Logo Uni Bonn Logo Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) Logo Economic and Agricultural Policy
You are here: ILR → Economic and Agricultural Policy → Staff → Britz

Wolfgang Britz

Dr. agr., Senior Lecturer and Researcher (Akademischer Oberrat)

Nussallee 21, Haus 1, Raum 1.004
Tel.: ++ 49 - 2 28 - 73 25 02, Fax: ++ 49 - 2 28 - 73 46 93

Wolfgang Britz is senior researcher and lecturer in a tenured position at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University Bonn, where his research focus is on the impacts of agricultural, environmental and trade policies on the agricultural sector, the environment and rural areas.

He developed the first versions of the CAPRI modelling system, and since then contributed to its evolvement as a global economic simulation model for trade in agricultural products combined with detailed bio-economic supply models for European agriculture. CAPRI is widely used for quantitative impact assessment of policies targeting the agricultural sector and applied in many research projects. Dr. Britz continues to manage the international network and activities around CAPRI and co-ordinates/d large-scale EU funded research projects focusing on CAPRI.

Dr. Britz regularly consults governments and international organizations such as the EU Commission, OECD or FAO based on quantitative impact assessments and in methodological matters relating to economic simulation models.

CV

09/2006-03/2008Researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the EU Commission, Ispra, Italy, temporary leave from University Bonn
01/2001-12/2003Temporary Professor at the University of Bloemfontein, South Africa, realized via short time stays
since 05/1996 Senior Lecturer and Researcher (Akademischer Oberrat)
01/1994-04/1996 Consultant with EuroCARE, EUROSTAT und FAO
11/1994 Doctorate in agricultural economics
03/1991-07/1991 Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames/USA
12/1990-12/1993 Research Assistant at the Institute for Agricultural Policy, University Bonn
06/1990-11/1990 Consultant at EUROSTAT, Luxemburg
10/1987-05/1990 Agricultural sciences in Bonn and diploma at Bonn University
07/1986-07/1987 One year stage on farms in Germany
10/1984-06/1986 Agricultural sciences at Bonn University
1964 Born in Voelklingen/Saar, Germany

Research areas

Current Work topics

since 2011Work with Arnim Kuhn and Michael Ferris on modeling water allocating institutions based on multiple optimization problems with equilibrium constraints
since 9/2010GHG abatement costs from dairy farms, indiviudal grant by the DFG (German Science Foundation), prinical investigators K. Holm-Müller and W. Britz
since 9/2008Work with Tom Hertel on linking GTAP and CAPRI
since 2009Contribution to EU Network of Excellence LIASE

Project co-ordination

since 3/2009EU research framework VII project CAPRI-RD
3/2004-7/2006 EU research framework VI project CAPRI-Dynaspat
4/2001-3/2004 EU reesarch framework V project CAP-STRAT

Teaching

Master program

    Simulation Models for Policy Analysis (winter term)

    Project seminar for master students (winter term)

    Public choice in the Agri-Food Sector (summer term)

Previously taught

    European and International Agricultural Policy (master program)

    Microeconomics (master program)

Selected publications and conference contributions

Selected research and work topics

Complete list of publications

Last Updated:Friday, March 23, 2012