Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Dr. Vivien Hülsen


Current Position:
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Göttingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Research Interest:

  • Food Economics (Food Security, Nutrition, Food Consumption)
  • Food Environments
  • Nutrition-Health Linkages
  • Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection
  • Development Economics


Education:

  • 09/2021-07/2025: Ph.D. in Sustainable Food Systems, University of Goettingen, Germany
  • 09/2018-09/2020: Double Degree: Laurea Magistrale (Dott. Mag.) in Economics and Development, University of Florence, Italy
  • 10/2017-09/2020: Double Degree: Master of Science in Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 10/2012-12/2016: Bachelor of Science in Economics and Sociology, University of Göttingen, Germany


Professional experience:

  • 09/2021 – today Research Associate – University of Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)
  • 07/2024 – today Research Consultant – International Food Policy Research Institute (Sri Lanka)
  • 01/2021 – 08/2021 Consultant – World Health Organization (Remote)
  • 10/2020 – 04/2021 Intern - German Development Cooperation, GIZ (Bonn, Germany)
  • 09/2019 – 02/2020 Carlo Schmid Fellow - World Health Organization (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 11/2017 – 10/2019 Student Assistant – University of Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)
  • 03/2017 – 05/2017 Field Research Assistant – University of Göttingen (Banda Aceh, Indonesia)


Publications (peer-reviewed)

  • Ameye H, Hülsen V, Glatzel K, Laar A, Qaim M. (2025). Urbanizing Food Environments in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Accessibility, Affordability, Convenience, and Desirability of Healthy Diets. Food Policy 137, 102981. DOI
  • Hülsen V, Khonje M, Qaim M. (2024). Market food environments and child nutrition. Food Policy, 128, 102704. DOI
  • Kaplan L*, Richert K*, Hülsen V* , Diba F, Marthoenis M, Muhsin M, Samadi S, Susanti S, Sofyan H, Ichsan I, Vollmer S. (2023). Impact of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on Safety Culture among Health Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Aceh, Indonesia. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(6), e0001801. DOI *indicates joint first authorship
  • Hülsen V, S. Carai, M. Weber (2020). Globale Kindergesundheit. In BJVK Schwerpunktbroschüre Pädiatrische Wege und Welten.

    • Conferences
  • Oral contribution: EAAE Congress. Bonn, Germany. August 2025.
  • Organized symposium: IAAE Congress. New Delhi, India. August 2024.
  • Oral contribution: IAAE Congress. New Delhi, India. August 2024.
  • Oral contribution. EAAE Congress. Rennes, France. September 2023.
  • Poster presentation. EAAE Congress. Rennes, France. September 2023.
  • Oral contribution. Third WHO High-Level Meeting on Schooling during COVID-19. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 2021.
  • Organization. Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Adolescent Well-being in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 2021.
  • Poster presentation. Annual 38th Conference of the Global Tropical Pediatrics – Gender Aspects of Global Child Health. Berlin, Germany. January 2020.
  • Delegate. Annual Conference of the Health Behavior of School-Aged Children Network. Yerevan, Armenia. November 2019.

    • Languages
  • English (proficient)
  • Italian (proficient)
  • Spanish (basic)
  • French (basic)
  • German (native)