Dr. Carolin Kamrath
PhD, M.Sc. - Agricultural and Food Economics
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chair for Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
Research interests
PhD Dissertation
- Innovation management/ ecosystems in agricultural and food economics
- Development of business models
- (Social) entrepreneurship
- Acceptance and adoption of innovation along the food chain
Academic Education
2015 - 2019
PhD, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2012 - 2015
Master of Science in Agriculture and Food Economics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2008 - 2011
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration at the Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft, Bonn, Germany
Professional development
Since 2015
Representative for the Chair for Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2019 - 2022
Postdoctoral researcher, Chair for Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2015 - 2019
Research assistant and doctoral student, Chair for Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2014
Research internship at the AVRDC-World Vegetable Center in Arusha, Tanzania
2013 - 2014
Student research assistant at Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft, Bonn
Awards & Scholarships
“Best PhD talk 2017” at the Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland.
Scholarship of the GIZ (Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development (BEAF)) for a Research Internship in Arusha, Tanzania in 2014
Publications
Journal articles (peer-review)
Is food involvement in purchasing decisions always low? A consumer study from Germany
Kamrath, C., Bidkar, S., Bröring, S. (2019)
PharmaNutrition, 9. DOI: 10.1016/j.phanu.2019.100157
What do we know about chain actors' evaluation of new food technologies? A systematic review of consumer and farmer studies
Kamrath, C., Wesana, J., Bröring, S., De Steur, H. (2019)
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 18(3): 798-816. DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12442
Adoption behavior of market traders: An analysis based on technology acceptance model and theory of planned behaviour
Kamrath, C., Rajendran, S., Nenguwo, N., Afari-Sefa, V., Bröring, S. (2018)
nternational Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 21(6): 771-790. DOI: 10.22434/IFAMR2017.0043
Traders’ Perceptions and Acceptability on Use of Linings for Improving Tomato Packaging in Wooden Crates
Kamrath, C., Rajendran, S., Nenguwo, N., Afari-Sefa, V. (2015)
International Journal of Vegetable Science 2016 Vol.22 No.6 pp.530-540 ref.17. DOI: 10.1080/19315260.2015.1076920
Contribution to books
Innovationen an der Schnittstelle von Lebens- und Arzneimitteln: Herausforderungen für Firmen und Verbraucher
Bröring, S., Bidkar, S., Kamrath, C. (2020)
In: Pfannstiel, M. A., Kassel, K., Rasche C. (Eds.), Innovationen und Innovationsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen. Technologien, Producte und Diestleistungen voranbringen. Springer Gabler.
Paper presentations on academic conferences
Consumers’ evaluation of 3D-printed food?
Kamrath, C., Bröring, S. , De Steur, H., (2018)
presented at the SABE/IAREP Conference, London, UK. ''Systemic innovations towards sustainability in agrifood sectors: opportunities and challenges for social science research'', Beauvais, France.
Systematic review about factors influencing food technology acceptance and adoption behavior along the supply chain
Kamrath, C., Wesana, J., De Steur, H., Gellynck, X., Bröring, S. (2017)
invited paper presented at the EAAE PhD Workshop 'Challenges for young agro-food and natural resource economists facing the future', Barcelona, Spain.
Is food involvement always low? Involvement and purchasing motives of dietary supplements
Kamrath, C., Baum, C., Bröring, S. (2017)
invited paper presented at the 91st Agricultural Economics Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Technology acceptance and adoption in the food sector: what do we know?
Kamrath, C., Wesana, J., De Steur, H., Gellynck, X., Bröring, S. (2016)
invited paper presented at the EAAE Seminar ''Systemic innovations towards sustainability in agrifood sectors: opportunities and challenges for social science research'', Beauvais, France.