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (18 Nov.) 11/2011 Revealed Consumer Behavior towards GM food in Switzerland. SIPPE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China (9 Nov) 11/2011 Consumer Behavior towards GMOs and what it reveals about morality and fear in Swiss politics. Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich (4 Nov.) 10/2011 Challenges to Productivity in African Agriculture. European Parliament, Brussels (12 Oct.) 08/2011 How do we make agriculture more sustainable? 2nd SYNGENTA - Plant Science Center Symposium, Stein, Switzerland (26 Aug.) 05/2011 E-mentoring as a tool for Aid for Trade. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (4 May) 02/2011 Wie ernähren wir 9 Milliarden Menschen (How to feed 9 billion people) (Invited Panelist). Naturkongress, Basel (11 Feb.). 02/2011 Gentechnisch veränderte Nahrungsmittel: Wie skeptisch sind die Konsumentinnen wirklich? Technische Universität München (2. Dec) 09/2010 Making Use of E-mentoring to support Innovative Entrepreneurs in Africa. World Trade Forum. University of Bern, Switzerland (4 Sept) 09/2010 Agricultural Biotechnology: History, Regulation and Facts about GM crops. Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (24 Sept) 12/2009 A New Approach How to Deal with the Global Food Crisis. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (14 Dec) 01/2009 Is the Human Right to Food an Illusion? (invited Panelist) World Economic Forum, Open Forum Panel Discussion, Davos (1 Feb) 09/2008 Addressing the Principal-Agent Problem in Development Assistance. Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington, DC. USA (2. Sept.) 08/2008 Biotechnology and Moral Judgment. Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA (22 August) Selected Conference Presentations since 2008 11/2011 Biotechnology and Climate Change. International Conference on Climate Change and Food Security (ICCCFS), Beijing, China (7 November) 06/2011 A Global Stakeholder Survey on the Potential of Biotechnology to Address the Challenges of Global Climate Change. 15 th conference of International Consortium for Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR), Frascati, Italy (26 June) 09/2010 Swiss Education Policy and Agricultural Biotechnology: The Challenges of Enabling Students to Make Their Own Moral Judgments. Moral and Democratic Education Symposium (SIG13), Tel Aviv, Israel (1 Sept). 06/2010 A Sales Experiment in Switzerland and What it Reveals about Attitude- Behavior Consistency towards GM Food. 14th ICABR Conference, Ravello, Italy (17 June) 09/2009 Attitude-Behavior Consistency in a Choice Experiment with a GM food product Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, University of Zürich, Switzerland (8 Sept) 3
09/2008 Exploring the Linkages Between Commerce, Higher Education and Human Development: A Historical Review. Annual Symposium of the World Knowledge Dialogue. Regent Congress Center, Crans-Montana, Switzerland (12 Sept). Organization of Selected Workshops, Seminars and Conferences 05/2010 Symposium: Moral und Angst (Morals and Fear), Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (21. Mai) 06/2009 Symposium: Forschung verändert Schule (Research transforms Schools), Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (5. Juni) 08/2008 Workshop Development through Women Entrepreneurship. ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (14. August) 08/2007 ATDF Conference on Entrepreneurship and Technology. Lusaka, Zambia (14 August). 11/2005 Workshop on Higher Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship: Priming Engines of Economic Growth in Africa. World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland (12 Nov.) 03/2004 Workshop Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries. ETH Zürich, Switzerland (22 March). Personal Information Date of Birth: 25th of September, 1969 Marital Status: Single Nationality: Swiss Citizen of Bolken (SO) Languages: German, English, Spanish, French 4
List of Publications Journal Articles Aerni, P., Scholderer, J. & Ermen, D. (2011) What would Swiss consumers decide if they had freedom of choice? Evidence from a field study with GM corn bread. Food Policy 36(6): 830-838. Aerni, P. (2011) Do Political Attitudes Affect Consumer Choice? Evidence from a Large- Scale Field Study with Genetically Modified Bread in Switzerland. Sustainability 3: 1555-1572. Aerni, P. (2011) Food Sovereignty and its Discontents. ATDF Journal 8(1/2): 23-40 Aerni, P. et al. (2010) Climate Change and International Law: Exploring the Linkages Between Human Rights, Environment, Trade and Investment. German Yearbook of International Law 53: 139-188. Aerni, P. (2010) Is Agricultural Biotechnology Part of Sustainable Agriculture? Different Views in Switzerland and New Zealand. AgBioforum 13(2): 158-172. Aerni, P. (2009) What is Sustainable Agriculture? Empirical Evidence of Diverging Views in Switzerland and New Zealand. Ecological Economics 68(6): 1872-1882. Aerni, P., Rae, A. & Lehmann, B. (2009) Nostalgia versus Pragmatism? How attitudes and interests shape the term sustainable agriculture in Switzerland and New Zealand. Food Policy 34 (2): 227-235, Aerni, P. (2008) A new approach to deal with the global food crisis. ATDF Journal 5(1/2): 16-32 (2008). Aerni, P. (2007) Agricultural biotechnology and its contribution to the knowledge economy. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology 107: 69-96. Aerni, P. (2007) Exploring the linkages of commerce, higher education and human development: A historical review. ATDF Journal 4(2): 35-48. Ozertan, G. & Aerni, P. (2007) GM cotton and its possible contribution to environmental sustainability and rural development in Turkey. International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance & Ecology 6(4/5): 552-575. Aerni, P. (2006) Mobilizing science and technology for development: The case of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN). AgBioForum 9(1): 1-14. Aerni, P. (2006) The Principal-Agent Problem in International Development Assistance and its Impact on Local Entrepreneurship in Africa: Time for New Approaches. ATDF Journal 3(2): 27-33. Aerni, P. & Bernauer, T. (2006) Stakeholder attitudes towards GMOs in the Philippines, Mexico and South Africa: The issue of public trust. World Development 34(3): 557-575. Aerni, P. (2005) Stakeholder attitudes towards GMOs in South Africa. Environmental Science & Policy 8(5): 464-476. Aerni, P. (2004) Risk, regulation and innovation: The case of aquaculture and transgenic fish. Aquatic Sciences 66(3): 327-341. Aerni, P. (2004) Stakeholder perceptions towards agricultural biotechnology in Mexico. Int. J. Agr. Resour. Govern. Ecol. 3(1/2): 95-115. Aerni, P. (2003) GM crop controversies. Editorial Material. Issues in Science and Technology 20 (1): 16-17. 5
Aerni, P. (2002) Stakeholder attitudes towards the risks and benefits of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: A comparison between Mexico and the Philippines. Risk Analysis 26(6): 1123-1137. Aerni, P. (2001) L'aquaculture : un transfert à risques. Biofutur 222: 34-37. Aerni, P. (2001) Assessing stakeholder attitudes to agricultural biotechnology in developing countries. Biotechnology and Development. Monitor 47: 2-7. Aerni, P. & Chauvet, M. (2001) La evaluación de opiniones públicas sobre la Biotecnología Agrícola en México. BioTecnología,. 6(2/3): 44-53. Aerni, P. Anwander Phan-huy, S. & Rieder, P. (2000) Public acceptance of genetically engineered food - The case of transgenic rice in the Philippines. Journal of Environmental. Assessment Policy & Management 2(1): 99-118. Aerni, P. & Rieder P. (2000) Acceptance of modern biotechnology in developing countries - A case study in the Philippines. International Journal of Biotechnology 2 (1/2/3): 115-131. Aerni, P. Anwander Phan-huy, S. & Rieder, P (1999) Indications on public acceptance of transgenic rice in the Philippines. Biotechnology and Development. Monitor 38: 18-21. Special Issues edited by Philipp Aerni Wesseler, J. and Aerni, P. (eds) Sustainability and the Global Bioeconomy. Agbioforum (forthcoming) Aerni, P. (ed) Food Sovereignty and New Trade Protectionism. ATDF Journal 8(1/2)(2011) Aerni. P. (ed) Biotechnology and Sustainable Development. Sustainability 3(10 (2011) Aerni, P. (ed) Education and Vocational Training. ATDF Journal 6(1/2) (2009) Aerni, P. (ed) Food Crisis. ATDF Journal 5 (1/2) (2008) Aerni, P. (ed) Agriculture in Turkey: structural change, sustainability and EU compatibility. International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance & Ecology 6(4/5) (2007) Aerni, P. and Konde, V. (eds) Role of Universities in the Knowledge Economy. ATDF Journal 4 (2) (2007) Aerni, P. (ed) Agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: perception, politics and policies. International Journal of Biotechnology 7(1/2/3) (2005) Aerni, P. and Konde, V. (eds) A Focus on Entrepreneurship. ATDF Journal 3 (2) (2006) Edited Books Aerni, P. und Oser, F. Forschung verändert Schule. Seismo Verlag, Zürich (January 2011) Aerni, P. und Grün, K-J. Moral und Angst. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlag, Göttingen (May 2011) Book Chapters Aerni, P. & Rüegger, D. Making Use of E-mentoring to support Innovative Entrepreneurs in Africa. In Thomas Cottier and Mira Burri: Trade in the Digital Age. Cambridge University, New York (forthcoming in 2011). Aerni, P., Karapinar, B. & Häberli, C. Unlocking Trade Negotiations by Rethinking Sustainable Agriculture. In: T. Cottier and P. Delimatsis (ed), The Prospects of International 6
Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK: 169-210 (2011). Aerni, P. Learning from the past: how to bring ethics and economics in line with the real nature of the human being. In: M. Cockell et al. (eds) Common Knowledge: Rising to the Challenge of Transdisciplinarity. EPFL/CRC Press, Lausanne, Switzerland: 15-30 (January 2011). Aerni, P. Die Moralisierung der Politik als Kehrseite der Angst vor dem globalen Wandel. In: Philipp Aerni und Klaus-Jürgen Grün: Moral und Angst. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht Verlag, Göttingen: 13-32 (2011). Aerni, P. Interdisziplinarität an Schule und Universität: Das Fallbeispiel Geographie. In: Philipp Aerni und Fritz Oser: Forschung verändert Schule. Seismoverlag, Zürich: 152-174 (January 2011). Aerni, P. Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen eines EU Beitritts auf die Schweiz: Landwirtschaft und Umwelt. In: T. Cottier und R. Liechti (Hrsg) Die Schweiz und Europa. Vdf Hochschulverlag, Zürich: 307-309 (2010). Aerni, P. Reforming agricultural policy in Turkey in Accordance with New Growth Theory. In Baris Karapinar and Fikret Adaman: Rethinking Structural Reform in Turkish Agriculture: Beyond the World Bank s Strategy. Nova Publishers, New York (2010): 229-242. Aerni, P. Public Perception of Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa. In: Zerihun Tadele (ed) New Approaches in Plant Breeding of Orphan Crops in Africa. Stampfli AG, Bern: 223-243 (2009). Bernauer, T. & Aerni, P. Trade Conflict Over Genetically Modified Organisms. In: Kevin Gallagher (ed) Handbook on Trade and Environment. Edward Elgar Publishing, London: 184-194 (2009). Bernauer, T. & Aerni, P. Implications of the Transatlantic Biotech Dispute for Developing Countries. Miranda A. Schreurs, Henrik Selin, Stacy D. VanDeveer (eds) Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics. Ashgate, Burlington VT: 127-144 (2009). Aerni, P. Technological innovation and its contribution to sustainable development in agriculture. In: Mieczysław Adamowicz (ed) Innovations and Innovativeness in the Agribusiness Sector. SGGW Conference Proceedings, Warsaw, Poland: 11-28 (2008) Aerni, P. Politische Interessen und öffentliches Vertrauen in der Gentechnikdiskussion. In: H. Busch & G. Pruetz (eds) Biotechnologie in Gesellschaftlicher Deutung. Herbert Utz Verlag, München: 2-11 (2008). Aerni, P. Anwendungen der Agrarbiotechnologie in der Armutsbekämpfung. In: Ursula Renz und Barbara Bleisch (eds) Zu wenig Dimensionen der Armut. Seismo Verlag, Zürich: 218-228 (2007) Bernauer, T. & Aerni, P. Competition for Public Trust: The Transatlantic Biotech Conflict and Developing Countries. In: R. Falkner (ed) The International Politics of GM Food and Trade. Houndsmills/Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan: 138-154 (2006) (with Thomas Bernauer). Aerni, P. Wahrnehmungs- und Netzwerkanalyse von Interessenvertretern in der Gentechnik- Debatte in Entwicklungsländern. In: U. Serdült (ed) Zürcher Politik- und Evaluationsstudien 2: Universität Zürich: 37-54 (2005) Aerni, P. Mobilizing Science and Technology for Development: Peter Rieder s Commitment to International Sustainable Development. Festschrift of Professor Dr. Peter Rieder. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft (SGA): 5-14 (2005) 7
PhD Dissertation (12/1999) Public Acceptance of Transgenic Rice and its Potential Impact on Rice Markets in Southeast Asian Countries. ETH Zurich, Switzerland Master Dissertation (8/1995) The Problem of Indebtedness of Resource Poor Farmers in dealing with Non-Traditional Export Crops - The Case of Guatemala. Institute of Geography, University of Zurich. Selected Working Papers Aerni, P. Lock-in Situations in the Global Debates on Climate Change, Biotechnology and International Trade. NCCR Trade Working Paper 2011/21 Aerni, P. Making Use of E-mentoring to support Growth-oriented Entrepreneurship in Africa (co-authored with Dominik Rüegger). NCCR Trade Working Paper 2011/1 Aerni, P. The Consequences of Diverging Transatlantic GMO Regulatory Approaches on the Management of Natural Resources in Developing Countries, CIS Working Paper 1/2006 Aerni, P. (2004). 10 Years of Cassava Research at ETH Zurich A Critical Assessment. Research Report. Swiss Center for International Agriculture (ZIL), ETH Zurich. Aerni, P. (2003) Private Management of Public Trust: The Changing Nature of Political Protest. Working Document for the European Consortium of Political Research. University of Marburg. Aerni, P. (2001) Public Attitudes towards Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: A comparison between Mexico and the Philippines. STI/CID Policy Discussion Paper No. 10. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Aerni, P. (2001) La Percepción Pública de la Biotecnología Agrícola en México. STI/CID Final Report. Cambridge, MA. In the News Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Meinung & Debatte) 26.05.2011. Bessere Spielregeln für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. International Trade Forum (Mai 2011) E-mentoring as a tool to make Aid-for-Trade more effective Tages-Anzeiger (Wissen) 29.12.2010. Afrika bevorzugt die pragmatische Lösung. Freie Presse, 21.07.2010. Wieviel Wissen steckt im Brokkoli? Radio DRS2 (Kontext), 17. 03. 2010. Gentechnologie im Schulzimmer. Tages-Anzeiger (Wissen) 06.03.2010. Umweltfreundliche Gentechpflanzen. Tages Anzeiger (Stadt Zürich), 11.05.2010. Gentechnik als Schulfach: Kampf gegen Widerstände. Swissinfo, 11.11.09. Pane OMG, perché no? Beobachter Natur 11.09 (Ausgabe 23/9). Jeder Vierte greift zu Gentech-Brot. Urner Wochenblatt, 28. 10. 2009. Das ETH Labor wird zum Schulzimmer. Die Grüne, 6.10.09. Interview mit Philipp Aerni. Radio DRS1 (Espresso), 23.9.08, Darf's auch ein Gentechbrot sein? ETH Life, 4.9.09: Wahlfreiheit ist Konsumenten wichtig. 8
Sonntagszeitung, 6.9.09: Gentech-Brot kommt gut an. Nachhaltigkeit, März 09. Bauern wacht auf! Natürlich, Februar 09 (Monatszeitschrift). Auch Kleinbauern profitieren. Interview mit Philipp Aerni. Panissimo, August 08 (Branchenzeitung) Deutschen und Französischen Interview. Radio DRS1 (Espresso), 18.8.08, Testverkauf von Gentechbrot! Berner Zeitung, 25.7. 08. Gentechbrot wird nicht verschmäht. Radio DRS1 (Espresso), 15.2.08: Wie akzeptiert ist Gentech-Food? 20 Minuten Bern, 11.2.2008. Uni Bern: Ein Forscher bricht das Gentech-Tabu Unilink, 11.2.08. Nachricht und Namen: Gentech-Brot im Verkaufstest. Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 8.5.08. Der Nutzen kann enorm sein. Interview mit Philipp Aerni Radio DRS2 (Kontext), 19.04.08. Nahrungsmittel, Spekulanten und der grosse Hunger. Berner Zeitung, 19.4.08. Was die Krise mit uns zu tun hat. Interview mit Philipp Aerni. Business Daily Africa, 19.04.07. How to Turn Farmers into Entrepreneurs. Op-ed Business Daily Africa, 16.04.07. State as a facilitator in poor countries. Op-ed Business Daily Africa, 13.04.07. Aging Baby Boomers should learn New Economics. Op-ed Gaia, 13(3), 2007. Portrayal of Calestous Juma : 169. Tages-Anzeiger 30.4.05. Afrikas Universitäten Reaktivieren. 9