Robert Finger
@robertfinger
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at ETH Zürich. Website Google Scholar
Die Preisträgerin und Preisträger des 2026 Nachwuchspreis der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA) sind: Viviane Buser, Jakob Burkhardt und Maxence Rössler Herzliche Gratulation! Details: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/31/s...
'Data on the uptake of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices in European agriculture' New Data in Brief paper led by Sharmin Akter and with 34 co-authors, as part of the SUPPORT project Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
'From scarcity to strategy: Designing hay markets to mitigate feed shortages and income shocks' New Paper in Ecological Economics led by Julia Kunkel and with Jonathan Haag, Sergei Schaub, Juergen Groeneveld, Christian Klassert, Birgit Müller Open Access doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
‘Warum Winzer mit dem Umstieg auf PIWIs zögern’ ‚Weinbau der Zukunft‘ berichtet über unser Paper in Agricultural Economics www.weinbau-der-zukunft.com/warum-winzer... Das paper doi.org/10.1111/agec... Unser blog agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/27/a...
'Anbau von pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten: Warum Betriebe mit der Umstellung abwarten' Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog mit Eileen Ziehmann und Niklas Möhring agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/27/a... Paper in Agricultural Economics doi.org/10.1111/agec...
ICYMI: Nathan Hendricks will present a paper on 'Collective Action to Allocate the Commons: Insights from Consequential Stated Preference Surveys' in our FRIES Seminar on 29.07., 16.00-17.00 (CEST). At ETH and via Zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/63498152720 More on FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
‘Replication Under Spatial Uncertainty: Bias in Weather-Yield Estimation from EU FADN Data’ a new paper by Klett et al. in Q Open doi.org/10.1093/qope... replicated our Food Policy paper led by Jonas Schmitt doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
Join us next week! Nathan Hendricks will present a paper on 'Collective Action to Allocate the Commons: Insights from Consequential Stated Preference Surveys' in our FRIES Seminar. 29.07., 16.00-17.00 (CEST). Zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/63498152720 More on FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Interview in Le Temps on the FAO ‘Special Event on The State of Food Security and Nutrition’ and costs of healthy diets www.letemps.ch/economie/il-... Details and references in LinkedIn post www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...
'Adoption Dynamics of Fungus-Resistant Grapevine Varieties: A Real Options Approach' New paper in Agricultural Economics 🥳 led by Eileen Ziehmann 👏 and with Niklas Möhring Open Acess doi.org/10.1111/agec...
The recording of my webinar on 'Digital Innovations for Sustainable Crop Protection', hosted by AgriBusiness Global is now online youtu.be/kaod1GHxccs?... Thanks for hosting me, and for the great discussion and inputs. Here is the background paper doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
'Probabilistic Tillage Mapping at Scale: Fusing Predictions from a Theory-Based Agronomic Model and a Bayesian Neural Network' Joins us next week for a FRIES Seminar by Alexa Leyens, University of Bonn July 13 at ETH or via zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/61682523452 FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Today Prof. Dr. Nathan Hendricks from Kansas State University joined our Agricultural Economics and Policy (AECP) Group at ETH Zurich as a guest professor for the next five months. We are very happy to have you on board, Nathan!🥳
Réduire l’utilisation du cuivre en viticulture : les combinaisons de mesures sont les plus efficaces ICYMI : nouveau billet sur le blog Agrarpolitik. Lead: Lucca Zachmann agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/06/11/r... Article publié dans Crop Protection: doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
Join us next week for a FRIES seminar by Jonas Schmitt on’Drought and heat risk in a changing climate under consideration of flexible phenological phases’ July 8, 16:00-17:00 At ETH Zurich and via zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/68526027141 More information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
'Robustness Reproduction with Machine Learning' new paper by Bittmann et al. in the German J. of Ag. Economics www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.ph... replicated on of our papers (led by J. Ammann, doi.org/10.1016/j.fo.... Our framework ‘Replications in Agricultural Economics’ doi.org/10.1002/aepp...
On my way to Berlin. This week, I will be teaching several lectures in our Ph.D.-level course, "Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Agriculture" at the HU Berlin (jointly taught with Oliver Mußhoff): lnkd.in/eubxUmfx On July 02, I will also give a research talk lnkd.in/eTQM-wxS
‚Weniger Kupfer im Weinbau: Kombinationen von Massnahmen bringen den grössten Effekt‘ ICYMI: neuer policy brief in der Agrarforschung Schweiz. Lead @luccazachmann.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2026/06/weni... Paper in Crop Protection doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
ICYMI: We are hiring together with Agroscope. Vacancy, 4-year Postdoctoral Researcher on 'Model-based Food System Evaluation' jobs.admin.ch/job-vacancie...
'Unlocking Agricultural Policy Potential through Digitalization and New Instruments' I am looking forward to giving a presentation at Humboldt University in Berlin next week. July 02, 14:00 (CEST). Lecture Hall 4, Building 4, Philippstraße 12, Berlin & Online via Zoom: lnkd.in/eJ_TyFWe
‚Data on the stated willingness to accept collective agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity conservation of European grassland farmers‘ ICYMI: new paper in Data in Brief 🥳 led by Viviane Fahrni and @robehube.bsky.social 👏 with many further coauthors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I am looking forward to the webinar on 'Digital Innovations for Sustainable Crop Protection', hosted by AgriBusiness Global June 29, 2.00 p.m. (CEST) Participation is free, but registration is required www.agribusinessglobal.com/agribusiness... Background paper doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Artikel vom @correctiv.org zum Thema Dürre in Europa, inklusive Implikationen für die Landwirtschaft. Im Artikel wurden unter anderem @tobidal.bsky.social und ich zum Thema Dürrerisiko und Risikomanagement in der Landwirtschaft interviewt correctiv.org/aktuelles/kl...
‚Agentenbasierte Modelle zur Unterstützung von Politik in der europäischen Landwirtschaft: Fortschritte und Herausforderungen‘ ICYMI: neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog, lead Robert Huber und mit Jesus Barreiro-Hurle agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/06/12/a... @robehube.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
Vacancy: Managing Director of the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and Professor for Sustainable Development Universität Bern jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
Join us next week at the AgriBusiness Global Live Webinar on 'Digital innovations for sustainable crop protection' June 29, 2.00 p.m. (CEST) / 8:00 a.m. (ET) Registration www.agribusinessglobal.com/agribusiness... Background paper doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Vacancy: 4-year Postdoctoral Researcher (Model-based Food System Evaluation) at Agroscope jobs.admin.ch/job-vacancie...
Vacancy: Professorship on 'Biodiversity Economics and Agricultural Policy' Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg & Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/8...
We are hiring! ICYMI: We are hiring a doctoral student to work on the economics and policy of climate change mitigation in Swiss agriculture. jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... A background in agricultural economics and proficiency in German or French is required. Deadline for applications is June 26
Last week, the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zürich farewelled Dr. Marta Tarruella who recently joined Agroscope as a postdoctoral researcher. Congratulations Marta! Thank you for a wonderful and inspiring time in our AECP group. We wish you all the best for the next steps!