Prof. Dr. Doris Läpple

Doris Läpple is Professor in Economics of Sustainable Agri-Food Systems since August 2023.

Before joining the University of Göttingen, I was Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Galway, Ireland.

I am an agricultural economist and I study how to support sustainable agricultural practices. I use farm accountancy data and gather my own survey and experimental data to explore agricultural production decisions, technology adoption and extension effectiveness, and their interactions with the environment and wider society.

I teach courses related to agricultural and food economics, as well as quantitative methods.

I am Co-Editor at the Journal of Agricultural Economics .

Please also see my personal website.


Academic Positions

seit 8/2023: Professor in Economics of Sustainable Agri-Food Systems, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Göttingen.
2021-2022: Associate Professor, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway, Ireland.
2022-2023: Visiting Researcher at the Agricultural Production and Resource Economics Department at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
2017-2021: Lecturer, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway, Ireland.
2014-2016: Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Food Economics, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
2015: Visiting Researcher, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin Madison, US .
2011-2013: Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Researcher, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway, Ireland.
2010-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department, Rural Economy and Development Programme, Teagasc, Ireland.
2009: Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Davis.

Selected Publications

Balaine, L., Läpple, D., Dillon, E.J. and Buckley, C. (2023) Extension and management pathways for enhanced farm sustainability: Evidence from Irish dairy farms, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 50(2), 810-850.

Läpple, D., Maertens, A. and Barham, B.L. (2023) Communication and advice taking: Evidence from a laboratory experiment, Economics Letters, 228.

Läpple, D., and Osawe, O. W. (2023). Concern for animals, other farmers, or oneself? Assessing farmers' support for a policy to improve animal welfare. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 105(3), 836-860.

Chavas, J-P., Läpple, D., Barham, B.L., and Dillon, E.J. (2022) An economic analysis of production efficiency: Evidence from Irish farms, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue Canadienne d'agroeconomie, 70(2), 153-173.

Läpple, D., Carter, C., and Buckley, C. (2022) Milk quota abolition, greenhouse gas emissions and Irish agriculture, Agricultural Economics, 53(1), 125-142.

Osawe, O. W., Läpple, D., Hanlon, A. and Boyle, L. (2021) Exploring farmers’ attitudes and determinants of dairy calf welfare in an expanding dairy sector, Journal of Dairy Science, 104(9): 9967-9980.

Läpple, D., Barham, B. and Chavas, J.-P. (2020) The role of extension in dynamic economic adjustment: The case of Irish dairy farms. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47: 71-94

Please see my google scholar profile for my publications.