Prof. Dr. Alois Heißenhuber
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Heißenhuber's research focuses on process and operational optimization, taking economic and ecological criteria into account (production and environmental management), as well as the analysis of agricultural and environmental policy measures with regard to their impact on resources in rural areas (land use and regional management). Prof. Heißenhuber studied agricultural sciences with a focus on economics and social sciences at TUM (1970-1974) and completed a supplementary education program at TUM in 1975. After receiving his doctorate from TUM (1982), he spent a research stay in Japan (1989). He then returned to TUM and qualified as a professor in agricultural economics (1989). From 1996 to 2013, he was full professor at the Chair of Agricultural Economics at TUM in Weihenstephan.
Prof. Heißenhuber was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy and the Advisory Board for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the BMELV Bonn/Berlin. He was also head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bavarian Academy for Rural Affairs in Munich, a member of the editorial board of the journal Agricultural Economics in Prague, and chairman of the Commission on Agriculture (KLU) at the Federal Environment Agency in Dessau-Berlin.
Awards
- Johann-Heinrich-von-Thünen-Medal (gold), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (2015)
- Bavarian State Medal in Silver of the Bavarian Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Munich (2013)
- Hans Kudlich Award of the Ecosocial Forum in Vienna, Austria (2010)
- Honorary doctorate from Trakia University in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (2003)
- Fellow of the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) (1972-1974)
Key Publications (all publications)
Heißenhuber A, Haber W und Krämer C: 30 Jahre SRU-Sondergutachten „Umweltprobleme der Landwirtschaft“ – eine Bilanz. Umweltforschungsplan des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit. Forschungskennzahl 3712 88 288 UBA-FB 00020092. UBA TEXTE 28/2015. 2015; 368 Seiten.
AbstractBuckwell A, Heißenhuber A, Blum W, et al.: "The Sustainable Intensification of European Agriculture". A review sponsored by RISE Foundation. Bruxelles, 2014: 1-98.
AbstractBirner R, Bitsch V, Heißenhuber A, Lippert C,,Spiller A, Schulze-Pals L. Gandorfer M, Zühlsdorf A: „Brauchen wir eine post-autistische Agrarökonomie?“. Schriften d. Gesellschaft f. Wirtschafts- u. Sozialwissenschaften d. Landbaues e.V. 2013; 48: 335-351.
AbstractHeissenhuber A, Leitner H: „Nachhaltige Landnutzung“. In: Agrarethik - Landwirtschaft mit Zukunft, Themenbibliothek Ökonomie. Editor: Meier U. 2012: 133-147.
Zehetmeier M, Baudracco J, Hoffmann H, Heissenhuber A: „Does increasing milk yield reduce greenhouse gas emissions? A system approach”. Animal. 2011; 6 (1): 154-166.
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