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Prof. Dr. Monika Hartmann

Head of Department Agricultural and Food Market Research

Vice Chairperson in the Board of the Theodor Brinkmann Foundation 

President of the German Association of Agricultural Economics

Fields of Research

  • Information and communication in the food sector
  • Food demand and consumer protection policies
  • Ethical consumption
  • Corporate Social Responsibility in the food sector
  • Competitiveness of the food sector

Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases

  • Supervised 24 completed doctoral dissertations as main supervisor
  • Supervised more than 120 completed MSc and Diploma theses
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Prof. Dr. Monika Hartmann

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1987: Research Fellow at the Agricultural Faculty, University Giessen (Hessen)

1987 - 1995: Research Fellow (87-92) und Assistant Professor (92-95) at the Faculty of Economics, University of Frankfurt (Hessen)

1994 - 1995: Acting Professor for Agricultural and Environmental Policy at the Agricultural Faculty, University Giessen

1995 - 2002: Head of the Division on Agricultural Markets, Marketing and World Agricultural Trade at the Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle/Saale (Saxony-Anhalt), and Professor (1996-2002) at the agricultural faculty, university of Halle

since 2002: Professor for Agricultural and Food Market Research, Institute for Agricultural Policy, Market Research, and Economic Sociology, University of Bonn

1987: Diploma in Agricultural Science

1991: Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University Giessen

  • Member of the European Association of Agricultural Economics (EAAE)
  • Member of the German Association of Agricultural Economics
  • Member of the Agricultural and Applied Economic Association (AAEA) and sections (Food Safety and Nutrition Section and Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section)

Activities in Research Associations

  • President / Vice President, German Association of Agricultural Economics (since 2023-2025 / 2020-2022)

  • President / Vice President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) (2008-2011 / 2005-2008)

  • Conference Organization: Head of the Local Organising Committee for the EAAE conference 2025 in Bonn; Responsible for Poster Session at the EAAE conference in 1996 in Edinburgh and at the IAAE (International Association of Agricultural Economists) conference in 2000 in Berlin; Co-organization of several EAAE Seminars (2010, 1999, 1997, 1992), a Summer Symposium of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortiums (IATRC; 2006); the 5th International Consumer Science Research Conference (2011); the International Congress on One Health & Food Safety (2018), the annual conference of the GAAE (2016, 2008)  

Service in Boards/Reviews

  • Member of the Bioeconomy Council NRW (since 2024)

  • Member in the Board of the Theodor Brinkmann Foundation (since 2023)

  • Member of the Assessment Committee to review the Wageningen Economic Research Institute, Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands (2018 and 2023)

  • Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Wageningen School of Social Sciences at the University of Wageningen, Netherlands (2010-2017)

  • Member of the International Advisory Board of the Mansholt Graduate School of Social Sciences at the University of Wageningen, Netherlands (2006-2010)

  • Member of the Advisory Council for International Agriculture and Forestry of the Robert Bosch Foundation (2000-2004)

Editorial roles

  • Editor: Agribusiness: An International Journal (2015-2023)

  • Editorial Board: Agribusiness (2011-2015), Quarterly J. International Agriculture (1997-2015)

  • Guest-editor of Special Journal Issues: European Review of Agricultural Economics (2012); International Journal of Consumer Studies (2012); Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development (2008); Journal of Economic Integration (1993)

Current engagement in academic self-governance at university level

  • Faculty: Vice Dean for Real Estate and Finance; Head of the Commission Teaching Support; Member of the Study Commission for Agricultural and Food Economics

  • University: Member of the selection committee Bonn International Funding Programs; Advisory Member of the Senat Commission for Planning and Finances

2025: Fellowship Award of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)

2025: Q Open Best Paper Award (First author: Philipp Feisthauer, co-author: Jan Börner)

2011: Quality of Policy Contribution Award of the EAAE (Co-author: Gesa Maschkowski).

1992: CEPES-Award 1992 of the Association for Economic Progress in conjunction with the University of Frankfurt for outstanding achievements of young researchers

1992: Award of the German Association of Agricultural Economists for the best dissertation in 1991

1992: Award of the University of Giessen for the best dissertation in the field of agricultural and food science in 1991/92

1986: Scholarship of the Kernforschungsanlage Jülich to participate in the 'Young Scientists Summer Program' of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg (Austria)