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Bartosz presented his work on modelling farmers’ decision-making within multifunctional agricultural landscapes, showcasing the development of the FAMUS (Farm decisions for Multifunctionality at landscape Scale) agent-based model.

Thanks to Bartosz for presenting his work on landscape-scale agent based modeling of farm decisions in our AEEP-Seminar!

Valentin presented his work with LCIA models, and the idea of moving beyond global-average impact factors by using regionalized data. In this approach, country-specific characterization factors are combined with actual trade flows, creating a more realistic picture of the impact of food consumption.

Benjamin presented nitrogen as "too much of a good thing," balancing agricultural benefits vs. environmental costs. The outlined path forward: improving efficiency, shifting diets, and electrifying industry, was comprehensive and actionable, with the Nitrogen Surplus Tax as a practical policy tool.

Franziska presented her research using agent-based modeling with the AgriPoliS framework, showing how reinforcement learning and machine learning techniques can be integrated into ABMs to simulate strategic behavior on agricultural land markets.

Continuing our AEEP-Seminar with talks from Dr. Franziska Appel from Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO), Dr. Benjamin Bodirsky from Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) and Valentin Schlecht from Universität Hohenheim - Thanks to all of you!

A big thank you to Christian Grovermann (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture - FiBL) for being the first external speaker of this semester’s AEEP Seminar with his talk on “Using Impact Evaluation to Support Organic and Agroecological Transitions”. Looking forward to the next presentations!

Seminar Schedule

The Agri-Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar returns this winter term at the University of Hohenheim, bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest insights on agriculture, environmental sustainability, and economic policy.

Wir haben wieder etwas publiziert😍🤓🥳

Morgen ist es soweit! Das Thema ist spannend ist und wir haben uns ein (hoffentlich) interessantes Format überlegt.

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The BEATLE Team

Esther Amankwahs presentation: Towards Conserving Species-rich Hay Meadows: What Explains Farmer Participation in Agri-Environment-Climatic Measures?

Hannah Bücheler – Co-creating Scenarios for a Biodiversity-friendly Agri-food System: A Case Study from Germany

Impressions from Hohenheim’s side of the BEATLE project visit to EAAE, the congress was an inspiring opportunity to exchange ideas, explore innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture, and connect with researchers and practitioners across Europe.

Das Starter-Kit von @akrotelm.bsky.social sucht nach Ergänzungen.

Saskia OSTERKAMP | PhD Student | Master of Science | University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart | Agricultural and Food Policy Unit | Research profile Saskia OSTERKAMP, PhD Student of University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart | Read 1 publication | Contact Saskia OSTERKAMP

In her ecological-economic modelling study she looked at the effects of increasing organic farming to 35% by 2030 in Baden-Württemberg and the implications for food production, land use and pollinators.
You can follow her research here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Sask...

Saskia Osterkamp presenting her research on organic farming and biodiversity impacts at the XVIII EAAE Congress at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. #EAAE2025

Open Lab Abend: Teller der Zukunft | Futurium Wie es mit Klimawandel und Biodiversitätsverlust weitergeht, hängt maßgeblich auch von der Landwirtschaft ab. Aber wie müsste Landwirtschaft aussehen, um möglichst klimafreundlich zu sein? Und wie kön...

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Was braucht es, damit Agrarlandschaften zu Klima- & Biodiversitätsschutz beitragen? Und wie hängt das mit den eigenen Konsumentscheidungen zusammen?

Darum wird es im Open Lab Abend am Futurium in Berlin gehen, den meine Gruppe am 18. September organisiert: futurium.de/de/open-lab-...

Spannendes Paper von unseren Freunden von @beatleresearch.bsky.social

Update: Thanks to improved funding, the PhD position is now 75% FTE (~€42K) instead of 65%!
Same deadline, same topic — just a better deal.
Full Job posting: bit.ly/eep_positions
Feel free to share or apply if you haven't yet!

Update: Thanks to improved funding, the PhD position is now 75% FTE (~€42K) instead of 65%!
Same deadline, same topic — just a better deal.
Full Job posting: bit.ly/eep_positions
Feel free to share or apply if you haven't yet!

Job Offer: PhD-candidate (m/f/d) 65%, TV-L EG13 and Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) 100%, TV-L EG13

We're hiring 2 quantitative researchers (m/f/d) at @unihohenheim.bsky.social
📍 PhD position (~€37K, 65%) + Postdoc (~€63K, 100%)
🔬 Work on biodiversity-friendly agriculture using CGE, land-use & ecosystem models
📧 Apply by July 30
More info: bit.ly/EEP_postdoc_...

Spannender Austausch zu den Erfolgen und Herausforderungen der sozial-ökologischen Forschung (unter anderem mit @agriscape.bsky.social) bei der SÖF-Nachwuchsgruppenkonferenz in Kassel.

Das Engagement vor Ort ist beeindruckend – und ein wichtiger Teil der Diskussion darüber, wie solche Instrumente künftig noch gezielter zur Förderung von Biodiversität beitragen können.

Gemeinsam mit Akteur:innen aus drei Regionen wurden bestehende, oft wenig beachtete Ansätze gesammelt – von Bildungsprojekten über regionale Vermarktung bis hin zu ehrenamtlicher Landschaftspflege.

Impressions from the first three workshops, digital drawing of a chicory plant, BEATLE logo

Nicht-staatliche Instrumente im Fokus – BEATLE-Dialogforen in der zweiten Runde

Welche nicht-staatlichen Instrumente tragen bereits heute zum Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt im Agrar- und Ernährungssystem bei? Dieser Frage sind wir in der zweiten Runde der BEATLE-Dialogforen nachgegangen.

You can connect with him on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/tim-willi...) and view his previous publications on Google Scholar. He also occasionally blogs about his research on his personal website (tgwilliams.com).

He also held a postdoctoral position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where his research focused on the actor networks and power dynamics shaping European agriculture. He holds a PhD in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Before joining Hohenheim, Tim worked as an Environmental Modeller at Climate Farmers, developing methodologies to quantify carbon sequestration on regenerative farms.

Tim is an interdisciplinary researcher with experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods, aiming to understand how agricultural and food systems can transition to become more sustainable and equitable.

His work will focus on using simulation models to evaluate the joint ecological and economic impacts of transitions to organic agriculture.

Our new colleague Tim holding some freshly hartvested garlic

Welcome, Dr. Tim Williams to Universität Hohenheim!

Tim joined the BEATLE team in March 2025 as a Senior Scientist at the Department for Ecological-Economic Policy Modelling.

Dear #Econsky and #TeachEcon,
I promise, I’ll be annoying you with this over the next few weeks! The @eeanews.bsky.social is once again awarding its two Teaching Awards. (1/2)