Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

The Institutes of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen have agreed to merge to form the "Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development". The Department is divided into eleven chairs.

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University of Göttingen Delegation Visit to UC Davis

From March 4th to March 7th, 2024, the University of Göttingen and UC Davis will hold a joint research symposium.

The presentations will be available to watch via Zoom. Please refer to the program for the Zoom links.

PD Dr. Andreas Klärner has been appointed as an honorary professor

Andreas Klärner was appointed as an honorary professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Göttingen, effective from 1st February 2024. Andreas Klärner, a habilitated sociologist, has been working at the Thünen Institute since 2016, focusing on poverty in rural areas and the social and political consequences of spatial inequalities.

Job opening - 15 positions for doctoral researchers

The University of Göttingen has position openings for 15 Doctoral Researchers in Food Systems Economics to join the Research Training Group 2654 “Sustainable Food Systems” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The positions should be filled by 1 September 2024. The application deadline is 20 March 2024.

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Start of the Research Network "Zukunft der Ernährung in Niedersachsen" ("Future of Nutrition in Lower Saxony" ZERN)“

The University of Göttingen, the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo) and the German Institute of Food Technology (DIL) intend to develop ways to shape the transformation of the agricultural and food systems in Lower Saxony and thus improve sustainability over the next five years.
The focus will be on agriculture, nutrition and the environment and their many interconnections.

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