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Anna Schmid

Research Assistant

Subjects
Project management Co-creation Communication Sustainability Green transition Business community

Primary research areas

Stake­hold­er en­gage­ment and Com­munity man­age­ment
My re­search fo­cuses on stake­hold­er en­gage­ment and com­munity man­age­ment, with an em­phas­is on co-cre­ation pro­cesses and the design of trans­dis­cip­lin­ary and in­teg­rat­ive net­works to foster ef­fect­ive col­lab­or­a­tion and know­ledge ex­change.
Im­pact cre­ation and Policy re­com­mend­a­tions
My re­search fo­cuses on trans­lat­ing aca­dem­ic in­sights into im­pact by de­vel­op­ing policy re­com­mend­a­tions and prac­tic­al strategies. I work on bridging re­search and prac­tice to in­form de­cision-mak­ing, sup­port evid­ence-based policies, and cre­ate so­ci­et­al value.
Pro­ject Man­age­ment and Re­search co­ordin­a­tion
My re­search also in­volves pro­ject man­age­ment of the BEACON pro­ject. My fo­cus is on man­aging aca­dem­ic re­search res­ults to en­sure ef­fect­ive dis­sem­in­a­tion and im­pact.

Trans­lat­ing re­search for stake­hold­ers across sec­tors

My research focuses on driving stakeholder engagement and translating interdisciplinary research into real-world impact. I design and facilitate human-centred workshops with researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and civil-society actors. My work integrates mixed-method research, co-creation processes, and policy-oriented outputs, with a particular focus on sustainable development in the agrifood sector, to inform governance, advocacy, and innovation across Denmark and the EU. 

Publications

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August 2025

Human Excreta Recycling in Sweden

A PESTEL-SWOT Framework Analysis – Review

Al­bi­na Dio­ba, Postdoc

Anna Sch­mid, Research Assistant

Abdulhamid Aliahmad

David M. Struthers

Isa­bel Fro­es, Senior Advisor

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16 June 2025

TREEADS D3.4 Report on Organizational Structural and Sociotechnical Factors – V3

A Holistic Fire Management Ecosystem for Prevention, Detection and Restoration of Environmental Disasters

Ama­lia Gi­annakopoulou, Academic Officer

Anna Sch­mid, Research Assistant

Eft­hy­mios Alt­sit­si­a­dis, Associate Professor

Isa­bel Fro­es, Senior Advisor

Martin Drews

Ka­tryn Pa­s­a­ri­bu, Postdoc

Marios Siganos

Zacharenia Lekka

Ilaria Ingrosso

Frederica Vergari
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June 2025

Key Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Source-Separating Sanitation System in EU

Al­bi­na Dio­ba, Postdoc

Anna Sch­mid, Research Assistant

Isa­bel Fro­es, Senior Advisor

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Recent research projects

Ho­ri­zon Europe: P2GreeN

Clos­ing the gap between fork and farm for cir­cu­lar nu­tri­ent flows - P2GreeN de­vel­ops, tests and ad­apts the use of hu­man ex­creta to pro­duce safe, bio-based fer­til­izers for ag­ri­cul­ture.
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BEACON (Novo Nor­d­isk Found­a­tion)

Be­ha­vi­our­al In­sights for a Cir­cu­lar So­ci­ety – BEACON pro­ject ex­plores and tests be­ha­vi­our­al changes to­wards sus­tain­able life­styles to sup­port the build­ing of a Cir­cu­lar So­ci­ety. The pro­ject fo­cuses on urb­an food sys­tems and ex­per­i­ments in a real world set­ting of Copen­ha­gen to in­form policy de­vel­op­ment.
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TREEADS (Ho­ri­zon 2020)

TREEADS pro­ject (com­pleted in 2025) built a hol­ist­ic fire man­age­ment eco­sys­tem for pre­ven­tion, de­tec­tion and res­tor­a­tion of en­vir­on­ment­al dis­asters across 8 tests sites across Europe and Taiwan.
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Re­flow (Ho­ri­zon 2020)

Co-cre­at­ing cir­cu­lar and re­gen­er­at­ive ma­ter­i­al flows in cit­ies – Re­flow (com­pleted) tested di­verse ap­proaches to city cir­cu­lar­ity through fo­cus­sing on dif­fer­ent re­source flows. At the heart of the 7 pi­lots across the EU was a pro­duct­ive ‘mak­ing’ ap­proach that em­powered cit­izens, en­gaged poli­cy­makers and in­dustry lead­ers.
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