Sonja Schönberg

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics: Module Coordinator, “Food Processing and Sustainable Nutrition”

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics: Co‑Lead for Multiple‑Choice Exam Management, Division of Qualifications and Examinations

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics:
  Sustainable Diets; Role of Dieticians in Sustainable Food Systems; Human Nutrition; Planetary Health - Climate Crisis and Health; Food Processing; Food Science; Nutritional Therapy

• Fleischproduktion hautnah miterleben - Lehre mit Sonja Schönberg

• Sustainable Meat Consumption

• Ethnographic and Participatory Research Methods

• Social Practice Theory

• Professional Development - The Role of Dieticians in Sustainable Foodsystems

• Systems Thinking

• Planetary Health and Planetary Health Diet

• Sustainable Meat Consumption

• Professional Development - The Role of Dieticians in Sustainable Foodsystems

• Sociology of Consumption

• 2013 - today Scientific Collaborator Bern University of Applied Scienes, BFH
• 2022-2025 Teaching Assistant Università della Svizzera Italiana, USI
• 2014-2019 Dietician Private Practice

• 2022-2028 PhD Candidate Università della Svizzera Italiana, Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
• 2018-2020 Master of Life Sciences - Food, Nutrition & Health University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
• 2008-2012 Bachelor of Science - Nutrition and Dietetics Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Professions

• Winterschool: Conceptual Trajectories in the Sociology of Consumption - Theories, Frameworks, and Contemporary Debates (2026). https://eventi.unitn.it/en/conceptual-trajectories-sociology-consumption
• Summer Schools: Social Science Methods (2023, 2024, 2025). Insitute of Communication and Public Policy, Università della Svizzera italiana and FORS, the Swiss Foundation for social science research. https://www.usi.ch/it/formazione/summer-winter-school/ssm/about-the-summer-school.

• SNF Grant: Does it ‘pay’ to be on time? Different conceptualizations of time in qualitative theorizing and the link to citation impact.

• Stiftung Mercator Förderung: Gemeinsam das Leben in den Alpen verändern - Ernährung und Rinder in den Alpen, Projekt Sonja Schönberg

• Asher RC, Jakstas T, Lavelle F, Wolfson JA, Rose A, Bucher T, Dean M, Duncanson K, van der Horst K, Schonberg S, Slater J, Compton L, Giglia R, Fordyce-Voorham S, Collins CE, Shrewsbury VA. Development of the Cook-EdTM Matrix to Guide Food and Cooking Skill Selection in Culinary Education Programs That Target Diet Quality and Health. Nutrients. 2022 Apr 24;14(9):1778. doi: 10.3390/nu14091778. PMID: 35565746; PMCID: PMC9103694.
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• Eisenblätter, J., Schumacher, G., Hirt, M. et al. How do food businesses provide information on allergens in non-prepacked foods? A cross-sectional survey in Switzerland. Allergo J Int 31, 43–50 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-021-00191-5

• Schönberg, S. (2021). Planetary Health Diet : Global denken, lokal handeln: Aber wie? In Pädiatrische Allergologie in Klinik und Praxis (Vol. 24, Issue 2). iKOMM • Information und Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen GmbH. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16294

• Schönberg, S. (2021). Planetary Health Diet – gesundheitsverträgliche Ernährung in den Planetaren Grenzen. In Oekoskop (Issue 1). Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Umweltschutz. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16295

• Schönberg, S.; Asher, R.; Stewart, S.; Fenwick, M.J.; Ashton, L.; Bucher, T.; Van der Horst, K.; Oldmeadow, C.; Collins, C.E.; Shrewsbury, V.A. Development of the Home Cooking EnviRonment and Equipment Inventory Observation form (Home-CookERITM): An Assessment of Content Validity, Face Validity, and Inter-Rater Agreement. Nutrients 2020, 12, 1853. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061853

• Eisenblätter, J., Hächler, S., Stalder, K., Müller, S., Schönberg, S., & Jent, S. (2020). Allergene in unverpackten Lebensmitteln – welche Informationsvermittlung bevorzugen Betroffene? In Allergologie (Vol. 43, Issue 09). Feistle. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41683

• Schönberg, S. (2025). ‘Preferences’ for ‘Prime cuts’ of meat as an outcome of changing practices. European Sociology Association, ESA. Research Network 05. Midterm Conference, Prague.

• Schönberg, S. (2021). Nachhaltige Ernährungsweisen in der Schweizer Ernährungsberatung. VegMed 2021. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16296

• Meier, M., Götze, F., & Schönberg, S. (2021). Proteine, planetare Grenzen und wir. Kulinata Bern. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/43372

• Schönberg, S., & Tüfer, G. (2023). Nachhaltigkeit in der Diätetik (S. Hartung & P. Wihofszky, Eds.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.20859

• Tüfer, G., & Schönberg, S. (2021). Grundlagen der parenteralen Ernährungstherapie und Refeeding-Syndrom (S. Theobald, Ed.). utb. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/43428

• Tüfer, G., & Schönberg, S. (2021). Grundlagen der enteralen Ernährungstherapie (S. Theobald, Ed.). utb. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/43427

• Tüfer, G., & Schönberg, S. (2021). Klinische Ernährung im ambulanten Bereich (S. Theobald, Ed.). utb. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/43429

• Fesenfeld, L., Mann, S., Meier, M., Nemecek, T., Scharrer, B., Bornemann, B., Brombach, C., Beretta, C., Bürgi, E., Grabs, J., Ingold, K., Jeanneret, P., Kisling, S., Lieberherr, E., Müller, A., Pfister, S., Schader, C., Schönberg, S., Sonnevelt, M., … Zähringer, J. (2023). Wege in die Ernährungszukunft der Schweiz: Leitfaden zu den grössten Hebeln und politischen Pfaden für ein nachhaltiges Ernährungssystem. SDSN Schweiz. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.20897

• Schönberg, S. (2025). Rethinking Food Preferences: A Social Practice Perspective on Meat Consumption. 2nd Swiss Nutrition Research Symposium.

• Schönberg, S. (2021). Planetary Health - Klimakrise, Gesundheit und wir. Ein BFH-Diagonal Wahlmodul. NachhaltigHOCH3. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16297

• Schönberg, S. (2020). “Global Health Diet” im Alpenraum? In frequenz: Das Magazin des Departements Gesundheit. Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Departement Gesundheit. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.14007

• Schönberg, S., Tüfer, G., Beyli, D., & Wiezel, K. (2021). Life Cycle Assessment for Organic Swiss soft cheese imitation from cashew nut kernels. Bern University of Applied Sciences. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/43690

• Bourcet, C., Harms, E., Schönberg, S., Götze, F., & Hentgen, J. (2021). Better Taste! Less Waste. Bern University of Applied Sciences. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/42761

• Honigmelonemond: #8 Win-Win-Diät mit Sonja Schönberg (2022)

• FiBL Focus Talk: Kuhmilch oder Hafermilch – was ist nachhaltiger? (2022)

• Interview: Practice Theory Consortium Virtual Overseas Tour, 37 Sonja Schönberg (Lugano, Switzerland)

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics:
  Working Group Diets for Planetary Health

• European Sociological Association, Research Network Sociology of Consumption

• Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative, SCORAI

• Swiss Association of Dietitians, SVDE
  Expert Group on Sustainable Diets

• Stakeholder Group on the Transformation of Meat Consumption in Switzerland

• Verein Feministische Wissenschaft Schweiz

• The European Federation of the Associations of Dieticians, EFAD

• International Confederation of Dietetic Associations, ICDA,
  Supporting Sustainability in Nutrition

Development of the Home Cooking EnviRonment and Equipment Inventory Observation form (Home-CookERI TM): An Assessment of Content Validity, Face Validity, and Inter-Rater Agreement

Centre for Practice Theory at Lancaster. Lancaster University, UK.

• German - Native or bilingual proficiency
• English - Professional working proficiency
• French - Professional working proficiency

• Switzerland
• Germany
• Australia
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland