Prof. Dr. Thomas Heckelei

2002  Habilitation, University of Bonn
1995  Ph.D. Agricultural Economics and Economics at Washington State University, Pullman, August 1995
1991  "Diplom" in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at University of Bonn
1990 Masters of Arts in Agricultural Economics at Washington State University, Pullman

Stipend of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" in support of research on Positive Mathematical Programming Models, 2000/2001
Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for participation in Ph.D. program at WSU, 1992/93
Outstanding graduation award for best Diploma in Agricultural Economics, University of Bonn, Spring 1991
Exchange scholarship between Washington State University and University of Bonn (Fall 1989 and Spring 1990)
Award for excellence in teaching, Agricultural Faculty at the University of Bonn, 2013
Award for excellence in teaching, University of Bonn, 2015
Board member of the International Agricultural Trade Research Council (IATRC, 2007 – 2009)
Chair of the Taiwanese-German Association for Economic and Social Research since 2007
Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (until December 2011)
American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
European Association of Agricultural Economist (EAAE)
German Association of Agricultural Economist (GeWiSoLa)
Vice dean for research and young researchers, Agricultural Faculty of the University of Bonn (2013 – 2016)
Chair of the EAAEP Foundation since 2012
DFG Fachkollegiat since April 2016

Schröder, Lilli Aline: Quantitative modelling of the Rural Development Programs of the Common Agricultural Policy - EU-wide and region-specific effects, 2020
Amrouk, El Mamoun: Price dynamics and interaction of international cash crop and staple food markets, 2020
Gebrekidan, Bisrat Haile: Modelling the dynamics of land use & intensification in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania, 2020
Götze, Franziska: Demand for organic food in Switzerland, 2019
Khalili, Hamed: Spatial competition of learning agents in agricultural procurement markets, 2019
Bassey, Nkoyo Etim: Post-harvest losses in Sub-Saharan Africa – measurement concepts and economic assessment of reduction strategies, 2018
Zhang, Yinan: Conceptualising and estimating rationalised agricultural optimisation models, 2018
Zavelberg, Yvonne: Imperfect competition in an oligopsonistic setting - A study on the German raw milk market, 2016
Rasch, Sebastian: Resilience, collapse and reorganization of a rangeland socio- ecological system in South Africa, 2016
Huseynov, Rashad: Welfare and Economy-Wide Effects of Azerbaijan’s Accession to the World Trade Organization: A Quantitative Assessment, 2015
Grosche, Stephanie: Price effects from the financialization of agricultural commodity markets, 2015
Storm, Hugo: Methods of analysis and empirical evidence of farm structural change, 2014
Kempen, Markus: EU wide analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy using spatially disaggregated data, 2013
Götz, Christian: Economic incentives of the WTO dispute settlement system with an empirical focus on the agro-food sector, 2012
Zimmermann, Andrea: Empirical analysis of farm structural change at EU level, 2012
Annen, Dominic N.: Farm Animal Welfare: Measurement and Compliance, 2012
Schlüter, Simon W.: Impact of regulatory measures on international trade in meat products, 2012
Adenäuer, Lucie: Foreign Direct Investment in the Agribusiness Sector, 2011
Becker, Arno: Impact of European bioful policies on global bioful and agricultural markets, 2011
Doerr, Rainer: Agrarpolitische Willensbildung in Deutschland, in der Europäischen Union und auf internationalen Ebene, 2009
Heidecke, Claudia: Economic analysis of water use and management in the Middle Drâa valley of Morocco, 2009
Gocht, Alexander: Methods in Economic Farm Modelling, 2009
Junker, Franziska: Trade liberalisation between the EU and the Mercosur countries: An economic assessment for the case of beef, 2009
Gruber, Ina: The Impact of Socio-Economic Development and Climate Change on Livestock Management in Benin, 2008
Jansson, Torbjoern: Econometric specification of constrained optimization models, 2007
Adenäuer, Marcel: Modelling the European Sugar Sector - Incentives to Supply Sugar Beets and Analysis of Reform Options, 2006
Wieck, Christine: Development of Marginal Cost Distributions in Dairy Production Regions of the EU, 2005
Bauer, Kai: EU-Enlargement: Perspectives for Agriculture and Rural Areas in Major Accession Countries, 2005
Bilame, Odass: Performance and Prospects of Agriculture during Structural Adjustment Programmes in Tanzania, 2003