Department Structural Change
Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas
This department researches process complexities of agrarian structural change. Special focus is placed on inherent dynamics, influencing factors and effects, which are analyzed on various analytical levels by means of a broad array of methodical instruments.
Research subjects are, firstly, the development of enterprises in the agricultural and food sector, including their strategies and organization. Secondly, the effects that changing framework conditions such as agricultural policies have on agricultural businesses and structural change are analyzed. Thirdly, institutional economics and system theory questions relating to the role of nonprofit organizations and civil society engagement in the agricultural and food sector are investigated. A fourth focus is on interdependencies between the environment, resources, structural change and growth, in which context the changes of land use are studied or agricultural production potentials are assessed.
The department’s key methodical competencies are in the field of computational economics, particularly agent-based modeling. Further methodological expertise has been developed in spatial econometry, data mining, econometric methods, as well as productivity and efficiency analyses.
Latest publications of the department
Shang, Linmei; Wang, Jifeng; Schäfer, David; Heckelei, Thomas; Gall, Jürgen; Appel, Franziska; Storm, Hugo (2023) Surrogate modelling of a detailed farm-level model using deep learning. Journal of Agricultural Economics
Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; van Voorn, George; Grant, William E.; Zare, Fateme; Giupponi, Carlo; Steinmann, Patrick; Müller, Birgit; Elsawah, Sondoss; van Delden, Hedwig; Athanasiadis, Ioannis N.; Sun, Zhanli; Jager, Wander; Little, John C.; Jakeman, Anthony J. (2023) Scale decisions and good practices in socio-environmental systems modelling: Guidance and documentation during problem scoping and model formulation. Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling 5
Birner, Regina; Linseisen, Jakob; Arens-Azevedo, Ulrike; Balmann, Alfons; Biesalski, Hans Konrad; Bosy-Westphal, Anja; Buyken, Anette; Döring, Thomas; Feindt, Peter; Götz, Kay-Uwe; Iweala, Sarah; Martinez, Jose; Nieberg, Hiltrud; Nöthlings, Ute; Pischetsrieder, Monika; Renner, Britta; Spiller, Achim; Voget-Kleschin, Lieske; Weingarten, Peter; Wesseler, Justus; Wieck, Christine (2023) Ernährungsarmut unter Pandemiebedingungen. Berichte über Landwirtschaft (236): 1-131.
Soriano, Bárbara; Garrido, Alberto; Bertolozzi, Daniele; Accatino, Francesco; Antonioli, Federico; Krupin, Vitaliy; Meuwissen, Miranda; Ollendorf, Franziska; Rommel, Jens; Spiegel, Alisa; Tudor, Monica; Urquhart, Julie; Vigani, Mauro; Bardají, Isabel (2023) Actors and their roles for improving resilience of farming systems in Europe. Journal of Rural Studies 98: 134-146.
Unay Gailhard, Ilkay; Brennen, Mark A. (2023) Young farmers in “The New World of Work”: The contribution of new media to the work engagement and professional identities. Rural Sociology
Jauernig, Johanna; Brosig, Stephan; Hüttel, Silke (2023) Profession and residency matter: Farmer's preferences for farmland price regulation in Germany. Journal of Agricultural Economics
Kilwenge, Regina; Adewopo, Julius; Manners, Rhys; Mwizerwa, Charles; Kabirigi, Michel; Gaidashova, Svetlana V.; Schut, Marc (2023) Climate-related risk modeling of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) disease incidence within cropland area of Rwanda. Plant Disease
Wesemeyer, Maximilian; Kamp, Johannes; Schmitz, Tillman; Müller, Daniel; Lakes, Tobia (2023) Multi-objective spatial optimization to balance trade-offs between farmland bird diversity and potential agricultural net returns. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 345
Roth, Steffen; Valentinov, Vladislav (2023) Toward a theory of multifunctional liberalism: Systems-theoretical reflections on the nature of statehood. Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Troost, Christian; Huber, Robert; Bell, Andrew R.; van Delden, Hedwig; Filatova, Tatiana; Le, Quang Bao; Lippe, Melvin; Niamir, Leila; Polhill, Gary; Sun, Zhanli; Berger, Thomas (2023) How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation. Environmental Modelling & Software 159