Currently Affiliated
Meet the people behind our research: a curious, dynamic team uncovering how economies develop, how policies can reduce poverty and inequality, and how better ideas can help build a fairer, more resilient world.

Subarna Banerjee

Laura Barros
Teaching:
TA for Applied Panel Data Econometrics; TA for Empirical Political Economy

Matthias Beulmann
Teaching:
Macroeconomics I; Macroeconomics II; Growth and Development; Advanced Growth; Growth, Resources and the Environment; Macroeconomics of Open Economies

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

Lisa Bogler

Sophia Bohn

Rocío Castilla Navarro

Liesbeth Colen
Additional roles:
Speaker of SIA Master (Sustainable International Agriculture)
Teaching:
Socioeconomic of Rural Development and Food Security; Food Systems and Healthy Diets; Topics in Rural Development Economics; Introduction to Choice Experiments in Food Economics; Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems
Publications:
Englberger, L., Colen, L. & Rommel, J. (2025) Farmers' attitudes towards economic experimentation, Q Open (forthcoming)
Di Marcantonio, F., Havari, E., Colen, L., & Ciaian, P. (2022). Do producer organizations improve trading practices and negotiation power for dairy farms? Evidence from selected EU countries. Agricultural Economics, 53(S1), 121-137.
Adewopo, J. B., Solano-Hermosilla, G., Colen, L., & Micale, F. (2021). Using crowd-sourced data for real-time monitoring of food prices during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from a pilot project in northern Nigeria. Global Food Security, 29, 100523.
Mary, S, Shaw, K, Colen, L, Gomez Y Paloma, S (2020). Does agricultural aid reduce child stunting? World Development 130: 104951
Cockx, L, Colen, L, de Weerdt, J (2018) From Corn to Popcorn? Urbanization and food consumption in Sub-Sahara Africa: evidence from rural-urban migrants in Tanzania, World Development 110: 140-159
Colen, L, Melo P, Abdul-Salam Y, Roberts D, Mary S, Gomez Y Paloma S (2018) Income elasticities for food, calories and nutrients across Africa: A meta-analysis, Food Policy 77, 116-132.
Colen, L, Persyn, D, Guariso, A (2016). Bilateral Investment Treaties and FDI: Does the Sector Matter? World Development 83: 193-206.
Colen, L, Maertens, M, Swinnen, J (2012). Private standards, trade and poverty: GlobalGAP and horticultural employment in Senegal. The World Economy 35 (8): 1073-1088.
Maertens, M, Colen, L, Swinnen, J (2011). Globalization and poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario? European Review of Agricultural Economics 38 (1): 31-54.
Colen, L, Maertens, M, Swinnen, J (2009). Foreign direct investment as an engine for economic growth and human development: A review of the arguments and empirical evidence. Human Rights and International Legal Discourse 3 (2): 177-227.

Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
Teaching:
Agricultural Policy Analysis and Market Integration and Price Transmission
Additional Affiliations:
Member of the Göttingen University Senate; Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
Publications:
1) von Cramon-Taubadel, S. (2022) Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – Implications for Grain Markets and Food Security. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, doi:10.30430/71.2022.5.Apol
2) Purushotham, A., Mittal, N., Ashwini, B.C., Umesh, K.B. and Vollmer, S. (2022). .A Quantile regression analysis of dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes among children and women in the rural-urban interface of Bangalore, India. Food Policy, 107 (2022), doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102216.
3) Steinhübel, L. and von Cramon-Taubadel, S. (2021). Somewhere in between Towns, Markets and Jobs – Agricultural Intensification in the Rural-Urban Interface. The Journal of Development Studies 57(4): 669-694.
4) von Cramon-Taubadel, S. and Goodwin, B. (2021). Price Transmission in Agricultural Markets. Annual Review of Resource Economics 13(1): 65-84.
5) Cumming, G.S. and von Cramon-Taubadel, S. (2018). Linking economic growth pathways and environmental sustainability by understanding development as alternate social–ecological regimes. PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1807026115.
6) Kouyaté, C. and von Cramon-Taubadel, S. (2016). Distance and Border Effects on Price Transmission: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Agricultural Economics 67: 255-271.
7) Cumming, G.S., Buerkert, A., Hoffmann, E.M., Schlecht, E., von Cramon-Taubadel, S. and Tscharntke, T. (2014). Agricultural transitions and urbanization: implications for ecosystem services. Nature 515(7525): 50-57.
8) Greb, F., von Cramon-Taubadel, S., Krivobokova, T. and Munk, A. (2013). The Estimation of Threshold Models in Price Transmission Analysis. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95(4):900-916.
9) Stephens, E., Mabaya, E., von Cramon-Taubadel, S. and Barrett, C.B. (2012). Spatial price adjustment with and without trade. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 74(3): 453-469.
10) Meyer, J. and von Cramon-Taubadel, S. (2004). Asymmetric Price Transmission: A Survey. Journal of Agricultural Economics 55-3: 581-611.

Bukola Da-Silva

Anusha De
Additional Affiliations:
KU Leuven
Publications:
Van Campenhout, B. and De, A., 2023. Gendered perceptions in maize supply chains: Evidence from Uganda. Development Policy Review, 41(2), p.e12662.
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dpr.12662
De, A., Miehe, C. and Van Campenhout, B., 2024. Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro-input dealers in Uganda. Agricultural Systems, 217, p.103954.
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X24001045

Rafael Duarte Lisboa Paschoaleto
Teaching:
Development Economics II, Advanced Microeconomics

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

Andreas Fuchs
Additional roles:
Director of CeMEAS, Director of the Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research
Teaching:
Macroeconomics, Introduction to Development Economics, Development Economics I: Macro Issues in Economic Development, Development Economics III: Regional Perspectives in Development Economics, International Development Policy, Advanced Development Economics, China's Economic and Political Development

Sarah Frohnweiler

Anna Gasten
Teaching:
Migration Economics Replication Course (M. Sc.); Labor Economics (B. Sc.); Urban Economics (B. Sc.)

Tobias Hellmundt
Additional Affiliations:
CRC 990 EFForTS

Haruto Honda

Vivien Hülsen
Additional Roles:
Project collaborator with IFPRI (BRIGHT project)

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., & Riener, G. (2022). Measuring utility: An application to higher order risk preferences. Working Paper.
Ibáñez, M., & Schaffland, E. (2018). Organizational performance with in-group and out-group leaders: An experiment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 73, 1–10.
Ibáñez, M., & Riener, G. (2018). Sorting through affirmative action: Three field experiments in Colombia. Journal of Labor Economics, 36(2), 437–478.

Dominik Jockers
Additional Affiliations:
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health

Jana Juhrbandt
Teaching:
Umwelt- und Ressourcenpolitik
Projektplanung und -management für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

Krisztina Kis-Katos
Teaching:
Bachelor: Makroökonomik I/II, Labor Economics, Urban Economics, Master: Migration Economics: Replication Course, Empirical Political Economy
Additional Affiliations:
CRC 990 EFForTS

Pawandeep Kaur

Edwin Kenamu
Teaching:
Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems (Master); Health Diets and Food Systems (Bachelors)
Publications:
Zuza, E. J., Araya, Y. N., Maseyk, K., Bhagwat, S., Brandenburg, R. L., Emmott, A., Rawes, W., Phiri, P., Mkengala, K., & Kenamu, E. (2024). Farmer preference for macadamia varieties and constraints to production in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 19(2), e0293488.
Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., & Thunde, J. (2023). Targeting hunger or votes? The political economy of humanitarian transfers in Malawi. World Development, 165, 106179.
Mkandawire, D., Gbegbelegbe, S., Nsenga, J. V., Yami, M., & Kenamu, E. (2023). Analysing urban and peri-urban youth employment in agribusiness in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 18(9).
Duchoslav, J., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Are social safety nets and input subsidies reaching the poor in Malawi? International Food Policy Research Institute, MassP Working Paper 26.
Bell, A. R., Ward, P. S., Mapemba, L., Nyirenda, Z., Msukwa, W., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi. Scientific Data, 5(1), 1–8.
Kenamu, E., & Colen, L. (2025). Estimating the effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi’s 2015/16 drought and humanitarian transfers on household food insecurity and child malnutrition. World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), WIDER Working Paper Series, wp36/25.
Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., Gilbert, R., Baulch, B., Palloni, G., & Gilligan, D. O. (2020). Building resilience and adaptation to climate change in Malawi: Quantitative baseline report. International Food Policy Research Institute, MassP Working Paper.

Nicolas Klas

Leonard Krapf

Sarah Langlotz
Teaching:
Advanced Development Economics (PhD/Master lecture and tutorial); Conflict and Development (Master seminar); Introduction into Development Economics (Bachelor lecture)

Jann Lay
Additional roles:
Head of Research Program "Globalization and Development" at GIGA
Teaching:
Controversies in Development Economics, Development Economics III (Regional Perspectives)
Additional Affiliations:
German Institure for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Friederike Lenel

Lei Li
Teaching:
Frontiers in Global Trade Conflicts; Introduction to Chinese Economy and Society; International Trade, Environment, and Sustainability; Case Studies: Chinese Technical and Primary Source Materials (Social Sciences); Introduction to Chinese Economy II; Advanced Topics in International Trade; State of the Art: Frontier Topics in Chinese Economy

Inma Martinez-Zarzoso

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

Charlotte Middelhoff
Teaching:
Development Economics II, Advanced Microeconomics

Mridhula Mohan

Ida G Monfared
Teaching:
Poor Economics

Dominik Naeher
Teaching:
Poverty & Inequality,
Planetary Health,
Introduction to Global Health

Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann
Additional roles:
Coordinator Msc Development Economics
Teaching:
Seminar 'Trade-related and macroeconomic issues in Latin American policy making' & Seminar 'Challenges of economic development in Latin America'

Subhransu Pattnaik

Julie Perng
Publications:
Sato, R.; Jamison, J.; McGee, K.; Oseni, G.; Perng, J.; Tanaka, T., 2022. The relationships between adverse life events, depression, economic activities, and human capital investment in Nigeria. Medicine, Conflict and Survival, DOI: 1080/13623699.2022.2095963
Relevant Papers and Reports
Lebedinski, L,; Carneiro, P.; Arnold Urzua, T.; Perng, J.; Munoz Boudet, A.M.; Herrera Sosa, K. 2024. Experimental Impacts of a Virtual Parenting Program with Mothers and Fathers. IZA Discussion Papers. Link.
Arnold Urzua, T.; Carneiro, P.; Herrera Sosa, K.; Lebedinski, L.; Munoz Boudet, A.M.; Perng, J. 2022. Can a (virtual) parenting program in Serbia support early childhood education and care? Link.
The World Bank (I was a contributor), 2022. Sri Lanka Development Update: Protecting the Poor and Vulnerable in a Time of Crisis. Accessible here.
Lain, J., Perng, J., Vishwanath, T., Azad, M.A., Siwatu, G.O., Palacios-Lopez, A.; McGee, K., Amankwah, A., Contreras Gonzalez, I. 2020. COVID-19 from the ground up: What the crisis means for Nigerians. Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Nigeria. Report.
Boudet, A.M.M.; Moscoe, E.; Perng, J. 2020. Behavioral sciences to protect human capital investments during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Brief.
Cho, Y.; Perng, J.; Rahman, T., Shimul, S., 2019. Social Workers for Local Service Delivery for Social Protection. World Bank Report. Link.
Farfan, G.; McGee, Kevin; Perng, J.; Vakis, R. 2019. Poverty Measurement in the Era of Food Away from Home: Testing Alternative Approaches in Vietnam. World Bank Policy: No. 8692.
Hernandez, M.; Karver, J.; Negre, M., Perng, J. 2019. Promoting Tax Compliance in Kosovowith Behavioral Insights. World Bank Group brief.
Dizon, F.; Ahmed, M.; Nayar, D.; Hoque, N.; Joshi, V.; Mustafiz, M.; Naher, F.; Perng, J.; Rahman, A; Waid, J.; Wang, Z., 2019. Food for improved nutrition in Bangladesh. (Link.)
Jamison, J.; McGee, K.; Oseni, G.; Perng, J.; Sato, R.; Tanaka, T.; Vakis, R. 2018. The Relationship between Conflicts, Economic Shocks, and Death with Depression, Economic Activities, and Human Capital Investment in Nigeria. World Bank Policy: No. 8685.
Rankin, K.; Jarvis-Thiebault, J.; Pfeifer, N.; Engelbert, M.; Perng, J.; Yoon S.; Heard, A. (2016). Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: An Evidence Gap Map. Link.

Sabrina Rhode
Additional roles:
SDG-Partnerships Project Coordinator Sustainable Global Health - The HEALTHY PATHS Project

Pia Roddewig

Simone Santalucia

Jan Schlüter

Johannes Schünemann
Publications:
Grossman, V., Strulik, H., & Schünemann, J. (2024). Fair pension policies with occupation-specific aging. Economic Journal, 134(663), 2835–2875.
Bloom, D. E., Canning, D., Kotschy, R., Prettner, K., & Schünemann, J. (2024). Health and economic growth: Reconciling the micro and macro evidence. World Development, 178, 106575.
Strulik, H., Trimborn, T., & Schünemann, J. (2023). Anticipation of deteriorating health and information avoidance. Journal of Health Economics, 89, 102755.
Trimborn, T., & Schünemann, J. (2023). Boosting taxes for boasting about houses? Status concerns in the housing market. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 205, 120–143.
Strulik, H., Trimborn, T., & Schünemann, J. (2022). Optimal demand for medical and long-term care. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 23, 100400.
Strulik, H., Trimborn, T., & Schünemann, J. (2020). The marriage gap: Optimal aging and death in partnerships. Review of Economic Dynamics, 36, 158–176.
Strulik, H., Trimborn, T., & Schünemann, J. (2017). The gender gap in mortality: How much is explained by behavior? Journal of Health Economics, 54, 79–90.
Strulik, H., Trimborn, T., & Schünemann, J. (2017). Going from bad to worse: Adaptation to poor health, health spending, longevity, and the value of life. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 140, 130–146.

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

Jonas Stehl

Holger Strulik
Teaching:
Growth and Development; Advanced Economic Growth; Growth, Resources and the Environment; Macro 1 and 2; Open Economy Macro

Charlotte Teirlinck

Pia Tinneberg

Felix Turbanisch
Teaching:
Development Economics I, China's Economic and Political Development, Empirical Trade Issues, Empirical Analysis of Development Aid with Stata

Sebastian Vollmer
Additional roles:
Director of CeMIS / Program director M.Sc. Development Economics / Program director B.A. Sustainable Development Studies
Additional Affiliations:
FOR 2432, Social-Ecological Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface
Teaching:
Poverty & Inequality / Essentials of Global Health / Quasi Experiments in Development Economics / Economic Reform and Social Justice in India / Introduction to Sustainable Development Studies

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, R., Clavero, R., Collignon, Q., Lieke, S.-D., Wätzold, M.Y.L., van
Weert, P., Wollni, M. (2025). Breaking Barriers: Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Inclusion in
Voluntary Sustainability Standards. SustainableFood Discussion Policy Brief 1,
doi.org/10.47952/gro-publ-314

Fei Wang
Publications:
Wang, F., & Yu, X. (2025). Climate and household food waste in China. Food Policy, 130, 102933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102933

Theresa Wiedmann

Meike Wollni
Additional roles:
Spokesperson of RTG 2654 Sustainable Food Systems
Teaching:
Topics in Rural Development Economics; Socioeconomics of Rural Development and Food Security; Agriculture, Environment, and Development; Welfare Economics (in German)
Additional Affiliations:
CRC 990 EFForTS

Chris Youngman
