Research Projects

Curtailment of Civil Liberties and Subjective Life Satisfaction

Research project together with Professor Dr. Kai Konrad and Lisa Windsteiger PhD from Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich. Funded by the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance in Munich.
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RiSaWa

»Assessing the social benefits accruing from preserving traditional rice production in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta«
Subproject 3 within the interdisciplinary German-Vietnamese research project "Rice production caught between salinity and drought – future options for sustainable use of water in the Mekong Delta region (RiSaWa)" (BMBF, funding code: 031B0724), 2019-2022.
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PIRAT

»The economic assessment of the social benefits from PIRAT-based fertilizers«
Subproject 4.3 of the interdisciplinary Chinese-German research project "Process Improvement for Resource-amended (material, nutrient and energy-efficient) Treatment Systems (PIRAT) financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, funding code: 02WCL 1469E), 2018-2022.
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WaMaHav

Design and Social Acceptance of a More Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Waste Management System for Havana" (WaMaHav) financed by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (funding code: 57378441), 2018.
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NoSeeds


"The bitter taste of HumaN health and physical well-being - the paradOxon of SEEDless table grapeS", Interdisciplinary research project financed by the TransFak fund of the University of Hohenheim (funding code BA 520071), 2013-2014.
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SURUMER

»Welfare economic valuation of sustainable rubber production in Southeast Asia: an exemplary study in SW-China«

Subproject 7 within the Chinese-German project »Sustainable rubber plantation in the Mekong region (SURUMER)«, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), funding no. 01LL0919A, submitted funding amount 285.387 EUR; 2011-2016.
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SuMaRiO

»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), funding no. 01LL0918F, funding amount: approx. 290.000 EUR; 2011-2016.
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COMTESS

»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), funding amount: approx. 140.000 EUR; 2011-2014.
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LILAC

»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), funding amount: 156.755 EUR; 2007-2010.
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The Uplands Program (SFB 564): 2009-2012

»Optimizing the use of direct methods for environmental valuation in northern Thailand and Vietnam«
Research project F1.4 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«, GZ SFB 564/4 - 2009, funding amount: 220.720 EUR; 2009-2012.
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The Uplands Program (SFB 564): 2006-2009

»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«, GZ SFB 564/3 - 2006, funding amount: 189.951 EUR; 2006-2009.
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The Uplands Program (SFB 564): 2003-2006

»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«, GZ SFB 564/2 - 2003,funding amount: 190.345 EUR; 2003-2006.

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SFB 565

»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«,       GZ: INST 263/5-1, funding amount: 230.930 EUR; 2001-2003.

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Other

  • »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.