Robert Hafner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1280694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Hafner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Hafner |
| SIGNATURE | HAFNER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3482-414X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What happened to agroecology? Tracing Actors’ (Power) relations and the seeming dissipation of transition dynamics in Argentina’s Río Negro Valley
In today’s context of polycrisis, agroecology has gained global attention as a transformative alternative for food systems. Although the COVID-19 pandemic initially spurred agroecological practices, these dynamics proved difficult to sustain. This paper explores the seeming dissipation of agroecological transition efforts in Argentina through a political ecology lens, drawing on a case study of the Colectivo Agroecológico (ColAE) in the Valle Inf…
Framing social-ecological transformation as a geographical concept
Global challenges call for timely social-ecological transformation. There is a substantial amount of literature on social-ecological transformation, increasingly replacing and going beyond 'sustainability'. However, the concept itself is used very inconsistently. This paper aims at identifying and systematizing the strains of argumentation that encompass the social-ecological transformation. Adding German-speaking literature to the Anglophone deb…
Territorio, territorialidad y territorialización en las redes de producción globales
Global production networks (GPN) provide a powerful multi-scalar approach for analyzing the organization of production, but lack the means for conceptualizing social-ecological issues. Territory and territoriality underscore the epistemological character of socio-environmental problems. Territoriality is an underdeveloped conceptual resource for analyzing a GPN’s territorial configuration. Discussing different contextual conceptions of territory,…
Towards a climate change consensus: How mining and agriculture legitimize green extractivism in Argentina
Following the goal of a post-fossil economy, institutional actors promote techno-managerial solution strategies, for example the green economy and the bioeconomy. While these strategies focus on technological progress to decouple economic growth from carbon dioxide emissions, the associated additional demand for raw materials causes a new global land and resource rush. In this article, we contribute to the debate on climate change commodities and…
I have a garden on the Internet! Searching for the farmer in a remotely controlled farming enterprise
The paper examines the conceptual implications of using Smart Farming Technologies and digitalisation in small-scale food production, exemplified by the Austrian start-up “myAcker”. The company runs a hybrid system of gamified, remote-controlled agriculture, where its customers assume the role of “online gardeners” and take care of their own vegetables. Conceptually, it combines two different logics, namely the technology focus of vertical farmin…
Analyzing values-based modes of production and consumption: Community-supported agriculture in the Austrian Third Food Regime
Current globalized agricultural and food systems operate with an unsustainable capitalist model of production and consumption. The middle and upper classes of the global North and, increasingly, of emerging economies live at the expense of the global South. This has been referred to as the “imperial mode of living”. An alternative model of production and consumption that fosters localized food systems in the corporate food regime is community sup…
Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness
Environmental justice research and activism predominantly focus on openly conflictive situations; claims making is central. However, situations of injustice can still occur even if there is no overt conflict. Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness fills this gap by applying an environmental justice incommensurabilities framework to reveal the mechanisms of why conflicts do not arise in particular situations, even though they fall within class…
Firewood supply and consumption in the context of agrarian change: The Northern Argentine Chaco from 1990 to 2010
Firewood is used as a common-pool resource to satisfy local energy demands. However, crops and pastures are replacing large areas of Chaco forest at a high rate. Production is destined to satisfy global demands of energy and food, which in turn threatens local livelihoods. In this work, we explore the evolution of regional consumption and supply of firewood highly influenced by new and globalized dynamics of the soy agribusiness. In so doing we a…
Towards a climate change consensus: How mining and agriculture legitimize green extractivism in Argentina
Following the goal of a post-fossil economy, institutional actors promote techno-managerial solution strategies, for example the green economy and the bioeconomy. While these strategies focus on technological progress to decouple economic growth from carbon dioxide emissions, the associated additional demand for raw materials causes a new global land and resource rush. In this article, we contribute to the debate on climate change commodities and…
Framing social-ecological transformation as a geographical concept
Global challenges call for timely social-ecological transformation. There is a substantial amount of literature on social-ecological transformation, increasingly replacing and going beyond 'sustainability'. However, the concept itself is used very inconsistently. This paper aims at identifying and systematizing the strains of argumentation that encompass the social-ecological transformation. Adding German-speaking literature to the Anglophone deb…
Territorio, territorialidad y territorialización en las redes de producción globales
Global production networks (GPN) provide a powerful multi-scalar approach for analyzing the organization of production, but lack the means for conceptualizing social-ecological issues. Territory and territoriality underscore the epistemological character of socio-environmental problems. Territoriality is an underdeveloped conceptual resource for analyzing a GPN’s territorial configuration. Discussing different contextual conceptions of territory,…
Firewood supply and consumption in the context of agrarian change: The Northern Argentine Chaco from 1990 to 2010
Firewood is used as a common-pool resource to satisfy local energy demands. However, crops and pastures are replacing large areas of Chaco forest at a high rate. Production is destined to satisfy global demands of energy and food, which in turn threatens local livelihoods. In this work, we explore the evolution of regional consumption and supply of firewood highly influenced by new and globalized dynamics of the soy agribusiness. In so doing we a…
Firewood supply and consumption in the context of agrarian change: The Northern Argentine Chaco from 1990 to 2010
Firewood is used as a common-pool resource to satisfy local energy demands. However, crops and pastures are replacing large areas of Chaco forest at a high rate. Production is destined to satisfy global demands of energy and food, which in turn threatens local livelihoods. In this work, we explore the evolution of regional consumption and supply of firewood highly influenced by new and globalized dynamics of the soy agribusiness. In so doing we a…
Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness
Environmental justice research and activism predominantly focus on openly conflictive situations; claims making is central. However, situations of injustice can still occur even if there is no overt conflict. Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness fills this gap by applying an environmental justice incommensurabilities framework to reveal the mechanisms of why conflicts do not arise in particular situations, even though they fall within class…
Analyzing values-based modes of production and consumption: Community-supported agriculture in the Austrian Third Food Regime
Current globalized agricultural and food systems operate with an unsustainable capitalist model of production and consumption. The middle and upper classes of the global North and, increasingly, of emerging economies live at the expense of the global South. This has been referred to as the “imperial mode of living”. An alternative model of production and consumption that fosters localized food systems in the corporate food regime is community sup…
I have a garden on the Internet! Searching for the farmer in a remotely controlled farming enterprise
The paper examines the conceptual implications of using Smart Farming Technologies and digitalisation in small-scale food production, exemplified by the Austrian start-up “myAcker”. The company runs a hybrid system of gamified, remote-controlled agriculture, where its customers assume the role of “online gardeners” and take care of their own vegetables. Conceptually, it combines two different logics, namely the technology focus of vertical farmin…
Towards a climate change consensus: How mining and agriculture legitimize green extractivism in Argentina
Following the goal of a post-fossil economy, institutional actors promote techno-managerial solution strategies, for example the green economy and the bioeconomy. While these strategies focus on technological progress to decouple economic growth from carbon dioxide emissions, the associated additional demand for raw materials causes a new global land and resource rush. In this article, we contribute to the debate on climate change commodities and…
Territorio, territorialidad y territorialización en las redes de producción globales
Global production networks (GPN) provide a powerful multi-scalar approach for analyzing the organization of production, but lack the means for conceptualizing social-ecological issues. Territory and territoriality underscore the epistemological character of socio-environmental problems. Territoriality is an underdeveloped conceptual resource for analyzing a GPN’s territorial configuration. Discussing different contextual conceptions of territory,…
Framing social-ecological transformation as a geographical concept
Global challenges call for timely social-ecological transformation. There is a substantial amount of literature on social-ecological transformation, increasingly replacing and going beyond 'sustainability'. However, the concept itself is used very inconsistently. This paper aims at identifying and systematizing the strains of argumentation that encompass the social-ecological transformation. Adding German-speaking literature to the Anglophone deb…
What happened to agroecology? Tracing Actors’ (Power) relations and the seeming dissipation of transition dynamics in Argentina’s Río Negro Valley
In today’s context of polycrisis, agroecology has gained global attention as a transformative alternative for food systems. Although the COVID-19 pandemic initially spurred agroecological practices, these dynamics proved difficult to sustain. This paper explores the seeming dissipation of agroecological transition efforts in Argentina through a political ecology lens, drawing on a case study of the Colectivo Agroecológico (ColAE) in the Valle Inf…
Geography (6 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Law (3 works)