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I am an environmental economist working in strongly interdisciplinary contexts. My research focuses on the economic analysis of trade-offs in the management of multifunctional landscapes and policy options for navigating these trade-offs in the context of a transformation towards sustainability. I am particularly interested in providing a holistic (social–ecological systems) perspective on the interactions among different ecosystem components, including above-ground and below-ground biodiversity, under climate change (for more, see Research).

Currently, I am assistant professor at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany in joint appointment with the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. I lead, jointly with Andrea Kaim, the junior research group AgriScape (Trade-offs along pathways towards multifunctional agricultural landscapes), funded within the Social–Ecological Research (Sozial–Ökologische Forschung, SÖF) programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (2022–2027).

I did my PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) in environmental economics at the MLU Halle-Wittenberg in 2013–2017. My topic was the economic valuation of biodiversity, with a special focus on deliberative monetary valuation. Since then, my focus shifted more towards analysis and modelling of farmers‘ decision making and its impacts on landscape multifunctionality.

I use the blog (formerly known as Skeptische Ökonomie) that is integrated in this website as a tool for formulation and discussion of new ideas, as well as for science communication (both of own work and the work of others).

My extraprofessional interests include (South-)Eastern Europe (a legacy of my Bachelor’s studies), drinking tea, listening to avant-garde jazz, reading (philosophy, history, science fiction and fantasy), watching films and contributing to Wikipedia.

My CV.

My principles of PhD supervision (and leading/mentoring more generally).