
Affiliation status: Currently affiliated



Carlo Birkholz
Teaching: Geospatial Analysis for Development Economics, Innovative Data Sources in Economic Research Link to private Website

Cäcilia Stapper
Teaching: Einführung in die Entwicklungsökonomik (Bachelor), Development Economics I (Master)

Paúl Elguezabal
Additional Roles: Organizer of the Iberoamerican Brown Bag Seminar Teaching: TA for Sustainable Development, Trade and Environment


Marlene Wätzold
Teaching: Agriculture, Environment and Development, Agriculture and Nature Conservation Publications: Wätzold, M. Y. L., Krumbiegel K., Tillie P., Wollni M. (2026) Agroforestry as a climate change adaptation strategy: Evidence from Ghana’s cocoa sector. Agricultural Systems, 231, 104519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104519 Wätzold, M. Y. L., Abdulai, I., Cooke, A., Krumbiegel, K., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Wenzel, A., Wollni, M. (2025). Do voluntary sustainability standards improve socioeconomic and ecological outcomes? Evidence from Ghana's cocoa sector. Ecological Economics, 229, 108474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108474 Wollni, M., Bohn, S., Ocampo‐Ariza, C., Paz, B., Santalucia, S., Squarcina, M., Umarishavu, F., Wätzold, M. Y. L. (2025). Sustainability standards in agri‐food value chains: Impacts and trade‐offs for smallholder farmers. Agricultural Economics, e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.70005 Wätzold, M. Y. L., Cooke, A., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Umarishavu, F., Wollni, M. Voluntary sustainability standards and socioeconomic and ecological outcomes: Panel evidence from Rwanda’ coffee sector. SustainableFood Discussion Paper 28, University of Goettingen. https://doi.org/10.47952/gro-publ-345, submitted to World Development Umarishavu, F., Bradaczek,

Simon Meister
Publications: Meister, S., & Yu, X. (2025). Forecasting egg price inflation in Germany with machine learning: A comparative study with ARIMAX and LSTM. Q Open, 5(2), qoaf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoaf015

Marcela Ibanez Diaz
Teaching: Development Economics: Microeconomic issues, Behavioral Development Economics, Economics of Crime, Applications of Game Theory to Development Economics, Advanced Microeconomics Publications: Parlasca, M. C., Martini, C. A., Köster, M., & Ibáñez, M. (2024). Aspirations and weather shocks: Evidence from rural Zambia. Agricultural Economics, 55(6), 985–999.Cantet, N., Ibáñez, M., Muñoz-Mora, J. C., & Quintero, L. M. (2024). Key determinants of COVID-19 vaccination take-up in remote rural areas: Evidence from Colombia. International Journal of Public Health, 69, 1606689.Balasubramanian, P., Ibáñez, M., Khan, S., & Sahoo, S. (2024). Does women’s economic empowerment promote human development in low- and middle-income countries? A meta-analysis. World Development, 178, 106588.Grosch, K., Ibáñez, M., & Viceisza, A. (2022). Competition and prosociality: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Ghana. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 99, 101887.Unfried, K., Ibáñez, M., & Restrepo-Plaza, L. M. (2022). Discrimination in post-conflict settings: Experimental evidence from Colombia. World Development, 154, 105877.Schneider, S. O., Ibáñez, M.,
