A study replicating our 2022 Food Policy paper (Bucheli et al., 2022) was recently published in GJAE (Schmidt et al. 2025) It's great that our discipline is starting to engage more strongly in replication efforts Replication study doi.org/10.52825/gja... Original paper doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

The ÖGA conference 2025, hosted by Hermine Mitter @uni-graz.at started with excellent key-notes by Petr Havlik @iiasa.ac.at , Monika Hartmann @unibonn.bsky.social , and Sophie Helaine @ec.europa.eu More to see tomorrow Friday! More information: oega.boku.ac.at/tagungen/oeg...

This seminar addresses scientists and experts interested in maintaining European grassland - hosting unique biodiversity, ecosystem services and cultural values. @greenet-project.bsky.social is a @biodiversa.eu project led by @bab.gv.at and 🇦🇹 partners from @bokuvienna.bsky.social and @univie.ac.at

Workshop 'Spannungsfeld nachhaltiger Pflanzenschutz' 29 Oktober 2025, 10:00 – 12:30, mit IP Suisse und der Swiss Future Farm. Teil des ETH Food Day 2025 worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and... Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos, eine Anmeldung ist jedoch erforderlich: www.eventbrite.ch/e/spannungsf...

Interested in agri-environmental policy and monitoring innovations for grasslands in Europe? Please join our GreeNet seminar on 30.09. online to learn more about our project results from @robehube.bsky.social et al. Details below 👇 and on the BAB website: bab.gv.at/index.php?op...

🌱 Webinar: Tools and Concepts for Grassland Conservation Policies 📅 30 Sept 2025 🕑 14:00–15:30 (90 min) 🔗 Zoom: greenet.boku.ac.at/results/tool... Part of the FRIES Seminar Series 👉 frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz @biodiversa.eu

Excited to contribute to the webinar “Tools and Concepts for Grassland Conservation Policies” (FRIES Seminar Series, 30 Sept). I’ll present insights from our review on collective agri-environmental schemes. 👉 Details & Zoom: greenet.boku.ac.at/results/tool...

Webinar ‘Towards climate-resilient grassland systems: the role of formal, natural and social insurance’ 24.09.2025, 90 Minutes: 14.00-15.30. Via Zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/2064408750 Part of the FRIES Seminar Series frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz

Members of our GreeNet research project came together at the European Association of Agricultural Economists Congress 2025 🌱. Great exchange, inspiring ideas, and new collaborations ahead! #Greenet #EAAE2025 #Sustainability @mschoenhart.bsky.social, @biodiversa.eu

Zeitgerecht zum Auftakt des nächsten Reformprozesses legt der profunde Kenner und Analyst @sebastianlakner.bsky.social , Prof. für Agrarökonomie der Universität Rostock, ein umfassendes Werk zur Entwicklung der #GAP vor. Hilfreich, um aus Fehlern der Vergangenheit zu lernen.

'Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services' ICYMI: New paper in Agricultural Systems led by Solen Le Clec'h & @valentinecology.bsky.social w @robehube.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

It was a great honor and pleasure to give today a keynote at the 15th Congress of the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics on “Digital Innovations in Agriculture: A Sustainability and Production Economics Perspective” Details #XVCongresoAEEA economiaagroalimentaria.es/en/xv-congre...

Happy to see our new paper out! In short: "Spatial (miss)matches of agri-environmental schemes and implications for optimization" Find the open-access paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... Thanks to Solen and @robertfinger.bsky.social @robehube.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @usyseth.bsky.social

New paper out, where we attempted to identify clusters of behaviourally similar* agri-environmental practices: www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.ph... * similar in terms of behaviourally relevant, adoption-driving factors

Best Conference Paper Award at the 18th EAAE Congress 🥳 for our paper 'Large Language Model Analysis Reveals Key Reasons Behind Massive Farmer Protests in Europe' led by Christian Stetter, and with Eva-Marie Meemken and Andrea Fürholz. Kudos Christian!! @christianstetter.bsky.social

‘Agricultura e politica: Quant ferma è la politica agrara en Svizra?’ Interview on the role of agriculture in the Swiss policy landscape in Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR) (in Rumantsch) www.rtr.ch/novitads/svi...

🌱 News from #EAAE2025 in Bonn! Viviane Fahrni presented our choice experiment results on farmers’ willingness to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes across six European regions. Paper with @monikasuskevics.bsky.social, @mschoenhart.bsky.social, @robehube.bsky.social and others.

Congratulations to our chair @robertfinger.bsky.social for receiving the European Association of Agricultural Economists' (EAAE) Fellowship Award 👏

Fellow of the European Association of Agricultural Economists🥳 I am beyond words and incredibly honored to receive the European Association of Agricultural Economists' (EAAE) Fellowship Award, the highest recognition in European agricultural economics. eaae.org/ItemText.asp...

Great session on Agricultural Economics & Open Science today at the 18th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, led by Carola Grebitus and Julia Höhler! With contributions by Jutta Roosen, Silke Hüttel, Romain Espinosa and Eleni Toli doi.org/10.1093/qope...

Excellent presentation by Robert Huber on a paper on ‘The Role of Behavioral and Social Factors in Agent-Based Models for Agricultural Policy Evaluations’ at the 18th EAAE Congress in a great session on ‘Behavioural Experimental Methods & Modelling’ @robehube.bsky.social

Outstanding and important keynote by Anna Dreber on '(Predicting) Replication Outcomes and Generalizability' at the XVIII EAAE Congress sites.google.com/site/annadre... www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/eaaecongress...

Great Opening Session of the 18th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), hosted by the University of Bonn. With welcoming addresses and keynotes by Monica Hartmann, Jose Gill, and Elizabeth Robinson and others Details congress www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/eaaecongress...

‚Understanding Farmer Behaviour for Successful Climate Change Mitigation in Voluntary Initiatives’ New paper in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics led by Marta Tarruella with @robehube.bsky.social, N El Benni, G Mack, D Schäfer onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fernerkundungstechnologien können herbizidfreie Produktionssysteme ökonomisch attraktiver machen und deren Umweltfussabdruck senken Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog. Lead Eileen Ziehmann & mit @robehube.bsky.social agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/08/13/f... Paper im Journal of Agr Econ doi.org/10.1111/1477...

I am deeply honored to be invited as keynote speaker at the 15th Congress of the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics My keynote address is titled “Digital Innovations in Agriculture: A Sustainability and Production Economics Perspective” Details economiaagroalimentaria.es/en/xv-congre...

Paolo Brignoli joined our AECP group at ETH Zurich as a postdoctoral researcher this week. His research focuses on exploring how machine learning and artificial intelligence can support agricultural policy making and advance research in agricultural economics. We are excited to have you on board🥳

‘Policies to Transform the Agricultural and Food Systems‘ I am looking forward to giving a talk and facilitating group work at the World Food System Center Summer School at ETH Zurich this week Details on the WFSC and the summer school worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/education/su... @ethzwfsc.bsky.social

‚Pathways for biodiversity enhancement in German agricultural landscapes‘ New paper in People and Nature led by Christian Sponagel & Amybeth Thompson with many coauthors, e.g. @sebastianlakner.bsky.social @naturealexk.bsky.social Open Access besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

👇 This is an excellent opportunity to join this fantastic group led by our great new colleague Prof. Melissa Chapman @milliechapman.bsky.social at the USYS Department @usyseth.bsky.social ofETH Zürich @ethz.ch as doctoral student or postdoc!

‘Remote‐Sensing for Herbicide‐Free Agriculture: A Bio‐Economic and Policy Appraisal’ New paper in the Journal of Agricultural Economics led by Eileen Ziehmann and with Robert Huber @robehube.bsky.social @ethzwfsc.bsky.social Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"Die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik der EU - Vergangenheit, Reformen u Gegenwart." Das Buch erscheint im 09/2025. Mein Buchprojekt wird nach 4J intensiver Schreibarbeit abgeschlossen. Ich hoffe, ich kann damit zur Ausbildung & Diskussion im Bereich Agrarpolitik beitragen. link.springer.com/book/9783658...

Call for abstracts: 54th Annual conference Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA) May 07-08, 2026 at BFH in Zollikofen Topic “Economic and social resilience in the agricultural and food sector” Deadline 15.10.2025 Further details www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/m...

We had a great visit today at Agroscope Changins as part of the AECP group retreat. Thank you for the excellent overview and the valuable insights into various research projects related to plant protection and much more besides. Many thanks to Alain Gaume and the entire team for welcoming us!

tl;dr: Nur Flächenprämien sollen ein einheitliches Mindestbudget behalten, über Konditionalität und 2. Säule sollen Mitgliedsstaaten weitgehend eigenständig entscheiden können.

Kurzes Interview im SRF-Radio zum Thema Agrarzölle der Schweiz Mein Punkt: auch komparative Vorteile sind für Effekte tieferer Zölle (und ihre Akzeptanz) entscheidend. Erfahrungen aus dem Käsefreihandel lassen sich nicht zwingend auf alle anderen Produkte übertragen www.srf.ch/audio/rendez...

Ich freue mich über die Einladung zur Tagung zu nachhaltigen Anbausystemen, 3.–4. Juli 2025, Universität Göttingen Thema meines Vortrags: „Wege zu nachhaltigen Anbausystemen: Handlungsperspektiven für Wissenschaft, Politik und Industrie.“ www.dlg-mitteilungen.de/events

Our paper 'Open science in agricultural economics’ is now finally published in an issue in Q Open Joint with @arne-henningsen.bsky.social J Höhler @robehube.bsky.social @jensrommel.bsky.social & C Grebitus Open Access: doi.org/10.1093/qope... Special issue academic.oup.com/qopen/issue/...

Great conference today in Bern on ‘Advancing Open Research Data (ORD) Practices: collaboration and innovation in the ETH Domain'! The event showcased various projects and achievements from the ORD program of the ETH Domain Details on program & projects open-research-data-portal.ch

'Das betriebliche Entscheidungsverhalten zwischen herbizidfreier Landwirtschaft und konservierender Bodenbearbeitung' Blog Post zu unserem neuen AJAE Paper (lead: @vivianagg.bsky.social mit Yanbing Wang und Niklas Möhring) Blog agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/06/06/d... Paper doi.org/10.1111/ajae...

ETH Zurich is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Decision Sciences. D-MTEC Contact person: Torbjørn Netland Details and Application: ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Wrapped up our yearly assembly for GreeNet 🌿— a research initiative focused on grassland conservation, safeguarding biodiversity through ecological networks. Funded by @biodiversa.eu, we had productive discussions on our progress and next steps. Exciting work ahead! 💬🌱🧠 #Biodiversity #Grasslands

As part of our assembly, we had the chance to visit the Corncrake LIFE project 🌾— working closely with farmers and landowners to improve habitat for corncrakes. Huge thanks to Liam Loftus and John Carey for the inspiring exchange and valuable insights! 🦗👏 @biodiversa.eu

⛰️🐄🥛 Discussing sustainable dairy farming from #Alps to #Rockies w/ US Dairy Ed Consortium students in New Mexico! @ethz.ch & Swiss producers shared insights on research, policy & Swiss programs. Great discussion on US/Swiss systems & scale. Thanks all! #SustainableDairy #Switzerland

‘Farmer behavior toward herbicide‐free agriculture and conservation tillage’ New paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, led by Viviana Garcia, with Yanbing Wang and Niklas Möhring Open Acces doi.org/10.1111/ajae...

'IAW Compagnons 2025' Gestern fand das ETH-Agrarökonomie-Alumni-Event IAW Compagnons im Dozentenfoyer der ETH Zürich statt. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, Alumni aller Jahrgänge miteinander und mit der ETH zu vernetzen.

Fantastic visit to the Agroscope research sites at the Liebefeld campus on cheese, algae and bees, followed by a welcome address by Eva Reinhard (Agroscope) 53th Annual conference of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA) www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/m...

Great keynote speeches followed by engaging discussions by Laura Spring and Jeroen Candel at the 53th Annual conference of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA) www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/m...

The Best Presentation and Best Poster Awards 53th Annual conference of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA) go to Sandra Contzen, Jonas Schmitt and Eva Winter! Very well deserved! Congratulations! www.sse-sga.ch/sse-sga/meta...

The video of my presentation ‘Europe's pesticide policy and its impact on agriculture and food systems’ In the EUI Webinar The EU vision on sustainability in agriculture is now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gym... (10 minutes, starting from minute 07:30) Background paper doi.org/10.1111/agec...