Prof. Dr. Insa Theesfeld
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät III
Institut für Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4
06120
Halle (Saale)
Tel.:+49 345 5522510
Profil
Vita
Habilitation |
Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture Thesis: "Power and Leadership in Natural Resource Management - Institutional Analysis of Water Governance" |
Venia Legendi |
Resource Economics, 18th December 2013 |
Ph.D. |
Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture Doctoral dissertation on "A Common-Pool Resource in Transition: Determinants of Bulgaria's Postsocialist Irrigation Sector", 2000-2004 Award of degree: Dr. sc. agr. With greatest distinction: summa cum laude, 19/11/2004 |
Diploma |
University of Hohenheim Graduate studies of Agricultural Economics, 1996 - 2000 Diploma thesis: "Vietnam's Rural Credit Market - Determinants of Farmers' Bankability" Award of degree: Dipl.-Ing. agr. (Master's Degree) grade: very good, February 2000 |
Bachelor |
University of Rostock Bachelor of Agricultural Ecology grade: good, 1993 - 1996 |
International Education |
Université de Montpellier I and Ecole Nationale Supérieur d'Agriculture (ENSA), Montpellier, France DEA programs (diplôme d'études approfondies), 09/1998 - 01/1999 Main subjects: environmental economics, economy of rural development, agricultural economy and policies University of Georgia, College of Agricultutal and Environmental Sciences, Georgia, USA 09/1995 - 03/1996 Main subjects: agricultural economics, anthropology |
Professional Career
Since 09/2022 |
Vice President Vice-Rectorate for Personnel and Organizational Development Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
Since 04/2022 |
Senior Research Fellow Bloomington, Indiana University, USA Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis |
08/2021-05/2022 |
Interim Director Bloomington, Indiana University, USA Commons Governance Program, Ostrom Workshop |
Since 02/2014 |
Professor of Agricultural-, Environmental- and Food Policy Focus: Institutions and Natural Resource Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
09/2010-10/2010 |
Visiting Scholar Bloomington, Indiana University, USA Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis |
09/2007-01/2014 |
Senior Research Fellow Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transision Economies (IAMO), Division of External Environment for Agriculture and Policy Analysis Research Group: Institutions and Natural Resources |
08/2005-10/2005 |
Visiting scholar Bloomington, Indiana University, USA Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis |
01/2005-12/2008 |
Research Fellow Humboldt University of Berlin, Division of Resource Economics SEAMLESS project (System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling: Linking European Science and Society), funded under the 6th Framework Programme of the EU |
08/2003-12/2014 |
Research Associate Humboldt University of Berlin, Division of Resource Economics Liaison manager for an EU-wide research consortium |
03/2000-07/2003 |
Research Assistant Humboldt University of Berlin, Division of Resource Economics CEESA project (Sustainable Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe), funded under the 5th Framework Programme of the EU |
Scientific Committees and Outreach
Since 2023 |
Past-President of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) |
2021 - 2022 |
President of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) |
2021 - 2022 |
Interim Director of Commons Governance Program, Ostrom Workshop, Bloomington, Indiana Univerity, USA |
2020 - 2022 |
Editorial Board of the trade journal "welternährung.de", published by the NGO Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) |
2020 - 2022 |
Scientific Advisory Board at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Halle, Germany. |
2019 - 2021 |
Rector`s Commission on Personnel Development, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. |
2019 - 2020 |
President-Elect of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) |
2019 |
Scientific review committee, XVIIth Global IASC Conference, Lima, Peru. |
2018 - 2020 |
Member of the local organizing committee for the GEWISOLA conference 2020 in Halle (Saale). |
2018 |
Co-organizer of the Global Commons Week, 4-12 October 2018, https://www.worldcommonsweek.org/ |
2017 - 2018 |
Working Group member, building a mission statement “Agriculture 2030” in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, led by the ministry for environment, agriculture and energy. |
2017 |
Scientific review committee, XVIth Global IASC Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
2016 - 2020 |
Lead of the European Group of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). |
2016 |
Nomination Committee for the election of the board and president of the IASC 2019-2020 term. |
2016 |
Scientific board, 4rth European Conference on the International Asso-ciation for the Study of the Commons “Commons in a Glocal World”, Conference held in Bern, Switzerland, May 10-13, 2016. |
2015 - 2016 |
Member of the „Future Forum“: Advisory council to the Agricultural and Environmental Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Hermann Onko Aeikens. |
2015 |
Scientific board, Thematic Conference on Urban Commons “The City as a Commons, Reconceiving Urban Space, Common Goods and City Governance”, Bologna, Italy, November 6-7,2015. |
Since 2015 |
Foundation and coordination of a working research group "Power in Institutions and Institutional Analysis" affiliated withe the Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, USA, together with Prakash Kahwan, Gustavo Garcia, Eric Coleman |
2014 |
Scientific board, 3rd European IASC Conference held in Umeå, Sweden, September 16-19, 2014 |
2012 - 2018 |
Council member of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) www.iasc-commons.org |
2012 - 2017 |
Appointed member of the "SES-Club" founded by Prof. Elinor Ostrom and Colleagues, to further the development of an analytical system framework for socio-ecological and socio-technical systems |
2011 - 2016 |
Steering Committee of the KULUNDA project "Kulunda - How to prevent the next Global Dust Bowl? - Ecological and Economic Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Russian Steppes: A Potential Solution to Climate Change", financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
2010 - 2012 |
Member of the Working Group "Climate Adaptation" of the Senate of the German federal research institutes under the lead of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection |
2010 - 2011 |
Chair and conference organizer of the European IASC Conference 2011 (International Association for the Study of the Commons) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, September 14-17,2011 |
2010 |
Member of the Organising Committee if the IAMO Forum 2010 on "Institutions in Transistion: Challenges for the New Modes of Governance", June 16-18,2010, Halle (Salle), Germany |
2008 - 2011 |
Scientific advisory board of the PONA junior research group in social-ecological research (Politics of Nature Design), Leuphania University Lüneburg |
2008 - 2009 |
Creation and coordination of a working research group "New Challenges in the Management of Shared Water Resources" affiliated with the Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University; USA |
2006 |
Academic Review Committee, XI Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property held in Bali, Indonesia, June 18-23,2006 |
Since 2006 |
Active member of the NIÖ Network (New Institutional Economics in North-East Germany). Organization of the network meeting in Halle (Saale) in 2009 |
Expertenprofil
- Governance natürlicher Ressourcen und komplexer ökologisch-gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen
- Commons Governance und Institutionenanalyse
- Verhaltenstheorie und Theorie des kollektiven Handelns
- Methodenentwicklung zur Erfolgsmessung gesellschaftlicher Transformation
- Kooperative Ansätze in der Agrar-, Umwelt- und Ernährungspolitik
- Wechselwirkungen zwischen Organisationsformen in der Landwirtschaft und dem Schutz lokaler wie globaler Naturgüter
- Interdisziplinäre und transdisziplinäre Forschung
Forschung • Kooperationen
Forschergruppen
Projekte
Kooperationsliste
- BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Lehrstuhl Gewässerschutz, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Nixdorf, Dr. Jacqueline Rücker
- BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Lehrstuhl VWL, insb. Umweltökonomie, Prof. Dr. Frank Wätzold
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften, Abteilung Graslandwissenschaften, Prof. Dr. Johannes Isselstein
- Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Department für Bodenphysik, Prof. Dr. Ralph Meißner
- Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Department für Ökologische Systemanalyse, Dr. Dr. Martin Drechsler
- Leibniz Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
- Prof. Dr. Reimund Schmidt-De Caluw, MLU Halle/Wittenberg, Juristischer Bereich - Law School//Öffentliches Recht mit Nebengebieten
- Prof. Dr. Schmidt-De Caluwe, Reimund; Juristischer Bereich - Law School//Öffentliches Recht mit Nebengebieten
- Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)
- Samarkand Agricultural Institute, Usbekistan