President

Prof. Dr. Folkhard Isermeyer

Bundesallee 50
38116 Braunschweig

since 2009 President of the Thünen Institute
since 1996 Honorary Professor at the University of Göttingen
1990-2009 Director of the Institute of Farm Economics of the Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) (since 2008: Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute) in Braunschweig
1987-1990 Scientist at the University of Göttingen
1987 Doctorate in agricultural sciences
1978-1982 Studies in agricultural sciences at the University of Göttingen

Chairman of the advisory board of the initiative animal welfare (Initiative Tierwohl, since 2015)
Member of the brain trusts animal welfare at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Kompetenzkreis Tierwohl, 2014-2016, Kompetenznetzwerk Nutztierhaltung, since 2019)
Member of the Bio Economy Council (Bioökonomierat, 2009-2019)
Member of the founding board of the German Agricultural Research Alliance (DAFA, 2009-2011), since then permanent guest of the board
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (2003-2011)
Member of the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) (since 2015)
Initiator and coordinator of the European Dairy Farmers (EDF), of the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) (1997-2005) and the global network agri benchmark (since 2006)
President of the Umbrella Association for Agricultural Sciences („Dachverband Agrarforschung“, DAF) (2001-2009)
Chairman of the scientific advisory board and member of the founding board of the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) (1996-2003)
GeWiSoLa Award (1988)

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