AgriFood Economics, Policy and Regulation

There are many areas of conflict in the international agricultural and food sector. How can biodiversity be preserved despite climate change and, at the same time, support economic and sustainable development in poorer countries? How can food security be ensured for a growing world population while still maintaining fair supply chains? The international integration of agricultural markets and policymaking at the multinational level characterises the environment for producers, processors, and other players in the sector. Would you like to understand the international interdependencies? The Master's degree programme in AgriFood Economics, Policy and Regulation, which is taught in English, gives you the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural skills you need to find effective and cooperative answers to these major social issues. Why study in this degree programme in particular? The degree programme offers a unique combination of agricultural policy with an interdisciplinary approach that takes ecological and socio-economic aspects into account. You will deal intensively with the complexity of the AgriFood sector, which is characterised by close interactions between biological, technological, economic, social, and political-legal challenges and systems. During the degree programme, you will deal intensively with the current challenges in the agricultural and food sectors. How do digital technologies influence our agriculture? How can resources be better utilised, and what can sustainable regional production and marketing principles look like? You can combine your basic scientific knowledge from the field of agricultural and horticultural sciences and your fundamental knowledge of empirical research methods with specific industry-relevant knowledge from business and politics. If you have a background in economics or political science, you can combine this with knowledge of the ecological and technological aspects of agriculture. No other degree programme offers you these interdisciplinary opportunities – it is unique in Europe. What competencies and skills will you acquire? As a graduate of the AgriFood Economics, Policy and Regulation degree programme, you will be familiar with the complexity of modern agrifood systems. You will be able to discuss ecological implications, socio-economic and political interactions, and describe technological principles of food production.  As a graduate, you will be able to... discuss findings from scientific reports on topics in the agrifood sector and analyse their significance for existing food systems communicate constructively with all relevant stakeholders and lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams understand conflicts between stakeholders and promote economic and political cooperation between different actors within the agricultural sector develop innovative solutions in the form of consumer initiatives, business models, cooperative approaches, and campaigns develop new regulatory systems and develop approaches to reorganise existing regulations As an analyst and problem solver, you will actively contribute to finding compromises between economic and ecological needs in modern food systems in today's society.