M. Sc. Johanna Steep
Südbau, Room 1.12
Otto-Fischer-Straße 4
50674 Köln
Research Associate at the Institute of Geography
PhD student on the DFG project “Implications of resilience and sustainability strategies of lead firms in agri-food value chains”
Main research interests
Thematic: Resilience and sustainability strategies of retailers in agri-food value chains
Regional: Germany, Sub-Saharan Africa
Academic Career
| Since 2026 | PhD student and Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Cologne |
| 2024 – 2026 | MSc Geography in Agricultural Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2019–2022 | B.A. in Geography, specialising in Human Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin |
Master Thesis
The EU Deforestation Regulation – Opportunities and Risks for the Cocoa Value Chain in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Bachelor Thesis
Why famine is not only caused by drought – The case of the 2011 famine in Somalia