The most important stages of the career
since 2010
Head of the Chair "Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development" at the Hans Ruthenberg Institute of the University of Hohenheim
2004-2010
Research Associate at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC, Head of the "Governance" Research Programme
1997-2004
Research Associate at the Institute for Rural Development at the University of Göttingen
2003
Habilitation in Agricultural Economics at the University of Göttingen
1997
Doctorate in Social Economics of Agricultural Development at the University of Göttingen
1992
Graduation as Dipl.-Ing. agr. (Univ.) at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan
Activities and Memberships
since 2021
Member of the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB)
since 2012
Member of the Scientific Advisory Council for Agricultural and Food Policy of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
2012-2019
Member of the second Bioeconomy Council of the Federal Government
since 2017
Member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of the State of Baden-Württemberg
since 2018
Member of the Board of the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR)
since 2020
Member of the Bioeconomy Advisory Council of the State of Baden-Württemberg
since 2004
Advisory work for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Bank
