Winter Term 2026/2027
Welcome to the research seminar during winter term 2026/27, organised by the Department of Agricultural Policy and Market Research.
The seminar takes place on Tuesdays from 12:30-13:30 pm in seminar room 109 , S 4 on the 1st. floor in the Zeughaus (Senckenbergstraße 3).
You are invited to bring your lunch - eating is allowed!
| Date | Name of presenter | Presenter's institution | Presentation title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Prof. Vivian Wei Huang | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala | Are Environmental Efficiencies of Swedish Agriculture More Transient or More Persistent? Heterogeneity and Determinants |
| 10 Nov 2026 | Prof. Julia Höhler | Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands | Organising the Bioeconomy: Ownership, Contracts and Cooperation |
| 17 Nov 2026 | Prof. Min Liu | Lanzhou University, China / Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany | Aligning Conservation Payments with Ecosystem Multifunctionality: Evidence from the World’s Largest Grassland Payment for Ecosystem Services Program |
| 1 Dec 2026 | Dr. Stéphanie Domptail | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany | Social Metabolism of community-based conservation: Evidence from 4 Sites across the KaZa transboundary conservation area towards the limits of the Namibian conservancy model |
| 15 Dec 2026 | Prof. Antje Risius | Fulda University of Applied Sciences / University of Göttingen, Germany | Institutional Frames for Nature Conservation on the edge of Equity in Planetary Boundaries – Tu(r)ning perspectives? |
| 12 Jan 2027 | Dr. Claudia Hunecke | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany | The hidden costs inside the food system in Germany |
| 19 Jan 2027 | Dr. Paolo Nota | University of Milan, Italy | Agri-environmental policy and the environmental performance of agriculture |
| 26 Jan 2027 | Prof. Daniele Curzi | University of Milan, Italy | The Liberation Day Tariffs and Italian Wine Exports: A Firm-Level Analysis |
| 2 Feb 2027 | Prof. Ayako Ebata | Free University of Amsterdam, NL | Power and politics in food systems: what they are, how to measure them (can we?), and why they matter for food system transformation |
| 9 Feb 2027 | Dr. Simon Meisch | University of Tübingen, Germany | The ethics of the planetary boundaries |
A new soft skill training series will take place in the winter term 2026/27, organized by the Chair for Global Nutrition and Trade (Prof. Kopp) and the Chair for International Food and Nutrition Security (Prof. Keding).
This new format addresses primarily PhD students and early career postdocs, but student assistants, advanced M.Sc. students, and more senior researchers are welcome as well.
The topics to be covered address a wide spectrum which makes it likely that you will find interest not in every topic. Consequently, participation requires no registration and it is also not mandatory to participate regularly. The seminar schedule can be found below and regular reminders will be sent. We will establish an open atmosphere, which means that interested participants may participate in any session they deem find interesting.
The meetings take place on Wednesdays, between 12:30-13:30 in Zeughaus, Raum 220 , (ZE-S1), and will be structured roughly by 20-30mins input by a speaker, followed by a 30-40 minutes discussion and Q&A. Feel free to bring your lunch along.
We strongly encourage in-person participation. However, you may also join via Zoom using the following link: Join via Zoom
Schedule
(Note that not all slots are filled yet. For some, we have open requests to possible speakers, but not for all, so participants can also mention their wishes.)
| Date | Nr. | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21.10.2026 | 1 | The life cycle of academic articles and the publication process | Prof. Tom Kopp |
| 28.10.2026 | 2 | Navigating through the PhD | Dr. Louis Amprako |
| 04.11.2026 | 3 | Job types and other financing models for working at universities and other research institutions in Germany | Prof. Tom Kopp |
| 11.11.2026 | 4 | Dissertation regulation at JLU - Formal requirements for getting the PhD! (“Promotionsordnung”) | Prof. Gudrun Keding |
| 18.11.2026 | 5 | Scientific conferences: Why to go, what to consider? | Prof. Tom Kopp |
| 25.11.2026 | 6 | Time management and self-organisation | Leonie Schmidt |
| 02.12.2026 | 7 | Human Agency: Cautious Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process | Dr. Joss von Hadeln |
| 09.12.2026 | 8 | The convincing research paper | Prof. Martin Petrick |
| 16.12.2026 | 9 | Ethical clearance - Why should I do it, and how is it done? | Prof. Ulrike Gisch |
| 2027 | |||
| 13.01.2027 | 10 | t.b.a. | t.b.a. |
| 20.01.2027 | 11 | t.b.a. | t.b.a. |
| 27.01.2027 | 12 | Ethics in the field | Dr. Stéphanie Domptail |
| 03.02.2027 | t.b.a. | t.b.a. | |