Topics I Research, Practice and Embody

* human resourcefulness, resilience, hope
* power, ethics, political economy
* cultural transformation and transition to low-impact living
* deep democracy
* socio-ecological change
* regenerative living
* permaculture
* education for change
* agriculture and food practices
* Romania and Europe, EU integration
* social theory, epistemology and ecological thinking
* drawing and alternative methods of knowledge-making
* gender and sexuality


Languages

Professional written and spoken proficiency: Luxembourgish, English, French, German
Fluent spoken proficiency: Romanian
Basic proficiency: Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch


Selected Publications

forthcoming
‘A Portrait of a Chaord: A Breathing, Living Organisation’ Designing the World We Want: Permaculture Perspectives 2015 Reclaiming Diversity and Citizenship Occasional Series

2018
Sustainability and Social Cohesion in Luxembourg: By Design or Disaster‘ in: Robert Urbé (ed) Sozialalmanach 2018. Schwéierpunkt: D’sozial Kohesioun um Spill.

2016
Kleine Ethnographie der Ökonomie des kooperativen Lebensforum 358 : 31-34.

2014
Fictional Book Review ‘The Making of Regenerative Cultureforum 342 : 13-15.

2013
‘Putting Permaculture Principles to Work: Progress, Hope and Commons Thinking’ in: Joshua Lockyer and James Veteto (editors) Localizing Environmental Anthropology: Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillage Design for a Sustainable Future. Oxford: Berghahn, 164-179.

2012
(with Norry Schneider) ‘Resilienz und Hoffnung’ forum 320: 54-55.

2011
Peasants Into European Farmers? EU Integration in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien/Freiburg Studies in Social Anthropology/ Etudes d’Anthropologie Sociale de l’Université de Fribourg. Lit Verlag. 
Bd. 33, 360 S., 34.90 EUR, br., ISBN 978-3-643-80107-4