Sjoerd has nearly two decades of experience analyzing sustainability in the coffee sector, bringing a civil society perspective to questions of governance, accountability, and systemic change. With a background in sociology and development studies, he has worked across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, combining field-level program experience with advocacy initiatives and engagement with the international coffee market. This range of work has given him a nuanced understanding of how global market dynamics and structural inequalities shape the everyday realities of coffee producers.
At Ethos Agriculture, Sjoerd explores broader questions of inequality, environmental change, corporate power and governance in global trade through the lens of coffee.
He established the Coffee Barometer (www.coffeebarometer.org) to promote transparency and foster informed dialogue across the sector. His recent research focuses on the economics of smallholder farming and the ways coffee communities adapt to the growing pressures of climate change.