Tim is a Senior Scientist at the Department of Economic-Ecological Policy Modelling at the University of Hohenheim. He works in the BEATLE project, which investigates the interactions between economic and ecological processes and outcomes in transitions to organic farming in Germany. His research interests include expanding modelling capacities to represent social processes, such as power structures and equity issues.

• Sustainability transitions in agricultural and food systems
• Power dynamics and equity in agricultural policy and modelling
• Agent-based modelling of social-ecological systems
• Resilience and climate adaptation in agriculture

Tim is responsible for coordinating and integrating the modelling activities in the BEATLE project. This includes scaling an agricultural land-use model to the German level and developing approaches to link this model with other economic and ecological models.

Ph.D. Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
Dissertation: Agent-Based Modeling of Resilience in Smallholder Agriculture: Toward Robust Models and Equitable Outcomes 

M.Sc. Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

B.Eng. Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury

• “Environmental Modeller and Researcher” at Climate Farmers GmbH
• Internship at the Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ Leipzig
• Supervision of master theses
• Teaching in Bachelor and Master courses