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
Speaker of the Topic "Environment and Society" of the Helmholtz Programme "Terrestrial Environment"
Head of the German follow-up project to the United Nations’ international TEEB study (TEEB DE – Natural Capital Germany)
Speaker of the Helmholtz Programme "Terrestrial Environment"
since 1999
Professor for Economics, especially Environmental Economics at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Head of the Department of Economics, Division of Social Sciences, 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
1992 – 1999
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Philipps-University Marburg
1991
PhD in Economics
1987 – 1992
Research Assistant at the Faculty of Economics at Philipps-University Marburg
1982 – 1986
Study of Economics at Philipps-University Marburg
Memberships in Scientific and Societal Organisations (selection)
since 1995
German Economic Association, Environmental and Resource Economics section
ISOE – Institute for Socio-Ecological Research, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board
Member of the Leibniz Association’s Evaluation Committee (SAE) (responsible for the evaluation of the 96 Leibniz research institutes in Germany)
German Bishops’ Conference, Member of the Working Group on Ecological Issues
2014
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (Chairman 2019 – 2023)
since 2015
Member of the German Federal Environment’s Soil Commission (KBU) (Chairman since 2019)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ZALF – Center for Agricutural Land Research
WWF Germany: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2020; chairman since 2024) and the WWF Germany Council (since 2023)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of FEdA, Germany’s federal research ministers Board on Biodiversity Conservation
Member of the "ELD – Economics of Land Degradation Group" of the GiZ (German Scoiety for International Collaboration)
Co-lead of the Leopoldina – German Academy of Science, Working Group "Biodiversity – Water – Climate"