Projects at the Agricultural and Resource Economics Research Group

LAMASUS – Land use and Management modelling for Sustainable governance

Within this project, the research group collaborates with researcher from 16 EU countries to develop modeling tools and to study conditions for achieving climate neutrality in the European land use sector by 2035.As part of the European Green Deal, the EU must achieve climate neutrality by 2050.The…

ongoing, 09/2022 - 08/2026
ERA-FDC KUR: Exploring Agriculture’s Potential for Food Production, Rural Development, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: a Case…

Widespread areas of abandoned agricultural lands are located in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia (KUR). However, it remains largely unstudied whether abandoned lands should be recultivated to ensure stable food supply, particularly considering projections of increasing climatic ensitivity of the…

completed, 05/2021 - 04/2024
ValPar.CH – Values of the ecological infrastructure in Swiss parks

Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the interdisciplinary research team of the ValPar.CH project analyzes social, economic and environmental values of the ecological infrastructure in Swiss parks of national importance, assesses its potential development pathways and…

completed, 10/2020 - 08/2024
International Virtual Course - Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning (IVC)

The ZHAW's International Virtual Course ‘Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning’ with partners in Brazil, India and Kenya trains students to become global change makers. In addition to the professional expertise, the focus is on global learning, intercultural communication and virtual…

ongoing, 01/2020 - 05/2025
Market power in Swiss food value chains

completed, 05/2018 - 03/2019