We have an open PhD position in the @Land_Economics under the supervision of @DavidWuepper. The position is fully funded for at least 3 years and will contribute to the ERC Starting Grant LAND-POLICY and other exciting projects. Deadline is end of October!

Next week, the @Land_Economics Group @UniBonn will publish a funded, open PhD position. The research should focus on land, optimally combine satellite data and causal inference, and personality-wise, the person should enjoy being creative and working in a team. Link in response.

Submit your papers for this years EAAE Congress in Bonn *Deadline is February 10* www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/eaaecongress...

We have just published a new working paper / preprint: "Estimating Causal Effects with Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists" (with Guy Low, @davidwuepper.bsky.social, Tobias Dalhaus, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, and Stefan Hirsch): econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wp...

New ILR Working Paper: Agricultural Mechanization Around the World (Roman, Hadi, Wuepper 2024) For the first time, we now have a globally comprehensive and comparable dataset on agricultural mechanization (based on ML): ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/34836...

Submit a paper to the Conference of The Agricultural Economics Society (at Bordeaux School of Economics): aes.ac.uk/annual-confere… This year's Masterclass will be given by me: Regression Discontinuity Designs in Agricultural and Environmental Economics academic.oup.com/erae/article/5 

award for young researchers working on land conservation and restoration. Deadline is November 22 👇 @land-economics.bsky.social www.unccdcop16.org/Scientific-E...

We are recruiting three PhD students to work with us on a new project on agricultural innovation adoption and impacts in Vietnam. We provide full funding and exciting international opportunities. Please spread the word and apply by 6 Dec 2024. Details: www.zef.de/header/vacan...

After a long break, we are back and will post updates here soon. visit our website in the meantime: www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/en/research/...

New publication in Nature Food: A large new database of agri-environmental policies (open access) 👇

Looking forward to the webinar of ZEF_Bonn on Economics of Land Degradation (Feb 21st) 👇 Register here: www.zef.de/media-center...

The future of research on sustainable food systems: Building an early-career network of agricultural economists in Europe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our paper 'Measuring farmer time preferences: A systematic literature review for Europe and North America' is now assigned to an issue in JAAEA Led by @davidwuepper.bsky.social with Severin Henzmann Paper doi.org/10.1002/jaa2... Blog (German) agrarpolitik-blog.com/2023/12/08/d...

New Paper: Public Policies and Global Forest Conservation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The economics of growing threats to biodiversity worldwide: nber.org/papers/w31952

Measuring farmer time preferences: A systematic literature review for Europe and North America New open access paper with Robert Finger and Severin Henzmann doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.97

📍new paper: H. Kamau (ZEF Bonn), S. Roman (Land Economics Group Uni Bonn), & L. Biber-Freudenberger (ZEF Bonn): Nearly half of the world is suitable for diversified farming for sustainable intensification: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🚜Agricultural Innovation Experts: We are conducting a 🌎survey on the adoption / profitability of high-tech Ag Innovations. The survey is short (4 Qs) & incl. a world map. There is also a reward. Send me an email for the link! Please incl. explanation what makes you an expert! 🛰️

Hi All 🙋‍♂️ I am looking for good examples of research in agricultural and resource economics that uses satellite data in any(!) way. Please share your favorites and your own! 🙏

Paper Water, Wet Water, and the Recognition of Indigenous Property Rights" by Leslie Sanchez (), Bryan Leonard (), and Eric Edwards () www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Conservation funding goes to high value areas in South America but not so much to high risk areas: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am looking for a room or an apartment in #Munich starting in January and for three months. It’s for an economics student who will do an internship at the @ifo_Institut. Thanks! 🏡🏘️🏠

Mapping Industrial Influences on Earth's Ecology 🌏🧪https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-environ-112420-013640

Now online: Presentation and discussion of the Regional Assessment for Europe of the Global Peatlands Assessment www.unep.org/resources/gl.... Thank you to >200 people from all over Europe for being part of it! The 1x1 km grid map is available here: greifswaldmoor.de/global-peatl...

Our review article on behavioral agricultural economics has now appeared in print and Is still open access well: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JEC7GD...