BEATLE: Evaluating agricultural and food policies leading to transformation pathways towards a biodiversity-friendly land-use and food system

• Role: Principle Investigator.
• Project secured as part of the junior research group program funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).Grant number: 01UU2201A
• Time period: 07/2022 – 06/2027
• Total project funding: 2,692,987 EUR
• Acquired funds for own research: 2,282,277 EUR.
• Project includes funding for research group leader (E14 / W1), three Phd positions (E13 75%) and project coordinator (E10 50%).
• Consortium partner: Dr. Anne Mupepele, Postdoc in Prof. Dr. Alexandra Klein’s research group, Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg (Funding of: 410,710 €)
• Collaboration inter alia with Prof. Dr. Claudia Bieling, Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass, Prof. Dr. Christian Lippert, Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck (all University of Hohenheim), Prof. Dr. Erwin Schmid (BOKU Vienna), Dr. Maria Kernecker (ZALF Leibniz).

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HOPE: Hohenheim Model Framework for Ecological-Economic Policy Evaluation

The project develops a spatially high-resolution and sectorally detailed ecological-economic modelling framework for the German agri-food system. Its aim is to analyze biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes and to assess the effectiveness of policy measures while explicitly accounting for supply and demand for organic and conventional food. To this end, ecological, land-use, and computable general equilibrium models are further developed and integrated in a data- and computation-intensive research approach.

• Role: Principle Investigator.
• Funded by Hector Hector STEM Personnel Fund at the University of Hohenheim funded by the H.W. & J. Hector Foundation, Weinheim.
• Time period: 2025-2029
• Acquired funds: 725.818,00 EUR

Promotionskolleg HABIT Leverage points for the transformation of agricultural landscapes

• Ökologische und sozio-ökonomische Analyse marktbasierter Anreizsysteme für freiwillige biodiversitätsfördernde Kompensationsleistungen
  Kooperierende Institut: Institut für Landschaft und Umwelt (ILU)

• Agrarpolitische Szenarien für biodiversitätsfreundliche Landnutzungsoptionen in peripheren Räumen und deren sozio-ökonomische Analyse

• Role: Supervisor for two Phd-Projects (first and second supervision)
• Funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts
• Time period: 03/2023 – 09/2026
• Acquired funds for own research: approx. 86,400 EUR
• Partners: Prof. Dr. Markus Röhl and Prof. Dr. Alexander Peringer (both University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen), Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck (University of Hohenheim)

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PollVall: Blind spots in the economic methods of valuing declines in pollinator populations

• Role: Principle Investigator.
• Partially funded by a fellowship on interdisciplinary economics by Joachim-Herz Stiftung
• Time period: 10/2020 – 01/2024
• Acquired funds for own research: 12,500 EUR
• Partners: Prof. Dr. Christian Lippert (University of Hohenheim), Prof. Dr. Johannes Steidle (University of Hohenheim), Dr. Anne Mupepele (University of Freiburg)

Habit: Leverage points for the transformation of agricultural landscapes

• Role: Supervisor for two Phd-Projects (first and second supervision)
• Funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts
• Time period: 03/2023 – 09/2026
• Acquired funds for own research: approx. 86,400 EUR
• Partners: Prof. Dr. Markus Röhl and Prof. Dr. Alexander Peringer (both University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen), Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck (University of Hohenheim)