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Academic Background

2001 – 2009Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture
Ph.D. study
Dissertation on „Institutional Change of Reclamation Systems:
A comparative Study in Germany and Poland”
1992 – 1998 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Faculty of Business and Economics
Study of Economics (Diploma)
1995 – 1996 University of Wales, Swansea, Great Britain,
Department of Economics
Study of Economics and Economic History

Professional experiences

2017 University of Kassel, Germany
Section of International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance
Senior Researcher
2015 – 2017Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Austria,
Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna
Post-Doc in the EU project OpenNESS „Operationalisation of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: From Concepts to Real-world Applications”
2013 – 2015     Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ),
Department Environmental Politics
Post-Doc in the EU project OpenNESS „Operationalisation of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: From Concepts to Real-world Applications”
2012Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden
Visiting scholar
2009 – 2013 Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Post-Doc in the research group „Market-based Instruments for Ecosystem Services” (BMBF-financed)
2006 – 2008Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Division of Resource Economics
Researcher in the EU project SEAMLESS „System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling; Linking European Science and Society”
2007Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Socio-Economics
Preparing research proposal for EU project on „Soil conservation and policy measures”
2004Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Division of Resource Economics
Researcher in the EU project MULTAGRI „Capitalisation of Research Results on the Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Rural Areas”
2003Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Division of Resource Economics
Researcher in the project „Löst Geld Nutzungskonflikte? - Zur Steuerungsproblematik von Förderprogrammen im Agrarumweltbereich” [Does money solve use conflicts – On the allocative effects of agri-environmental support programs]
(financed by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank)
2003 – 2006Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Division of Resource Economics
Researcher in the sub-project „Institutioneller Wandel von Wasserregulierungssystemen” [Institutional Change of Reclamation Systems] (PhD project) within the DFG-Research Group 497 „Strukturwandel und Transformation im Agrarbereich” [Structural Change and Transformation in Agriculture]
2002 – 2003Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Division of Resource Economics
Researcher in the evaluation team for the mid-term review of the Plan for Rural Development in the German Federal State of Brandenburg (VO (EC) Nr. 1257/1999) (financed by the Brandenburg Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Planning)
2002University of Newcastle, Great Britain,
Centre for Rural Economy
Visiting scholar
2000 - 2002Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Division of Resource Economics
Researcher in the Collaborative Research Project GRANO „Ansätze für eine dauerhaft-umweltgerechte landwirtschaftliche Produktion in Nordostdeutschland” [Approaches for a sustainable agricultural production in Northeast Germany] (BMBF-financed)

Awards and nominations

Nominated for the Humboldt-Award 2010 for scientific excellence of students and young researchers by the Dean of the Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture of
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Albrecht-Daniel-Thaer-Award 2009 of the friends and supporters of the Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Activities as reviewer and advisory board member

  • Climate Research; Die Bodenkultur; Ecological Economics; Ecological Indicators; Economics E-Journal; Ecosystem Services; Ecosystems; Environmental Management; Environmental Science & Policy; Forest Policy and Economics; International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology; International Journal of the Commons; Journal of Economics and International Finance; International Journal of Forestry and Wood Science; Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning; Journal of Geography and Regional Planning; Land Degradation and Development; Land Use Policy; Polish Journal of Environmental Studies; Policy & Society; Regional Environmental Change
  • Expert Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Assessments for Governments and Experts
  • Expert reviewer for the Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) (since 2014) and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol (since 2015)
  • Member of the advisory board of the pilot project „Inwertsetzung von Naturschutz-maßnahmen in den Nationalen Naturlandschaften” [Valuation of nature protection measures in the ‘National Nature Landscapes’], EUROPARC, Germany (2011/12)
  • Member of the review panel for the pilot project „Ecosystem Services Approach Pilot on Wetlands”, Government of Alberta, Canada (2010/11)
  • Invited expert opinion on „Institutional Requirements for Integrated Water Resource Management in Germany” for acatech – Deutsche Akademie für Technikwissenschaften (with Insa Theesfeld) (2010/11)

Teaching activities

  • Institutional Ecological Economics (Master)
    University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences
    (with Andreas Thiel), 4 SWS Summer term 2017
  • Politics of Ecosystem Services (Master),
    Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Institute of Social Ecology (Vienna),
    (with Christoph Görg), 2 SWS Winter term 2016/17
  • Land and Water Management (Master), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture (since April 2014 Faculty of Life Sciences)
    (with Insa Theesfeld (2010-2013), Nataliya Stupak (2014, 2015),
    Nina Hagemann (2014-2016) and Katrin Daedlow (2017), 4 SWS Summer term 2010 – 2017
  • Biodiversity and Conservation Management (Master),  
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture
    (since April 2014 Faculty of Life Sciences) (with Carsten Mann and Tobias Plieninger (2012/13), Franz Gatzweiler (2012/13, 2013/14) and Till Stellmacher (2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17), 4 SWS Winter term 2012/13 – 2016/17
  • Ökosystemleistungen und Landnutzung: Sozialökologische Grundlagen (Bachelor), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture (with Tobias Plieninger and Bettina Ohnesorge), 2 SWS  
    Summer term 2012
  • Governance and Management of Protected Areas in Europe and Beyond (Master), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture
    (with Tobias Plieninger and Carsten Mann), 2 SWS Summer term 2012
  • Ökosystemleistungen in (urbanen) Kulturlandschaften am Beispiel des Tempelhofer Parks in Berlin (Brückenkurs Bachelor),  
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture, 2 SWS
    Winter term 2010/11
  • Ökosystemleistungen und Landnutzung: sozialökologische Grundlagen (Bachelor), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut of Geography
    (with Tobias Plieninger and Bettina Ohnesorge), 2 SWS Summer term 2010
  • Theory, Analysis and Empirical Study of Institutions and Organisations, Promotionskolleg,  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture (with Konrad Hagedorn, Wolfgang Bokelmann and others)
    September 2006, August 2007
  • Individual lectures in master courses on ‘Environmental and Resource Economics’ and ‘Institutional and Political Economy’,  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture since winter term 2003/04
  • From September 2013 to March 2015, I organised and taught (with Nina Hagemann) a working group at the Social Sciences College V of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation on ‘Sustainability in Natural Resource Use: to ecosystem services and policy making perspective’.