News
August 2023
On August 22, 2023, Prof. Stephan v. Cramon-Taubadel and Prof. Ulrich Koester published a book titled "Agricultural Price Formation in Theory and Reality." More information about this book can be accessed via the following link.
July 2023
Prof. von Cramon-Taubadel has been invited to be a guest on "Der Agrarmarktpodcast". In the podcast, Philipp Schilling and Fabian Wierczoch discuss current topics and events that influence national and international agricultural markets on a weekly basis. The corresponding episode entitled "Ukraine & EU-Agrarpolitik mit Prof. v. Cramon-Taubadel" can be accessed via the following link.
December 2022
"A European policy mix to address food insecurity linked to Russia’s war" is the title of a new publication by Prof. von Cramon-Taubadel. Access the publication at the following link. Bruegel hosted a public launch event for the paper. At this event, panellists discussed the policies that EU policymakers should implement to alleviate world hunger. Recordings of the event available here.
October 2022
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development kindly invites you to the public lecture series on "The Consequences of the War in Ukraine".
The lectures will take place on Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. in the Assembly Hall on the Wilhelmsplatz.
Prof. Dr. Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel is responsible for the programme. Further information can be found here.April 2022
Offer Master Thesis at Thünen Institute of Market Analysis on: Perceptions, attitudes, and willingness to pay for local dairy products in Ghana. Further information is available for download here.
March 2022
"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – implications for grain markets and food security" is the title of a new publication by Prof. von Cramon-Taubadel. Access the publication at the following link.
November 2021
Prof. von Cramon-Taubadel was asked as an expert for the following article about the situation on the international wheat market. Although consumption is increasing more than supply, we do not have to fear a shortage.
October 2021
New publication by Prof. von Cramon-Taubadel together with Barry K. Goodwin in the Annual Review of Resource Economics (Vol. 13). The publication with the title "Price Transmission in Agricultural Markets" can be found here.
July 2021
The graduation ceremony for Anjali Katiganere Purushotham took place on 8th July with a traditional "Gänseliesel" kiss. Here are some impressions of the ceremony:
April 2021
Dr. Jessie Lins paper "The role of institutional quality on the performance in the export of coconut products" has been selected to receive the award as the best paper published in Agricultural Economics during 2020. The best paper award was established to draw attention each year to the finest work published in the journal during the preceding 12 months.
Dr. Linda Steinhübel has received one of the five prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships awarded to the University of Göttingen this year under the EU Horizon 2020 program. Her project RTSC (Rural Transformation and Structural Change) will examine trade-offs between factors that influence rural transformation processes and, specifically, decision-making by smallholder farmers in low-income countries. RTSC is a collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).