PhD in agricultural economics with a regional specialisation in Asia. Over 20 years' experience in development and research at various institutions, including Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), CARE International, Helvetas, German Welthungerhilfe, Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband (German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation), GIZ, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Consultant and trainer in rural development, food security, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, gender, vulnerability analysis, adaptation to climate change, communication, leadership and conflict resolution, participatory research, evaluation of programmes and projects.

• Evaluations: Evaluation of Rural Income through Sustainable Energy (Helvetas), Assessment of the Implementation of Lao Extension Approach - Lessons learned (Helvetas), Promotion of Cooperative Self-Help groups in Asia 2012-2014 Sub-project Laos (DGRV).
• Research proposals / studies: EU proposals: Forest Governance for a civil society consortium, Food security in Tajikistan, University partnership with West Siberia; other projects: Food security and management of natural resources, nutritional agriculture in South-East Asia, climate change adaptation strategy Laos, action research on living villages in Brandenburg.
• Training: Leadership training for garment factory managers from Sri Lanka and Thailand, Laos; team building and conflict-management workshops, GIZ Laos, facilitation of GIZ staff meetings, Postgraduate courses at Humboldt Universität: Participatory research and data collection methods, participatory rural innovation and knowledge systems, communication and cooperation, socio-economics of rural development.
• Management: Disaster risk management Training Needs Assessment Afghanistan, interim management of emergency aid project WFP, food security project CARE Laos.

• Hanisch, M., Henze, J. & Stöber, S. (2021). Schranken wegen der Pandemie: Antworten der Kleinbauern. Hg. v. Seminar Für Ländliche Entwicklung, GIZ. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Berlin. Online verfügbar unter https://www.weltohnehunger.org/beitrag-lesen/antwort-der-kleinbauern-auf-einschr%C3%A4nkungen-durch-covid-19.html, zuletzt geprüft am 12.03.2021.
• Moraza, C., Stöber, S. et al. (2018). Remembering forgotten crops – developing new value chains. IN: Rural 21
• Stöber, S., Moraza, C., Zahl, L., & Kagai, E. (2018). Low-Tech Irrigation Strategies for Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in Kenya. In Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas (pp. 215-233). Springer, Cham.
• Chepkoech, W., Mungai N.W., Bett H.K., Stöber S. & Lotze-Campen H., (2018). Toward Climate Resilient African Indigenous Vegetable Production in Kenya. In: Leal Filho W. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. Springer, Cham.
• Chepkoech, W., Mungai, N. W., Stöber, S., Bett, H. K.& Lotze-Campen, H. (2018). Farmers’ perspectives: Impact of climate change on African indigenous vegetable production in Kenya. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.
• Kurgat, B., Ngenoh, E., Bett, H., Stöber, S., Mwonga, S., Lotze-Campen & H.K., Rosenstock, T. (2018). Drivers of sustainable intensification in Kenyan rural and peri-urban vegetable production. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.
• Kurgat, B., Stöber, S., Mwonga, S., Lotze-Campen, H. & Rosenstock, T. S.. Livelihood and climate trade-offs in Kenyan peri-urban vegetable production, Agricultural Systems, Available online 8 November 2017, ISSN 0308-521X
• Stöber, S., W. Chepkoech, S. Neubert, B. Kurgat, H. Bett & H. Lotze-Campen (2017). Adaptation Pathways for African Indigenous Vegetables’ Value Chains, S. 413-433, in: W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Climate Change Adaptation in Africa,Climate Change Management, Springer International Publishing AG, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49520-0_25
• Stöber, S. (2017). Kommunikation zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis als Standbein der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Projektbeispiel zukunftsfähige Nahrungssysteme, S. 247-263, in: W. Leal Filho (Hrsg.), Innovation in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung, Theorie und Praxis der Nachhaltigkeit, Springer Deutschland, DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-54359-7_14
• Stöber, S. et al. (2013). Women, Food and Land: Understanding the impact of gender on nutrition, food security and community resilience in Lao PDR, Food Security Risk and Vulnerability Survey- Summary Report in collaboration with CARE, MAF and FAO, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
• Stöber, S. (2011). Zwischen Landflucht und Lebens(t)raum – Wege zu lebendigen Dörfern in Brandenburg, Schriftenreihe Kommunikation und Beratung, Margraf Verlag Weikersheim.Rezension Netzwerk Ländlicher Raum und Link zum Shop des Margraf Verlages
• Stöber, S. (2011). Dörfliche Selbstorganisation – Allheilmittel für Dörfer in schrumpfenden Regionen?, S.41-44, in: Ländlicher Raum, Agrarsoziale Gesellschaft, Heft 20781, 62. Jahrgang.
• Stöber, S. & Knierim, A. (2010). Klimaanpassung im Praxistest, S. 9-11, in: B&B Agrar 5-2010, aid infodienst, Bonn.
• Stöber. S. & Scherfke, W. (2010). Nicht am Bedarf vorbei forschen, S.12-13, in: B&B Agrar 5-2010, aid infodienst, Bonn.
• Stöber, S. (2008). Es gibt sie doch: Lebendige Dörfer – vom ersten Tag der Dörfer, LASA Brandaktuell, 1/2008, Potsdam (S.10).
• Stöber, S. (2007): Lebendige Dörfer in schrumpfenden Regionen, BBE-Newsletter Nr.21/2007.
• Stöber, S. (2005). PLA – a catalyst for good local governance, S.723-734, in: Sixth IFSA European symposium, Farming and Rural Systems, European Farming and Society in Search of New Social Contract – Learning to Manage Change, Hrsg.: Artur Cristóvao, Villa Real, 2004.
• Stöber, S. (1998). The Village Veterinary Worker - Promoter for Livestock Development? in: ACIAR Proceedings No. 87, Upland Farming Systems in the Lao PDR - Problems and Opportunities for Livestock, Hrsg.: E.C. Chapman, B. Bouahom, P.K. Hansen, Canberra.
• Paulus, I. et al. (1994). Sheep Marketing System in Morocco - Methodological approach and results of the pilot study in the Middle Atlas, Publication Series of the Centre of Advanced Training in Agricultural and Rural Development S166, Meknès, Berlin (in French).