Dr. Silja Zimmermann

Dr. Silja Zimmermann

Researcher
Environmental Sciences
s.zimmermann@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (2025). Leveraging value-based pathways for Indigenous food security through participatory scenario planning: A case study from St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA. Futures, 170, Article 103610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2025.103610
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/263753571/1-s2.0-S0016328725000722-main.pdf
Zimmermann, S. (2025). Tipping the Iceberg - Leveraging a food system transformation for Arctic Indigenous communities. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/2913
Zimmermann, S., Dermody, B. J., Carothers, C., Di Fant, V., Divine, L. M., Lestenkof-Zacharof, K., Padula, V. M., Theunissen, B., Wassen, M. J., & Dorresteijn, I. (2025). Value change debt as a window of opportunity for transformative change: a case study on the mixed Indigenous food system of St. Paul Island, Alaska. Sustainability Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01665-z

2024

Scholarly publications

Zimmermann, S., Dermody, B. J., Davis, N., Divine, L. M., Padula, V. M., Lestenkof-Zacharof, K., Wassen, M. J., & Dorresteijn, I. (2024). The importance of diversity in local food systems: a network analysis of food-related interactions in the indigenous food system on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Regional Environmental Change, 24(2), Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02255-y
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/226637600/s10113-024-02255-y.pdf
Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Dorresteijn, I., Leventon, J., Stojanovic, M., Lam, D. P. M., Lang, D. J., Moriggi, A., Raymond, C. M., Stålhammar, S., Weiser, A., & Zimmermann, S. (2024). Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward. Global Sustainability, 7, Article e14. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.12
http://@https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/451565/transformative-research-for-sustainability-characteristics-tensions-and-moving-forward.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Zimmermann, S., Dermody, B., Theunissen, B., Wassen, M., Divine, L., Padula, V., von Wehrden, H., & Dorresteijn, I. (2023). A leverage points perspective on Arctic Indigenous food systems research: A systematic review. Sustainability Science, 18(3), 1481-1500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01280-2
http://@https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/429398/s11625-022-01280-2.pdf?sequence=1