Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens
Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens is head of the Thematic Area "Environment and Society" and the Department of Economics.
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Economics
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig
phone: +49 341 6025 1233
Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens
Areas of Expertise & Research
- Economic value of nature
- Natural climate mitigation
- Peatland restoration
- REWILDING as a new approach to conservation
- Environmental policy instruments
Curriculum Vitae
2012 – 2019
Speaker of the Topic "Environment and Society" of the Helmholtz Programme "Terrestrial Environment", (Helmholtz Association is among the largest research associations in Europe, with staff of 40.000)
2012 – 2018
Leading Natural Capital Germany, Germany’s follow-up project to the United Nations’ international TEEB study The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB DE – Natural Capital Germany), with > 300 researchers and >100 reviewers involved
2008 – 2012
TEEB – The economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, scientific coordination (UFZ social science group)
2002 – 2012
Speaker of the Helmholtz Programme "Terrestrial Environment" (programme-oriented Helmholtz research with >500 researchers)
since 1999
Professor for Economics, especially Environmental Economics at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and Head of the Thematic Area “Environment and Society” (including five social sciences departments at the UFZ) at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ
1998 – 1999
Research Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld
1995 – 1996
Research Fellow at the Centre for Study of Public Choice, George Mason-University, Fairfax, Va., USA (research in public finance)
1992 – 1999
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Philipps-University Marburg, Public Finance and Environmental Economics
1991
PhD in Economics (highest grade): dissertation: Environmental Taxes in the Tax System
1987 – 1992
Research Assistant at the Faculty of Economics at Philipps-University Marburg
1982 – 1986
Study of Economics at Philipps-University Marburg, Germany (highest grade)
Memberships in Scientific and Societal Organisations (selection)
since 1995
German Economic Association, Environmental and Resource Economics section
2007 – 2018
ISOE – Institute for Socio-Ecological Research (Inter- and transdisciplinary German research institute) Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board
2013 – 2020
Member of the Leibniz Association’s Evaluation Committee (SAE) (this committee is responsible for the evaluation of the 96 Leibniz research institutes in Germany)
2018-2025
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the ARL-Academy for Landscape Planning in the Leibniz Association (Chairman: 2019 – 2023)
since 2015
Member of the German Federal Environment’s Soil Commission (KBU) (Chairman: since 2019)
2016 – 2024
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ZALF – Center for Agricutural Land Research, Germany
since 2020
WWF Germany: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2020; chairman: since 2024) and the WWF Germany Board of Trustees (since 2023)
since 2022
Member of the "ELD – Economics of Land Degradation Group" of the GiZ (German Society for International Collaboration) (involved in Global Land Outlook 3)
2022 – 2024
Co-lead of the Leopoldina – German Academy of Science, Working Group "Biodiversity – Water – Climate", Study on wetlands and peatlands (chairman)