Naser Reyhani
Department: Technology Assessment ; Division of the Scientific Director
Research areas
- Food System Transformation
- Agroecological Transition
- Innovation Ecosystems and Living Lab
- Science-Policy-Practice Interface
- Foresight and Roadmapping
- System Approach and Impact Assessment
Scientific activities
I help institutions, partnerships, regions, and cities make food-system transformation practical in real places.
At the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), I coordinate and contribute to the ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ, the emerging ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป–๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด, and the ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ. I also contribute to strategic work on strengthening food systems partnership structures in Germany.
My work combines ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, and ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. I support partnership development, participatory processes, real-life experimentation, and the translation of knowledge into actionable pathways across research, policy, practice, business, and civil society.
A central question guides my work: ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐-๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ?
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ–๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด. I approach ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, where health, ecology, economy, culture, care, regional development, and democratic agency meet
Projects
- FutureFoodS โ European partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems Die Partnerschaft fรผr Nachhaltige Lebensmittelsysteme - SFS - zielt darauf ab, die nationalen, europรคischen und globalen Lebensmittelsysteme so umzugestalten, dass sie sicherโฆ
- MarginUp! โ Raising the bio-based industrial feedstock capacity of Marginal Lands Gegenwรคrtig sind 60-70 % aller Bรถden in Europa aufgrund von Bodenbewirtschaftungspraktiken, Verschmutzung, intensiver Landwirtschaft, Verstรคdterung und den Auswirkungenโฆ
- ZAYANDEHLIFE โ Intensivierung der Wassernutzung in der Bewรคsserungslandwirtschaft am Zayandeh-Rud Fluร, Iran Abnehmende Niederschlรคge und steigende Nachfragen nach Wasser fรผhren zu Nutzungskonkurrenzen und Produktionseinbuรen in der Bewรคsserungslandwโฆ
Publications
- Dam, T.; Grundmann, P.; Orozco, R.; Reyhani, N. (2025): Stakeholder-driven circular economy on marginal lands: Governance and sustainability trade-offs in biomass value chains. Sustainable Production and Consumption. : p. 0. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2025.08.005
- Reyhani, N.; Grundmann, P. (2021): Who influences whom and how in river-basin governance? A participatory stakeholder and social network analysis in Zayandeh-Rud basin, Iran. Environmetal Development. (Dezember): p. 100677. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2021.100677
- Eslamian, S.; Reyhani, N.; Syme, G. (2019): Building socio-hydrological resilience: From theory to practice. Journal of Hydrology. (August): p. 930-932. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.095
Curriculum Vitae
· Coordinator and Scientist, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
03.2024 – present & 01.2018 – 12.2021
Coordinating EU Partnerships (FutureFoodS and Agroecology), Lighthouse Living Lab BB, networking, etc.
· Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
10.2022 – 01.2024
Project coordination, innovation research and mapping, policy and strategy dialogues, and proposal writing
· Coordinator and Researcher, inter 3 Institut für Ressourcenmanagement GmbH
10.2021 – 09.2022 & 10.2015 – 12.2017 |
Research coordination, interdisciplinary and applied research, and grant writing