DFG funds new Research Training Group “ECORISK” for the next five years

The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the Research Training Group “Ecological Regime Shifts and Systemic Risks in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems (ECORISK)” at Osnabrück University from October 2024.
 
We are very pleased to announce that funding for the new Research Training Group has been approved by the DFG. In the course of the Research Training Group, a total of 20 new doctoral positions will be created, which will be jointly dedicated to the topic of dynamics and consequences of regime change in this highly interdisciplinary Research Training Group. You can find the official press release here.
Two doctoral positions will initially be filled in the field of environmental economics; two more will follow at a later date.
Further information on the project and the calls for applications can be found on the project website.

REECAP Award for young researchers of the 5th REECAP Conference 2023 in Warsaw awarded to Thomas Rellensmann

From 26th to 28th September 2023, agricultural economists from the REECAP consortium met for the fifth annual conference in Warsaw, Poland.

About 50 researchers from the REECAP consortium (Research Network on Economic Experiments for the Agricultural Policy) met this yar at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Marieke Baaken, Moritz Fritschle, and Thomas Rellensmann represented the Department of Environmental Economics with conference presentations.

Starting at the Warsaw meeting, members of the REECAP board award the "REECAP award for young researchers" for contributions to the field of agri-experimental economics. The assessment accounted for three criteria: scientific merit, policy relevance, and clarity and structure of the presentation. This year, one of the two prizes was awarded to Thomas Rellensmann for his conference contribution "Combined result-based and collective agri-environmental schemes for landscape-scale benefits: Experimental evidence from Germany” and to Damien Mayaux from the Paris School of Economics. He was awarded for his contribution “Promoting Green Consumption in Retail Markets: Behavioural Interventions under Strategic Pricing”.

Members of the Environmental Economics Department at the XVII EAAE Congress in Rennes

From 29 August to 1 September 2023, over 1000 agricultural economists from all over the world met for the 17th EAAE Congress in Rennes, France.

Over 1,000 scientists, practitioners, stakeholders, and policymakers worldwide gathered at the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists) Congress. The conference's motto was "Agri-Food Systems in a Changing World". Presentations and posters were presented at the Couvent des Jacobins Congress Centre for four days. The Department of Environmental Economics was represented by Thomas Rellensmann and Moritz Fritschle.

8th Workshop of 'Experimental Economics for the Environment'

On 12 and 13 July 2023, experimental economists from Germany and abroad met for the 8th annual workshop on 'Experimental Economics for the Environment' in Bochum.

In addition to three keynotes, the agenda included numerous presentations of current studies and a poster session. From the Department of Environmental Economics, Moritz Fritschle and Thomas Rellensmann as well as our former colleague Tobias Vorlaufer presented current research from the EU FRAMEwork project and a joint study, respectively. The workshop was rounded off by a joint visit to the German Mining Museum.