Nationality German Residence Belgium Name Justus Wesseler | Fields agricultural economics Known for Agricultural economics | |
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Born March 25, 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-03-25 ) | ||
Institutions Wageningen University | ||
Prof justus wesseler over overheidsingrijpen bij nieuwe biotechnologische ontwikkelingen
Justus Wesseler (* 25 March 1963) is a German agricultural economist and professor of Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
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- Prof justus wesseler over overheidsingrijpen bij nieuwe biotechnologische ontwikkelingen
- Life
- Scientific contributions
- Scientific experience
- Activities in international organisations
- Publications
- References
Life
Justus Wesseler received his PhD 1996 in agricultural economics, focussed on economics in agricultural, environment and nature resources at the University of Göttingen. His dissertation covered the subject "The Economics of Introducing Fruit Trees into the Highlands of Northern Luzon, Philippines". In 2000 Wesseler received an assignment as an assistant professor Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group at Wageningen University. In 2005 he was appointed as associate professor. In 2010 Wesseler spent a two-month sabbatical at LICOS, Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. In 2011 he received an appointment to professor for Agriculture and Food Economics, at the Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan of the Technical University Munich. In January 2014 he was appointed as Full Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University.
Justus Wesseler lives in Belgium. He is married and has three children.
Scientific contributions
Justus Wesseler is known for his research on economic relevance of the bioeconomy. The emphasis is on the consideration of sustainability of the assessment of new technologies and public interventions in the market using the theory of real options. Significant contributions are an indicator of measuring the sustainability of the use of transgenic plants (Maximum Incremental Social Tolerable Irreversible Costs, MISTICs), considering the uncertainties and the potential irreversible costs and benefits of the technology thus enabling an application of the precautionary principle during the evaluation. Modelling economic assessment of the coexistence of the cultivation of transgenic and non-transgenic plants are other scientific contributions.
Scientific experience
Research, educational and travel grants, awards
Since 2001 Wesseler took an active part in various international mostly multiannual research projects, partly as project coordinator. These projects include among other things:
Projects of the European Union:
Other research projects and seminars Wesseler coordinated or at which he took part were initiated by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), the University of Nanjing, Nederlandse Organisatie vor Weetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), The Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (WIMEK) and other institutions.
Activities in international organisations
Justus Wesseler is a member of the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR): (http://www.icabr.org/) and coeditor of AgBioForum (http://www.agbioforum.org/). He is instrumental in the introduction of the masterprogram Life Science Economics and Policy (http://www.mslep.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=2) at the Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich.