RTG 2654: Sustainable Food Systems


Name

Vivien Hülsen


Current Position

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Goettingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Research Interests

Food Security
Nutrition
Child Nutrition-Health Linkages
Food Consumption Behavior
Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection
Impact Evaluation
Development Economics


Education


  • 09/2021-07/2025 Ph.D. in Sustainable Food Systems, University of Goettingen, Germany
  • 09/2018-09/2020 Double Degree: Laurea Magistrale (Dott. Mag.) in Economics and Development, University of Florence, Italy
    Thesis: The Impact of Social Protection on Individual Dimensions of Well-being (Food Security and Mental Health) in a Protracted Crisis Context: The Case of Palestine
  • 10/2017-09/2020 Double Degree: Master of Science in Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 10/2012-12/2016 Bachelor of Science in Economics and Sociology, University of Göttingen, Germany
    Thesis: Inequality in Education in India



Professional Experience


  • 07/2024 – today Research Consultant – International Food Policy Research Institute (Sri Lanka)
  • 01/2021 – 08/2021 Consultant – World Health Organization (Remote)
  • 10/2020 – 04/2021 Intern - German Development Cooperation, GIZ (Bonn, Germany)
  • 09/2019 – 02/2020 Carlo Schmid Fellow - World Health Organization (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 11/2017 – 10/2019 Student Assistant – University of Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)
  • 03/2017 – 05/2017 Field Research Assistant – University of Göttingen (Banda Aceh, Indonesia)



Publications (peer-reviewed)


  • Hülsen V, Makaiko G. Khonje, Matin Qaim (2024). Market food environments and child nutrition. Food Policy, 128, 102704. DOI
  • Kaplan L*, Richert K*, Hülsen V*, Diba F, Marthoenis M, Muhsin M, Samadi S, Susanti S, Sofyan H, Ichsan I, Vollmer S. (2023). Impact of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on Safety Culture among Health Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Aceh, Indonesia. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(6), e0001801. DOI.
    *indicates joint first authorship
  • Park M, Budisavljević S, Alemán-Díaz AY, Carai S, Schwarz K, Kuttumuratova A, Jobe LB, Hülsen V, Lee YE, Scott E, Whitehead R, Weber MW (2023). Child and adolescent health in Europe: Towards meeting the 2030 agenda. Journal of Global Health, 13 DOI



Other Publications


  • Huelsen, V., Khonje, M. G., & Qaim, M. (2024). Market food environments and child nutrition. SustainableFood Discussion Paper 4 , University of Goettingen.
  • Glatzel, K., Ameye, H., Huelsen, V., and M. Qaim (2024). Changing Food Environments in Africa’s Urban and Peri-Urban Areas: Implications for Diets, Nutrition, and Policy. (ZEF Working Paper 235) Link
  • World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. (‎2021)‎. Adolescents taking the lead: multistakeholder consultation to promote adolescent health and well-being in the WHO European Region, 6–7 July 2021. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. Link License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
  • Huelsen, V., S. Carai, M. Weber (2020). Globale Kindergesundheit. In BJVK Schwerpunktbroschüre Pädiatrische Wege und Welten.



Conferences


  • Organized symposium: IAAE Congress. Diets and Food Environments in Rural, Peri-Urban, and Urban Areas of East Africa and South Asia. New Delhi, India. August 2024.
  • Paper presentation: IAAE Congress. Market Food Environments and Child Nutrition. New Delhi, India. August 2024.
  • Presentation. EAAE Congress. Changing Food Environments in Africa: Implications for Food Security and Nutrition. Rennes, France. September 2023.
  • Poster presentation.EAAE Congress. Food Environments and Diets along Malawi’s Rural-Urban Gradient. Rennes, France. September 2023.
  • Presentation. Third WHO High-Level Meeting on Schooling during COVID-19. Long-term Effects of Schooling Disruption on Child Health and Well-being. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 2021.
  • Organization. Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Adolescent Well-being in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 2021.
  • Poster presentation. Annual 38th Conference of the Global Tropical Pediatrics – Gender Aspects of Global Child Health: Access to Contraception for Adolescent. Berlin, Germany. January 2020.
  • Delegate. Annual Conference of the Health Behavior of School-Aged Children Network. Yerevan, Armenia. November 2019.



Guest lectures


  • International Health Course. Charité, Berlin. Lecture on the “Economics of the Pharmaceutical Market: Orphan Drugs and Market Failures”



Languages


  • English (proficient)
  • Italian (proficient)
  • Spanish (basic)
  • French (basic)
  • German (native)