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David Wuepper
@davidwuepper.bsky.social
Professor and Head of Land Economics Group at Uni Bonn (@land-economics.bsky.social)
Website: https://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/en/research/research-groups/land-economics
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3p-CJ1IAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
October 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Land Economics Group at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn will soon publish another PhD vacancy (fully funded for the entire duration, on global smart farming diffusion and impacts). Funded by the Cluster of Excellence "PhenoRob" Application Deadline will be end of November!
October 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We have an open PhD position in the @Land_Economics under the supervision of @DavidWuepper. The position is fully funded for at least 3 years and will contribute to the ERC Starting Grant LAND-POLICY and other exciting projects. Deadline is end of October!
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Next week, the @Land_Economics Group @UniBonn will publish a funded, open PhD position. The research should focus on land, optimally combine satellite data and causal inference, and personality-wise, the person should enjoy being creative and working in a team. Link in response.
September 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
April 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
www.uni-bonn.de
April 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
March 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Submit your papers for this years EAAE Congress in Bonn

*Deadline is February 10*

www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/eaaecongress...
February 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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We have just published a new working paper / preprint: "Estimating Causal Effects with Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists" (with Guy Low, @davidwuepper.bsky.social, Tobias Dalhaus, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, and Stefan Hirsch): econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wp...
December 29, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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New ILR Working Paper:

Agricultural Mechanization Around the World (Roman, Hadi, Wuepper 2024)

For the first time, we now have a globally comprehensive and comparable dataset on agricultural mechanization (based on ML):

ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/34836...
December 17, 2024 at 6:50 PM
If you happen to be in #Bonn and want to attend an interdisciplinary Seminar talk (in German) on how to sustainably feed a population of 10 Billion people: drop by tomorrow: lifeethics.uni-bonn.de/veranstaltun...
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November 26, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Submit a paper to the Conference of The Agricultural Economics Society (at Bordeaux School of Economics): aes.ac.uk/annual-confere…

This year's Masterclass will be given by me:

Regression Discontinuity Designs in Agricultural and Environmental Economics

academic.oup.com/erae/article/5 
November 25, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Interesting comment by current and former colleagues across universities:

Innovations for pesticide application must consider environmental impact

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Innovations for pesticide application must consider environmental impact - Nature Food
Innovation in pesticide application is urgently needed. However, recent approaches, such as employing full-service pesticide contractors or utilizing artificial intelligence for pest control, may prio...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM
award for young researchers working on land conservation and restoration. Deadline is November 22 👇 @land-economics.bsky.social

www.unccdcop16.org/Scientific-E...
UNCCD COP16 Event
I am now a participant in COP16, join us at the UNCCD COP16 event!
www.unccdcop16.org
November 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
We are recruiting three PhD students to work with us on a new project on agricultural innovation adoption and impacts in Vietnam. We provide full funding and exciting international opportunities. Please spread the word and apply by 6 Dec 2024. Details: www.zef.de/header/vacan...
November 15, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Reposted by David Wuepper
After a long break, we are back and will post updates here soon. visit our website in the meantime: www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/en/research/...
Land Economics
The Land Economics group brings together researchers from various disciplines to identify under which conditions public policies, institutional changes, and technological innovations most effectively ...
www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de
November 14, 2024 at 8:15 PM
New publication in Nature Food: A large new database of agri-environmental policies (open access) 👇
Agri-environmental policies from 1960 to 2022 - Nature Food
A lack of systematized information on existing agri-environmental policies poses challenges for research and practice. A new database with more than 6,000 agri-environmental policies implemented over ...
www.nature.com
March 22, 2024 at 11:29 AM
February 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Looking forward to the webinar of ZEF_Bonn on Economics of Land Degradation (Feb 21st) 👇 Register here: www.zef.de/media-center...
February 12, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Where does the modern state come from?
Economists attempt to answer a profound political question www.economist.com/finance-and-...
January 6, 2024 at 4:11 PM
The future of research on sustainable food systems: Building an early-career network of agricultural economists in Europe

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 4, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by David Wuepper
Our paper 'Measuring farmer time preferences: A systematic literature review for Europe and North America' is now assigned to an issue in JAAEA

Led by @davidwuepper.bsky.social with Severin Henzmann

Paper doi.org/10.1002/jaa2...

Blog (German) agrarpolitik-blog.com/2023/12/08/d...
December 20, 2023 at 7:01 AM
Reposted by David Wuepper
New Paper: Public Policies and Global Forest Conservation

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 21, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Reposted by David Wuepper
The economics of growing threats to biodiversity worldwide: nber.org/papers/w31952
December 17, 2023 at 6:35 PM