Dr. Bartosz Bartkowski
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Economics
Working Group Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: +49 341 6025 2402
bartosz.bartkowski@ufz.de
https://www.bartoszbartk.com
Research interests
- Economic analysis of agri-environmental policy
- Farmers' behaviour
- Biodiversity & ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
- Agent-based modelling
- Economic nonmarket valuation, esp. deliberative monetary valuation
- Agriculture & technology
Academic career
since 2023
Assistant professor in Land Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in joint appointment with the UFZ
since 2022
Head (jointly with Andrea Kaim) of the junior research group AgriScape at the Department of Economics, UFZ
since 2016
Postdoctoral scientist at Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
2013–2016
PhD student, Helmholtz Research School ESCALATE, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ
Current Projects
- AgriScape – Zielkonflikte auf dem Weg zu multifunktionalen Agrarlandschaften (Trade-offs in pathways towards multifunctional agricultural landscapes) (co-lead)
- BIOcean5D – Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Prediction Across Spatial, Temporal and Human Scales
- BonaRes Centre for Soil Research
- ECO-N: Economics of Connected Natural Commons: Atmosphere and Biodiversity
- LAFERIA: Landscape Features Reintroduction in Intensive Agricultural Land
Recent publications
2025 (7)
- Bartkowski, B., Baaken, M.C., Nagpal, M., Sodoge, J., de Brito, M.M. (2025):
What constitutes sustainable agriculture for different audiences in Germany? A comparative analysis of large-scale text data
People Nat. 7 (3), 715 - 730 10.1002/pan3.70003 - Bartkowski, B., Eisenhauer, N., Glante, F., Lachmann, C., Römbke, J., Rillig, M.C., Ristok, C., Schmidt, A., Babin, D. (2025):
The options of different actor groups to address drivers of soil biodiversity change
Soil Organisms 97 (2), 129 - 142 10.25674/448 - Bonato, M., Burian, A., Equihua, J.A., Cord, A.F., Bartkowski, B., Strauch, M. (2025):
Minimizing trade-offs in agricultural landscapes through optimal spatial allocation of agri-environmental practices
J. Environ. Manage. 393 , art. 126939 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126939 - Gütschow, M., Bartkowski, B. (2025):
The farmer I want to be: farmers’ role identity in multifunctional agricultural landscapes
Agric. Human Values 10.1007/s10460-025-10789-y - Jean-Louis, G., Massenberg, J.R., Bartkowski, B. (2025):
Data on Europe-wide public preferences for plankton-based ecosystem services and marine biodiversity from a series of Deliberative Monetary Valuation workshops
Data Brief 60 , art. 111488 10.1016/j.dib.2025.111488 - Ristok, C., Babin, D., Bartkowski, B., Burkhard, B., Filser, J., Hohberg, K., Kleemann, J., Kolb, S., Lehmitz, R., Rillig, M.C., Römbke, J., Ruess, L., Scheu, S., Scheunemann, N., Schmidt, A., Steinhoff-Knopp, B., Eisenhauer, N., Tebbe, C.C., Xylander, W.E.R. (2025):
Towards a comprehensive assessment of soil biodiversity in Germany: status quo, challenges, and policy implications
Soil Organisms 97 (2), 143 - 157 10.25674/446 - Rode, J., Bartkowski, B., Büttner, N., Müller, B. (2025):
Grouping agri-environmental practices in Germany along behavioural drivers for adoption
Ger. J. Agric. Econ. 74 , art. 2543 10.52825/gjae.v74i.2543
2024 (7)
- Eisenhauer, N., Frank, K., Weigelt, A., Bartkowski, B., Beugnon, R., Liebal, K., Mahecha, M., Quaas, M., Al-Halbouni, D., Bastos, A., Bohn, F.J., de Brito, M.M., Denzler, J., Feilhauer, H., Fischer, R., Fritsche, I., Guimaraes-Steinicke, C., Hänsel, M., Haun, D.B.M., Herrmann, H., Huth, A., Kalesse-Los, H., Koetter, M., Kolleck, N., Krause, M., Kretschmer, M., Leitão, P.J., Masson, T., Mora, K., Müller, B., Peng, J., Pöhlker, M.L., Ratzke, L., Reichstein, M., Richter, S., Rüger, N., Sánchez-Parra, B., Shadaydeh, M., Sippel, S., Tegen, I., Thrän, D., Umlauft, J., Wendisch, M., Wolf, K., Wirth, C., Zacher, H., Zaehle, S., Quaas, J. (2024):
A belowground perspective on the nexus between biodiversity change, climate change, and human well-being
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 3 (2), e212108 10.1002/sae2.12108 - Guerra, C.A., Eisenhauer, N., Tebbe, C.C., Xylander, W.E.R., Albert, C., Babin, D., Bartkowski, B., Burkhard, B., Filser, J., Haase, D., Hohberg, K., Kleemann, J., Kolb, S., Lachmann, C., Rillig, M.C., Römbke, J., Ruess, L., Scheu, S., Scheunemann, N., Steinhoff-Knopp, B., Wellbrock, N., Ristok, C. (2024):
Foundations for a national assessment of soil biodiversity
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 3 (3), e12116 10.1002/sae2.12116 - Hansjürgens, B., Bartkowski, B., Möckel, S., Rode, J., Schröter-Schlaack, C. (2024):
Ökonomische Politikinstrumente zum Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt [Economic policy instruments for biodiversity conservation]
NuL 99 (6), 277 - 282 10.19217/NuL2024-06-02 - Huber, R., Bartkowski, B., Brown, C., El Benni, N., Feil, J.-H., Grohmann, P., Leonhardt, H., Mitter, H., Müller, B. (2024):
Farm typologies for understanding farm systems and improving agricultural policy
Agric. Syst. 213 , art. 103800 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103800 - Möckel, S., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A., Baaken, M.C. (2024):
Zukunftsfähige Agrarlandschaften in Deutschland – praktische Maßnahmen und ihre Wirksamkeit im Vergleich
Nat. Recht 46 (1), 13 - 24 10.1007/s10357-023-4282-y - Schüßler, C., Nicolai, S., Stoll-Kleemann, S., Bartkowski, B. (2024):
Moral disengagement in the media discourses on meat and dairy production systems
Appetite 196 , art. 107269 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107269 - Will, M., Bartkowski, B., Schwarz, N., Wittstock, F., Grujić, N., Li, C., Ge, J., Ziv, G., Müller, B. (2024):
From primary data to formalized decision-making: open challenges and ways forward to inform representations of farmers' behaviour in agent-based models
Ecol. Soc. 29 (4), art. 31 10.5751/ES-15400-290431
2023 (7)
- Baaken, M.C., Bartkowski, B., Rode, J. (2023):
Exploring farmers' support needs for the adoption of agri-environmental practices: an application of the theoretical domains framework
Environ. Res. Commun. 5 (11), art. 111004 10.1088/2515-7620/ad03b0 - Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Bednář, M., Biffi, S., Domingo-Marimon, C., Mesaroš, M., Schüßler, C., Šarapatka, B., Tarčak, S., Václavík, T., Ziv, G., Wittstock, F. (2023):
Adoption and potential of agri-environmental schemes in Europe: Cross-regional evidence from interviews with farmers
People Nat. 5 (5), 1610 - 1621 10.1002/pan3.10526 - Bartkowski, B., Lienhoop, N., Mahlich, L., Massenberg, J.R. (2023):
Are preferences for soil-based ecosystem services driven by spatial phenomena?
Soil Security 13 , art. 100120 10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100120 - Bartkowski, B., Schepanski, K., Bredenbeck, S., Müller, B. (2023):
Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics
People Nat. 5 (1), 34 - 44 10.1002/pan3.10418 - Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M., Bartkowski, B., Botzen, W., Doğulu, C., Han, S., Hudson, P., Karanci, A.N., Klassert, C.J., Otto, D., Scolobig, A., Moreno Soares, T., Rufat, S. (2023):
Spinning in circles? A systematic review on the role of theory in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation research
Glob. Environ. Change 80 , art. 102672 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102672 - Paul, C., Bartkowski, B., Dönmez, C., Don, A., Mayer, S., Steffens, M., Weigl, S., Wiesmeier, M., Wolf, A., Helming, K. (2023):
Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?
J. Environ. Manage. 330 , art. 117142 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117142 - Wanek, E., Bartkowski, B., Bourgeois-Gironde, S., Schaafsma, M. (2023):
Deliberately vague or vaguely deliberative: A review of motivation and design choices in deliberative monetary valuation studies
Ecol. Econ. 208 , art. 107820 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107820