Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim

Present Position
Professor of Economics, esp. Environmental Economics, Regulatory and Consumer Policy Institute of Economics (520F), University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany Tel.: (++49)-711-459-23596, Fax: (++49)-711-459-24081 E-Mail: ahlheim@uni-hohenheim.de; Home: http://www.ahlheim-hohenhohenheim.de/
Honorary professor of the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus, Germany (since April 2001)
Previous Positions
April 1994 to March 2001: Full professor of economics / environmental economics at the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus, Germany October 1990 to March 1994: Associate Professor (“Hochschuldozent”) for public economics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany 1992/93: Visiting lecturer at the University of Bern, Switzerland (winter term) 1992: Visiting lecturer at the University of Bamberg, Germany (summer term) 1991/92:  Visiting professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland (winter term) 1991:  Visiting lecturer at the University of Bamberg, Germany (summer term) 1990/91: Visiting professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland (winter term) 1990: venia legendi (“right to lecture”) for economics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany 1990:  Degree of a “Dr. rer. pol. habil.” (“Habilitation”) with a habilitation thesis on “The theory of welfare measurement in models with quantity constaints and public goods” (in German), University of Heidelberg, Germany 1984 - 1990:  Assistant Professor (“Hochschulassistent”) for public economics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany Sept./Oct. 1987:  Scholarship of the Ruhrgas AG for a study at the University of Oslo. Studies on theoretical and empirical problems of the economic valuation of public projects. Participation in workshops on the measurement of the welfare effects of environmental goods. 1984:  Degree of a “Dr. rer. pol.” with a doctoral thesis on “Duality theory as a methodological approach to microeconomics theory” (in German) - summa cum laude, University of Heidelberg, Germany 1978 - 1984: Research assistant at the department of public finance at the University of Heidelberg, Germany 1976:  Degree of a “Diplom-Volkswirt”, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Current Research Interests
Environmental economics; theoretical and empirical problems of the economic valuation of environmental goods; techniques for the economic assessment of environmental projects, especially, the contigent valuation method; development and analysis of government instruments of environmental policy.
Research Projects
Welfare economic valuation of sutainbable rubber production in Southeast Asia: an exemplary study in SW-China, Subproject 7 of the Sino-German Research Cooperation "Nachhaltiger Kautschukanbau in der Mekong-Region" - SURUMER - BMBF-DLR, 01LL0919A (2011-2016). "Economic Risk Analysis and Valuation", research project 6.1 within the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research project "Sustainable Coastal Land Management: Trade-Offs in Ecosystem Services (COMTESS)" financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2011-2014. "Contingent Valuation of a more sustainable oasis management in the Tarim Basin", research project within the German-Chinese Scientific Cooperation "Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River / China (SuMaRiO)" financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2011-2016. "Optimizing the use of direct methods for environmental valuation in northern Thailand and Vietnam", Research project within the international Collaborative Research Center No. 564 of the German Research Foundation on "Sustainable Landuse and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia", 2009-2012. "Employing direct and participatory valuation methods to support allocation decisions in the environmental sector", research project within the German-Chinese Scientific Cooperation "Rural development and land use differentiation: actor-based strategies and integrative technologies for rural areas in mountainous Southwest China", financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),2007-2010. "Economic valuation of environmental improvements in northern Thailand and northern Vietnam", Research project within the International Collaborative Research Center No. 564 of the German Research Foundation on "Sustainable Landuse and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia", 2006-2009 "Valuation and tenure of common-pool resources in mountainous regions of Thailand and Vietnam", Research project within the International Collaborative Research Center No. 564 of the German Research Foundation on "Sustainable Landuse and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia", 2003-2006. "Economic Valuation of Changes in Environmental Quality", Research project within the Collaborative Research Center No. 565 of the German Research Foundation on "Development and Valuation of Disturbed Landscapes", 2001-2003. "Environmental Economics in Russia", Textbook in Russian, Scientific adviser, funded by the Volkswagenstiftung, 1997–1999. "Interdisziplinäre Studie zu Ursachen, Verlauf und Folgen des Sommer-Hochwassers 1997 an der Oder sowie Aussagen zu bestehenden Risikopotentialen", in collaboration with colleagues from the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus, 1997–1998. Participation in the Collaborative Research Center No. 5 of the German Research Foundation on "Government Allocation Policy in the Market System", 1985–1987.
Other Professional Activities
Professorial Member of the Steering Committee of the Research Center for the Bioeconomy (since April 2015) Member of the Senate of the University of Hohenheim (since October 2014) Member of the University Council of the University of Hohenheim (from 2010 to 2013) Member of the Senate of the University of Hohenheim (October 2004 to October 2010) Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Applied Economic Research ("Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung - IAW") at Tübingen (since 2009) Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (from October 2004 to October 2006) Member of the Editorial Board of the "International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics" (since 2006)  Member of the Scientific Board of the Gaming Research Center at the University of Hohenheim (since 2004) Member of the Board of the Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics at the University of Hohenheim (since 2003) Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Institute for Applied Economic Research" ("Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung – IAW") at Tübingen (2003-2009) Co-editor of the scientific book series "Hohenheimer Volkwirtschaftliche Schriften" (since 2001) Managing editor of the scientific book series “UmweltWissenschaften” (“Environmental Sciences”, Physica-Verlag (from 1996 to 2001) Managing editor of the scientific publication series “Aktuelle Reihe” and the discussion paper series of the faculty of environmental sciences at the BTUC (from 1996 to 2001) Member and chairman of several commissions and committees at the BTUC Speaker of the section of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers ("Deutscher Hochschulverband") at the BTUC (from 1998 to 2001)
Membership in Scientific Committees
Member of the Commission on Water Research of the German Research Foundation (from 2009 to 2014) Speaker of the section of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers ("Deutscher Hochschulverband") at the University of Hohenheim (since 2008)
Other Memberships
Research Committee on Public Finance at the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee on Environmental an Resource Economics at the Verein für Socialpolitik American Economic Association German Association of University Professors and Lecturers ("Deutscher Hochschulverband") European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE) International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) Verein für Socialpolitik