Beate Gebhardt

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ABOUT BEATE GEBHARDT

Hello, I’m Beate Gebhardt – an independent project and research consultant specializing in sustainability excellence, market studies, and consumer behavior. With scientific expertise, I support organizations, universities, and companies in event and project design, methodological questions, content research, proposal writing, and reporting – always with an eye for the red thread and the key issues. Not only – but often – in the food sector. In short: Whenever you need support in project work or project coordination, need help with designing an event, have questions about survey design, analysis, or interpretation, need an experienced eye or a creative impulse when writing content or revising reports, or are just at the beginning of an idea without staff or expertise in market and consumer studies – there are now ways and solutions! Feel free to get in touch – even on short notice. A few things you should know about me: I studied and earned my doctorate at the University of Hohenheim – arguably the most beautiful campus there is. I’m an economist who enjoys diving deep into other disciplines in both research and practice – in the agricultural and food sector, in marketing. Always present: sustainability and a good dose of pragmatism. A special area of expertise of mine is sustainability awards and business excellence. For more than ten years, I’ve been among the leading experts on successful award concepts in Germany. I research the impact and significance of awards, develop practical recommendations for quality assurance, and have built a web-based CSR Award Finder for companies. My book “Ausgezeichnet! Sustainability and Quality Competitions in the Food Industry” was published in 2014 in the Sustainability Management series by Kovac Verlag. I enjoy exploring new and distinctive topics: organic herbs, dual-purpose chickens, plant-based foods, eco department stores, innovations! A recent study report, “Sustainability Excellence in Agriculture: Giving Visibility to the Hidden Beacons of Everyday Practice (NEAL)”, has just been published (DOI: 10•••40/RG.22••••••••46). With passion, I give keynotes, lead workshops, moderate expert discussions, and support media, businesses, and research institutions with in-depth analyses and background knowledge. I am also a lecturer at several universities, author, and journalist.