Prof. Dr. Thomas Heckelei

2002: Habilitation, University of Bonn
1995: Ph.D. Agricultural Economics and Economics at Washington State University,
Pullman
1991: "Diplom" in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at University of Bonn
1990: Masters of Arts in Agricultural Economics at Washington State University,
Pullman

2003 – today: Professor for Economic and Agricultural Policy, Institute for Food and
Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn
2020 – 2023: Dean for the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn
2002 – 2003: Assistant professor at the IMPACT Center / Department of Agricultural
and Resource Economics, Washington State University,
1995 – 2001: Assistant professor (“Hochschulassistent”) Institute for Agricultural
Policy, Market Research, and Economic Sociology, University of Bonn

Cao, Nguyen Que An: Market expectations, public information and uncertainty
resolution in agricultural commodity and equity markets, 2023
Marton, Tibor András: Dynamics of adjustment in agriculture – Essays on dairy
productivity, dairy quota system and sustainable corn production, 2023
Agyei-Sasu, Felix: Structural transformation and labour market development in
Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria, 2023
Shang, Linmei: Technology adoption and upscaling of detailed
farm-level models, 2023
Gerullis, Maria Katharina: The governance of plant breeding - a social-ecological systems perspective, 2022
Latka, Catharina: Agri-food policies and Sustainable Development Goals –
Quantitative food system analyses, 2022
Eggemann, Lea: An environmental and economic assessment of a novel Power-
to-Fuel system for biogas plants, 2021
Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr: Aspiration, shocks and rural poverty, 2021
Chang, Chiao-Ya: Impacts of the expansion of aquaculture on global agricultural
markets and land use change, 2021
Schröder, Lilli Aline: Quantitative modelling of the Rural Development Programs of
the Common Agricultural Policy - EU-wide and region-specific effects, 2020
Amrouk, El Mamoun: Price dynamics and interaction of international cash crop and
staple food markets, 2020
Gebrekidan, Bisrat Haile: Modelling the dynamics of land use & intensification in the
Kilombero Valley, Tanzania, 2020
Götze, Franziska: Demand for organic food in Switzerland, 2019
Khalili, Hamed: Spatial competition of learning agents in agricultural procurement markets, 2019
Bassey, Nkoyo Etim: Post-harvest losses in Sub-Saharan Africa – measurement concepts and economic assessment of reduction strategies, 2018
Zhang, Yinan: Conceptualising and estimating rationalised agricultural
optimisation models, 2018
Zavelberg, Yvonne: Imperfect competition in an oligopsonistic setting - A study on
the German raw milk market, 2016
Rasch, Sebastian: Resilience, collapse and reorganization of a rangeland socio-
ecological system in South Africa, 2016
Huseynov, Rashad: Welfare and Economy-Wide Effects of Azerbaijan’s Accession
to the World Trade Organization: A Quantitative Assessment, 2015
Grosche, Stephanie: Price effects from the financialization of agricultural commodity
markets, 2015
Storm, Hugo: Methods of analysis and empirical evidence of farm structural
change, 2014
Kempen, Markus: EU wide analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy using
spatially disaggregated data, 2013
Götz, Christian: Economic incentives of the WTO dispute settlement system
with an empirical focus on the agro-food sector, 2012
Zimmermann, Andrea: Empirical analysis of farm structural change at EU level, 2012
Annen, Dominic N.: Farm Animal Welfare: Measurement and Compliance, 2012
Schlüter, Simon W.: Impact of regulatory measures on international trade in meat
products, 2012
Adenäuer, Lucie: Foreign Direct Investment in the Agribusiness Sector, 2011
Becker, Arno: Impact of European bioful policies on global bioful and
agricultural markets, 2011
Doerr, Rainer: Agrarpolitische Willensbildung in Deutschland in der Europäischen Union und auf internationaler Ebene, 2009
Heidecke, Claudia: Economic analysis of water use and management in the Middle
Drâa valley of Morocco, 2009
Gocht, Alexander: Methods in Economic Farm Modelling, 2009
Junker, Franziska: Trade liberalisation between the EU and the Mercosur
countries: An economic assessment for the case of beef, 2009
Gruber, Ina: The Impact of Socio-Economic Development and Climate Change on Livestock Management in Benin, 2008
Jansson, Torbjoern: Econometric specification of constrained
optimization models, 2007
Adenäuer, Marcel: Modelling the European Sugar Sector - Incentives to Supply
Sugar Beets and Analysis of Reform Options, 2006
Wieck, Christine: Development of Marginal Cost Distributions in Dairy Production
Regions of the EU, 2005
Bauer, Kai: EU-Enlargement: Perspectives for Agriculture and Rural Areas
in Major Accession Countries, 2005
Bilame, Odass: Performance and Prospects of Agriculture during Structural
Adjustment Programmes in Tanzania, 2003

• Agricultural Economics
• American Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Environmental Modelling & Software
• European Journal of Operational Research
• European Research Council (ERC)
• European Review of Agricultural Economics
• Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
• Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
• Land Economics
• Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
• Nature Food
• Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF)

• Stipend of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" (DFG, German Research
  Foundation) in support of research on Positive Mathematical Programming
  models: September 2000 – August 2001
• Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for participation in the Ph.D.-Program at Washington State University, 1992/1993
• Outstanding graduation award for best Diplom in Agricultural Economics at the
  University of Bonn, Spring 1991
• Exchange scholarship between Washington State University and University of Bonn, (Fall 1989 and Spring 1990)
• Award for excellence in teaching, Agricultural Faculty at the University of Bonn, 2013
• Award for excellence in teaching, University of Bonn, 2015
• Board member of the International Agricultural Trade Research Council
  (IATRC, 2007 – 2009)
• Chair of the Taiwanese-German Association for Economic and Social Research since 2007
• Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (until December 2011)
• American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
• European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
• German Association of Agricultural Economists (GeWiSoLa)
• Vice dean for research and young researchers, Agricultural Faculty of the University of Bonn (2013 – 2016)
• Chair of the EAAEP Foundation since 2012
• German Science Foundation (DFG), field committee member 'Fachkollegiat’,
  April 2016 to March 2020