Research

Current research projects:

  • Consumer perspectives on short food supply chains (short food supply chains). Duration: November 2024 - November 2026.
  • "Biomensa Witzenhausen". Duration: September 2024 - August 2025. Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE) - Research Project.
  • "Organic farming, prices and value chains in Hesse 2024" (HeMa 2024). Duration: October 2024 - April 2025. HLMU-Project.
  • "Bio-Klima-Gemüse" Part: (Bio-Klima-Gemüse and Consumer). Duration: February 2024 - September 2016. Regierungspräsidium Hesse. Öko-Aktionsplan Hesse.
  • "Aktuelle Verbraucherpräferenzen für Öko-Lebensmittel in Deutschland" (Demand for organic food). Duration: Februar 2023 - Dezember 2024.
  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE) - Research Project "Use of Organic Raw Materials from Mixed Cultures in Regional Value Creation Chains as a Real Laboratory" (VORWERTS). Duration: July 2023 - June 2026. Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE) - Research Project.
  • "Holistic evaluation of alternative protein sources with special consideration of insects.“ (Pr:Ins - Holistic Evaluation) (New Food Systems). Duration: July 2022 - October 2025. Consortial BMBF-Project.
  • "Digital market platforms and their prospects and constraints in building sustainable business models for female producers, consumers and entrepreneurs in agriculture: A Bangladesh perspective" (Online-Food Marketing in Bangladesh). Duration: April 2022 - March 2025. KAAD Project.
  • „Verbraucherpräferenzen für Agroforstsysteme und ihre Produkte: das Beispiel Streuobstbau in Deutschland“ (Consumers and agroforestry systems). Duration: April 2021 - June 2025. Self funded.

Concluded third party funded research projects:

  • BMBF-Project "Agrarsysteme der Zukunft: GreenGrass - Innovative Nutzung des Grünlands für eine nachhaltige Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft im Landschaftsmaßstab, Teilprojekt D". (GreenGrass) Duration: March 2019 - August 2024.

  • Öko-Aktionsplan Hesse - Research Project "Consumer preferences for products made from Hessian legumes from conventional and organic production and with different degrees of processing" (LeguHe). Duration: March 2023 - May 2024. Final report.

  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE/BÖLN) - Research Project „Influencing factors on the choice of organic meat meals in business canteens“ (ÖkoMenü). Duration of project: January 2020 - August 2023. Final report.

  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE/BÖLN) - Research Project "Stärkung von Verbrauchervertrauen in Ökolebensmittel durch Transparenz und Framing“. (Confidence in organic food). Duration: September 2019 - December 2022.

  • Marketinggesellschaft GUTES AUS HESSEN e.V. Project "Marktstudie zu regionalen Bio-Lebensmitteln in Hessen". Duration: November 2021 - June 2022. Final report.

  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE) Core Organic CoFund - Research Project "Code of Practice for organic food processing" (ProOrg). Duration of project: April 2020 - October 2021. Final report: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/42734/

  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE/BÖLN) - Research Project "Marketing of Suboptimal Food in the Organic Retail Sector" (Suboptimal food). Duration: July 2019 - December 2021. Final report: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/43524/
  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE/BÖLN) - Research Project „Recognition of Organic Farming in Village Population“ (OeLaDorf). Duration: September 2017 – May 2020.
  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE/BÖLN) - Research Project "Organic sales potential". Duration: November 2016 - December 2020.
  • Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BLE/BÖLN) - Research Project (PSSYSTEMBIOOBST). Duration of project: April 2020 - November 2020. Final report: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/38693/