Prof. Dr. Peter Poschen
Honorarprofessor (Sozio-ökonomische Nachhaltigkeit)
Email: peter.poschen@ifp.uni-freiburg.de
Forschungsschwerpunkte - Lebenslauf - Lehre - Publikationen
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Soziale Komponenten nachhaltiger Entwicklung
- Sozio-ökonomische Aspekte von Flächen- und Ressourcennutzung
- Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf den Arbeitsmarkt und die Gesellschaft
- Green Jobs und Greening von Unternehmen
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) und Environmental Governance
Lebenslauf
Seit 1/2018:
- Honorarprofessor für sozio-ökonomische Nachhaltigkeit, Umweltfakultät, Universität Freiburg
- Mitglied des Forschungsteams Bioökonomie (2021-2023) Nationales Institut für Amazonasforschung (INPA)/Universität Sao Paulo (USP)
- Consultat/Berater u.a. Europäisches Forstinstitut (EFI), Wissenschaftsrat für den Amazonas (Science Panel for the Amazon), ILO, UNECE, Socieux+
12/2015 - 12/2017:
- Direktor, International Labor Office (ILO) in Brasilia, Brasilien
11/2009 – 11/2015
- Direktor, Enterprises Department, ILO, Genf
- Leiter des ILO global program on Green Jobs
- ILO Koordinator und Repräsentant Rio +20 UN Conference Sustainable Development 2012
03/2006- 10/2009
- Senior Advisor Sustainable Development and Climate Change, ILO, Genf
07/2002 - 02/2006
- Coordinator Decent Work Pilot Programs, ILO, Genf
(Argentinien, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Ghana, Marokko, Philippinen)
01/2000 – 06/2002
- Teamleiter industrial activities, ILO, Genf
09/1995 - 12/1999
- Forestry and Wood Industries Specialist, ILO, Genf
08/1994- 08/1995
- Koordinator country program ‘Environment and the World of Work’ Chile, ILO, Santiago, Chile
02/1990-07/1994
- Forestry and Wood Industries Specialist, ILO, Genf
12/1986-01/1990
- Forestry Expert and Social Forestry Adviser to ILO labor- intensive public works program, ILO, Genf
06/1981-11/1984
Lecturer and Researcher, Addis Abeba University, Alemaya College of Agriculture, Ethipien
Lehre
Seit 2008
- Universität Freiburg, Masters Environmental Governance: module Global Societal Change
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Universität Freiburg, Bachelor Studiengang Internationale Forstwirtschaft: Modul Wald und soziale Nachhaltigkeit
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Universität Dresden, Blockveranstaltung M.Sc. Programm internationale Forstwirtschaft
1995 - 1998
- Universität Dresden, Guest lecturer UNESCO M. Sc. program International Forestry
1990-1993
- Universität (ETH) Zürich, Guest lecturer M.Sc. program international Forestry: module agroforestry
1984 – 1986
- Addis Abeba University, Alemaya College of Agriculture, Lecturer and researcher B.Sc program agriculture: Ecology and Forestry
Publikationen (Auswahl)
2019 ´L´agriculture, les limites de la planète et les futurs du travail´, in Alain Supiot (éditeur) Le travail au XXIème siècle: droit, techniques, écoumène, Les Éditions de l´atelier, Paris
2019 ´About Trees and People. What Works for Development, Employment and the Environment in the Brazilian Amazon?´ J.B. Ferreira de Souza and Peter Poschen, Revista Estudios Brasilenos, Universidad de Salamanca, Vol. 6, Num. 11
2015 ‘Decent Work, Green Jobs and the Sustainable Economy – solutions for climate change and sustainable development’, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, UK, 181p.
2015 ‘Green Jobs – Protecting the environment can go hand in hand with economic prosperity and job opportunities. Finance & Development December 2015 pp. 14-18. IMF, Washington (with Michael Renner)
2012 ‘Working towards sustainable development – opportunities for decent work and social inclusion in a green economy’. 185 p. ILO, Geneva (editor and of the main authors).
2009 ‘Decent work for all – from ILO initiative to global goal’ in Maclean, R. and Wilson D. (eds.) ‘International Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Handbook’, Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2008 ‘Global challenges for sustainable development: strategies for green jobs’, ILO Background Note G8 Labour and Employment Ministers Conference, Niigata, Japan, 11-13 May 2008, 17p.
2008 ‘Green jobs for Asia and the Pacific’ Background paper for ILO Regional Research Conference, Niigata, Japan, 21-23 April 2008
2007 ‘Decent work for sustainable development – the challenge of climate change’ Paper for the Governing Body of the ILO, 300th Session November 2007, 12 p.
2007 ‘Climate change and energy’ in Labour and the Environment: a Natural Synergy, UNEP, WHO, ILO pp.42-57, UNEP, Nairobi (with Olfa Khazri)
2007 Green jobs: facing up to ‘an inconvenient truth’, World of Work No.60, August 2007, pp 4-11, ILO, Geneva
2005 From pilots to decent work country programmes – Lessons from the decent work pilot programme, ILO Geneva
2003 ‘Employment in the forest industries in Europe and North America to 2010 – a contribution to the European Forestry Sector Outlook Study’. (with P. Blombäck and M. Lövgren), FAO/ECE, Geneva.
2001 ‘Globalization and sustainability – the forestry and wood industries on the move’. with Mattias Lövgren, ILO, Geneva, 122p.
2001 ‘El rol de la OIT en la certificación forestal’. en Ambiente y Desarrollo, Vol, XVII No 2 Junio 2001, p51-60, Santiago, Chile
2001 ‘Social aspects of certification standards’ invited paper, in Forest Certification: Forging Novel Incentives for the Environment and Sustainable Forest Management’ M. Simula, E. Rametsteiner, A. Blasten, T. Green (eds.) Proceedings of an international workshop Brussels, Belgium, 6-7 September 2001, European Forestry Institute, Joensuu, Finland, 168 p.
2000 ‘Criteria and indicators for social aspects of sustainable forest management – a guide to ILO texts’. Forest certification project, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, GTZ, Eschborn.
2000 ‘Public participation in Forestry in Europe and North America’. (Team member and co-author) Report of Team of Specialists Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee. ILO, Geneva.
1998 ‘People, forests and sustainability’ Report of the FAO/ECE/ILO Team of Specialists on Social Aspects of Sustainable Forest Management, Geneva (convener of the team and co-author).
1998 ‘Safety and health in forestry work’ an ILO Code of Practice (with E. Kastenholz), International Labour Office, Geneva
1998 ‘Forestry’ chapter editor and contributing author Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety (4th ed) Vol III pp68.1-68.41, ILO Geneva
1997 ‘Forests and employment – much more than meets the eye’ invited paper XI World Forestry Congress, Antalya, Turkey 13-22 October 1997, Proceedings Vol. 4, p.61-79.
1997 ‘Efectos socio-ambientales de la expansión forestal en la Noveva Región’. A. Unda, P. Poschen and A. Stuardo. Ambiente y Desarrollo, Marzo 1997, Santiago, Chile, pp.40-46.
1995 ‘La justicia social en el desarrollo rural chileno – aspectos laborales en el libre comercio’ (with A. Contegrán, J. Echenique, R. Plant, co-ordinator E. Klein) Documento de trabajo no. 25, Organisación Internacional del Trabajo, Santiago.
1991 ‘Forest worker training – a stepchild no longer?’ Invited paper, X. World Forestry Congress, Paris 1991, Proceedings Vol.8 pp. 107-116.
1987 ‘The Application of Farming Systems Research to Community Forestry (reprinted 1989) – the Case of the Hararghe Highlands, Eastern Ethiopia’. Tropical Agriculture [1], Triops Publ., Langen, Germany, 250 p.
1986 ‘An evaluation of the Acacia albida-based agroforestry system in the Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia’. In Agroforestry Systems No 4 pp 129-143, also published in P.K.R. Nair (ed.) (1988) Agroforestry Systems in the Tropics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 385-401.
1986 Fuel- and wood consumption surveys in developing countries: a proposal for an efficient, low-cost method and the results of its application in Eastern Ethiopia’. (with G. Eiche) Resource Management and Optimization 4 (1) p. 1-16.
1982 ‘Barefoot agro-foresters: a suggested catalyst’ in L. MacDonald (ed.) Proceedings of Workshop Agroforestry in the African Humid Tropics, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1981, United Nations University, Tokyo.
1980 ‘El Jaúl con pasto, la práctica de un sistema silvo-pastoril en Costa Rica’. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 6p. Presented at the Course about Agroforestry Techniques in the Humid Tropics by J. Combe.