Martin Berg

CURRENT POSITION: Planning Officer at the Property Management Department at the Municipality of Gothenburg

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Human Ecology

 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

2015- present: planning officer at the property management department at the municipality of Gothenburg.

2013-2015: Part of the project lead in the project Green Production at Mistra Urban Futures in Gothenburg. A project about creating opportunities for commercial farming in Gothenburg.

2011-2013: Consultant in a transdisciplinary and interactive research project about the interplay between citizen initiatives and invited participation in urban planning.

Martin Berg is a planning officer at the property management department at the municipality of Gothenburg. He works with farming related issues in an urban and peri-urban context focusing on creating opportunities for more commercial farmers in Gothenburg through developing models for land-lease, business models, educational projects, matchmaking, networking with private/public/academia stakeholders on different levels. He is a human ecologist with at long experience of working with sustainable urban development by focusing on food issues, democracy and entrepreneurship in transdisciplinary projects, networks, and vocational training.