Maryna Nehrey, Ph.D. is a researcher in the Department of Economic Cybernetics at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine and the Department of Food Systems Sciences at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture in Switzerland. She specialized in food system resilience, sustainability, and data-driven risk analysis. Dr. Nehrey translates complex scientific insights on food system risks into practical tools for education, policy, and stakeholder engagement.
She contributes to international research initiatives that address food security, crisis preparedness, and the resilience of agri-food systems. Within the Horizon Europe project SecureFood, she is involved in developing educational approaches that connect advanced analytical tools, such as modeling, early warning systems, and digital representations of supply chains, with real-world learning environments. Her research and teaching emphasise systems thinking, participatory learning and integrating science with societal engagement, strengthening the capacity of communities and future professionals to understand and respond to food system disruptions.
Strengthening food system resilience requires not only technological innovation, but also an improved societal understanding of food system dynamics and risks.
