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Land Economics

Welcome to the website of the professorship Land Economics

Here you can find information about the teaching and research of the professorship in Land Economics.

Topics in research and teaching

The focus of Land Economics is the environmental economic investigation of different land-use forms. The following topics play a central role:

• Conflicts and trade-offs among different land uses
• Design of land-use policy instruments
• Behaviour of land users
• Economic valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity

All these foci are considered from an interdisciplinary perspective. Land use is conceptualized as the management and governance of social-ecological systems.

The main research focus lies on the study of multifunctional agricultural landscapes.

Modules

• Grundlagen der Umweltökonomik (Bachelor's, summer term)
• Economic Valuation of the Environment (Master's, winter term)
• Land-Use Economics: Behaviour and Policy (Master's, winter term)

Theses

The professorship Land Economics supervises Bachelor's theses with a broad spectrum of environmental economic topics (not only land-use related). Master's theses should preferably have a clear land-use focus.

Guidelines for theses
Guidelines_theses.pdf (154.9 KB)  vom 06.08.2024

Elective area description for Bachelor's theses
Fachgebietsbeschreibung_Land Econ_en.pdf (86.9 KB)  vom 17.06.2024

Contact

Links:

• UFZ-Profile   
• Personal website   
• Junior research group AgriScape   

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