Dr. Julian Richard Massenberg
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Economics
Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: +49 341 6025 1752
julian-richard.massenberg@ufz.de

Research interests
- Environmental and deliberative valuation
- Value pluralism
- Sustainable management of natural resources
- Sustainable development
Curriculum Vitae
since 04/2024
Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics at the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University
05/2020 −03/2024
Researcher at the Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ
02/2017 − 04/2020
PhD student, Helmholtz Research School ESCALATE, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ; topic: "Identifying social values of ecosystem services: theoretical and empirical investigations"
09/2014 – 08/2016
Master’s degree program: Agricultural Economics (M.Sc), University of Copenhagen, study focus on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and International Economics and Development (Master’s thesis: “Evaluating the European Union’s Fisheries Policy: A comparative efficiency analysis”)
08/2013 – 10/2013
Internship at the KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Division Financial System Development Africa/Middle East
09/2012 – 02/2013
Semester abroad at Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy)
02/2012 – 04/2012
Internship at Weberbank Actiengesellschaft, Berlin
10/2010 – 04/2014
Bachelor’s degree program: Economics (B.Sc.), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
09/2009 – 08/2010
Volunteer year, Comunità San Benedetto, Verona, Italy
Publications
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2025 (1)
- Massenberg, J.R. (2025):
Economic valuation of a holistic rewilding approach in multifunctional landscapes: Evidence from the German Oder Delta
Ambio 10.1007/s13280-025-02143-7
2024 (1)
- Hauck, J., Schreiner, V., Grunewald, K., Kleemann, J., Knauß, S., Kolkmann, M., Mehring, M., Poßer, C., Potthast, T., Schleyer, C., Warner, B., Wittmer, H., Böhning-Gaese, K., Meya, J., Fürst, C., Albert, C., Ansorge, H., Behnen, T., Bieling, C., Bökenkamp, A., Brietzke, A., Egermann, M., Eschke, N., Fernandez, N., Förster, J., García Ruales, J., Geidezis, L., Gerner, N., Gutmann, A., Hietel, E., Lenz, R., Mann, G., Massenberg, J.R., Maurer, F., Meyer, B., Müller, J., Papilloud, C., Penker, M., Schumacher, H., Schumann, H., Sommerhäuser, M., Straka, T.M., Suntken, S., Talanow, K., Westerling, S., Wildner, T.M., Zieschank, R. (2024):
Transformationspotenziale zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt
In: Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N., Marx, J., Settele, J. (Hrsg.)
Faktencheck Artenvielfalt: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland
oekom, München, S. 1121 - 1777 10.14512/9783987263378
2023 (4)
- 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., Massenberg, J.R. (2023):
The economics of soils’ contribution to human well-being
In: Goss, M.J., Oliver, M.A. (eds.)
Encyclopedia of soils in the environment, Volume 3 (2nd edition)
Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 547 - 554 10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00052-5 - Massenberg, J.R., Hansjürgens, B., Lienhoop, N. (2023):
Social values in economic environmental valuation: A conceptual framework
Environ. Values 32 (5), 611 - 643 10.3197/096327123X16702350862728 - Massenberg, J.R., Schiller, J., Schröter-Schlaack, C. (2023):
Towards a holistic approach to rewilding in cultural landscapes
People Nat. 5 (1), 45 - 56 10.1002/pan3.10426
2022 (4)
- Bartkowski, B., Massenberg, J.R., Lienhoop, N. (2022):
Data on public preferences for soil-based ecosystem services in Germany
Data Brief 43 , art. 108371 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108371 - Bartkowski, B., Massenberg, J.R., Lienhoop, N. (2022):
Between complexity and unfamiliarity: preferences for soil-based ecosystem services
UFZ Discussion Papers 3/2022
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 27 pp. - Bartkowski, B., Massenberg, J.R., Lienhoop, N. (2022):
Investigating preferences for soil-based ecosystem services
Q Open 2 (2), qoac035 10.1093/qopen/qoac035 - Bartkowski, B., Massenberg, J.R., Lienhoop, N. (2022):
German public's preferences for soil-based ecosystem services (discrete choice experiment) [Dataset]
BonaRes 10.20387/bonares-77fb-p034
2021 (4)
- Gosal, A.S., Giannichi, M.L., Beckmann, M., Comber, A., Massenberg, J.R., Palliwoda, J., Roddis, P., Schägner, J.P., Wilson, J., Ziv, G. (2021):
Do drivers of nature visitation vary spatially? The importance of context for understanding visitation of nature areas in Europe and North America
Sci. Total Environ. 776 , art. 145190 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145190 - Massenberg, J.R. (2021):
Identifying social values of ecosystem services: Theoretical and empirical investigations
Dissertation, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Juristische und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
PhD Dissertation 4/2021
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 310 pp. - Massenberg, J.R. (2021):
Global climate change – who ought to pay the bill?
Sustainability 13 (23), art. 13393 10.3390/su132313393 - Schröter, M., Crouzat, E., Hölting, L., Massenberg, J.R., Rode, J., Hanisch, M., Kabisch, N., Palliwoda, J., Priess, J.A., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M. (2021):
Assumptions in ecosystem service assessments: Increasing transparency for conservation
Ambio 50 (2), 289 - 300 10.1007/s13280-020-01379-9
2019 (2)
- Kenter, J.O., Raymond, C.M., van Riper, C.J., Azzopardi, E., Brear, M.R., Calcagni, F., Christie, J., Christie, M., Fordham, A., Gould, R.K., Ives, C.D., Hejnowicz, A.P., Gunton, R., Horcea‑Milcu, A.-I., Kendal, D., Kronenberg, J., Massenberg, J.R., O’Connor, S., Ravenscroft, N., Rawluk, A., Raymond, I.J., Rodríguez‑Morales, J., Thankappan, S. (2019):
Loving the mess: navigating diversity and conflict in social values for sustainability
Sustain. Sci. 14 (5), 1439 - 1461 10.1007/s11625-019-00726-4 - Massenberg, J.R. (2019):
Social values and sustainability: a retrospective view on the contribution of economics
Sustain. Sci. 14 (5), 1233 - 1246 10.1007/s11625-019-00693-w
Awards
2022
Kapp Research Award for Ecological Economics
Awarded by the German Society for Ecological Economics (Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie, VÖÖ), the Selbach Environmental Foundation and the anstiftung Foundation.