Current Positions

Since 2013 Lecturer (ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

Since 2013 Adjunct Professor (Göttingen University)

Since 2011 Co-Editor (Journal of Forest Policy and Economics)

Since 2007 Head of Research Group ‘Environmental and Resource Economics’ (WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute)

University Degrees

2007  Habilitation in Forest and Environmental Economics; Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Göttingen University, Germany.

1997  PhD in Economics (Dr. rer.pol.); Faculty of Economics and Managerial Science, Göttingen University, Germany.

1992-93  ERASMUS-Scholarship; Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

1992  Diploma in Economics; Faculty of Economics and Managerial Science, Göttingen University, Germany.

Academic Teaching

Forest Economics and Environmental Valuation (2014-present) Lectures and Exercises. Master Courses in 'Forest and Landscape Management'. ETH Zürich. (in English)

International Forest Economics (2008-present) Lectures and Exercises. Master Courses in 'Tropical and International Forestry'. Göttingen University. (in Englisch)

Environmental Economics (2009) Lectures. Bachelor Studies in Environmental Sciences. University of Zürich. (in German).

Timber Market Analysis (2007) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in Forest Science and Wood Ecology. Göttingen University. (in German)

Forest Development Economics (2006-2007) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in Tropical and International Forestry. Göttingen University. (in English)

Environmental Economics (2006-2007) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in Forest Science and Wood Ecology. Göttingen University. (in German)

International Wood Markets, International Resources and Forest Protection (2002-2007) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in Tropical and International Forestry. Göttingen University. (in English)

Economic Assessment of Forestry Projects (2001-2007) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in Tropical and International Forestry. Göttingen University. (in English)

Métodos económicos para la valoración del medio ambiente (2003) Lectures at the Faculty of Natural Resources of the University Talca (Chile). (in Spanish)

Evaluación Económica de Servicios Ambientales (2003) Lectures and Exercises in the Master course ‘Agroforestría del Trópico Húmedo’. Universidad Nacional Loja (Ecuador). (in Spanish)

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Forestry Projects (1999-2000) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in International Forest Economics. Göttingen University. (in German)

Development Economics (1996-2000) Lectures and Exercises. Master Studies in Forestry in the Tropics and Subtropics. Göttingen University. (in English)

Economics (1993-2004) Exercises in Bachelor Studies at the Faculty of Forestry Sciences and Wood Ecology. Göttingen University (in German)

Projects

Publications