Benjamin is curious about the global land system and food system. What are the large-scale and long-term transitions of these systems? What are the drivers and dynamics behind these changes? What are the spatial patterns? What are the consequences for the environment, dietary health and inequality? And, most of all, how could we create the political conditions for a sustainable food system?

Benjamin works mainly on three topic clusters:
Food systems, dietary change, food security and obesity
The global nitrogen cycle, greenhouse gas emissions, and planetary boundaries
Land systems, agricultural markets, climate impacts, bioenergy and mitigation policies