Life Science Economics and Business

Professor Johannes Sauer is Head of the Department for Economics & Policy and Academic Program Director at the Technical University of Munich, where he also serves as Full Professor and Chair of Production and Resource Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics “summa cum laude”, from the University of Bonn, Germany. His research explores farm and company productivity, sustainability, and resilience in the agricultural and food sector, as well as the adoption of innovative technologies, evaluation of policy programs, and bioeconomic developments. He has advised the OECD, European Commission, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank, and is a member of the FAO Task Force on Ecosystem Services. Prof. Sauer previously worked at Imperial College London and the Universities of Manchester and Copenhagen, with visiting roles at UC Berkeley and Princeton University. He is an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University and co-editor-in-chief of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.