Dr. Alexander J. Stein

DG AGRI, Unit for Analysis and Outlook

DG MARE, Units for Common Fisheries Policy, Scientific Advice, and Sea Basin Strategies: - sea basin strategies for the outermost regions - coordination of scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - follow-up of the shark finning regulation (605/2013)

Director General's Office: - management of the institute’s annual flagship publication, the “Global Food Policy Report” - coordination of analyses and syntheses of nutrition, food security and agricultural issues - liaising with staff, outside experts and stakeholders - research and writing to support the work of the Director General

Science and Writing Team: - writing for publicly sponsored websites on plant research and biosafety - establishment of targeted social media activities, in particular Twitter - acquisition and implementation of studies on food, agriculture and biotechnology, e.g. supply-chain analyses for the food industry or sub-contracts for EFSA - work on food security and development, e.g. soil ecosystem services in Malawi

Freelance Research, Writing & Consulting: - world food report for the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament - as sub-contractor, drafting documents for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) - evaluation of a nutrition project in Latin America for the International Food Policy Research Institute

Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Unit for Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy: - management of research projects in sustainability, agriculture, food and health - writing and editing of technical reports for policy support - planning and organisation of conferences (GMCC-07, 300 participants) and workshops (food safety and environmental regulation, commercialisation & trade, with 50 technical experts)

Division of International Agricultural Trade and Food Security: - modelling the impact of a novel agriculture-based nutrition intervention - carrying out cost-effectiveness analyses for related case studies in India - international collaboration with experts and organisations from different disciplines - writing manuscripts for publication in international peer-reviewed journals and other outlets - presentation of results at international conferences, workshops and panel discussions

Center for Development Research, Department of Economic and Technological Change: - preparatory work for the project that was continued at Hohenheim University (see previous) - quantification of the public health burden of vitamin and mineral deficiencies - quantitative analysis of determinants of food consumption based on household data

Pricing and portfolio management

Multi-lingual information retrieval and knowledge management application, online search engine; until insolvency of the start-up

FA Management, Afrasia Department (MEDA, Caucasia and Central Asia): Proposal writing, coordination and backstopping of donor projects (regional development, administrative reform, SME development, trade promotion), fact-finding missions to project countries, preparation of tender documents incl. methodologies, search and selection of local partners and international experts

DG E, IV: Assistance in the reunions of the "Comité 133" (international trade and WTO affairs)

Market research and clerical work

Patient transport and emergency medical services (compulsory national service)

Dissertation on "Micronutrient malnutrition and the impact of modern plant breeding on public health in India: How cost-effective is biofortification?" http://www.ajstein.de/cv/literature.htm