Prof. Dr. Silke Hüttel
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2141-2931
Silke Hüttel joined the University of Göttingen 2022 on the professorship “Agricultural and Food Business Management”, one of the core professorships in the field of agribusiness management. Her fields of interest lie in identifying locally specific sustainable farming and land systems, how to bring agricultural firms towards such more sustainable systems—including high animal welfare livestock systems, new types of farming with smart technologies such as data-driven decision support or autonomous decisions—and how to create and sustain additional value from interaction with other stakeholders.
Our group’s core interest is on managerial decisions in the field of agribusiness, such as identifying improvement potentials in the ecological and economic production dimension, regarding the business and technology adoption processes, and on valuations of core production factors such as land.
Research areas/ Forschungsschwerpunkte
- farm management,
- production and farm animal welfare economics
- technology adoption and acceptance
- climate change adaptation
- eco-efficiency
- farmland markets
- policy impact analysis
Selected current responsibilities and positions:
- Co-Spokesperson of Collaborative Research Center 1502 Regional Climate Change: Disentangling the Role of Land Use and Water ManagementDETECT www.sfb1502.de
- Co-Spokesperson of Research Unit FOR 2569 Farmland Markets – Efficiency and Regulation https://www.forland.hu-berlin.de
- Editor German Journal of Agricultural Economics GJAE
- Scientific Advisory Board SustAinimal at SLU Sweden
- Editorial Board European Review of Agricultural Economics (2017-2021)
- Reviewer for DFG, DAAD, ANR, RCN and >25 journals
- Mentor for female early-career researchers
Academic Career/ Akademischer Werdegang:
seit 4/2022: | Leiterin der Professur für Management der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft, Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften der Universität Göttingen |
9/2017–3/2022: | Leiterin der Professur für Produktionsökonomik an der Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Bonn |
4/2014–8/2017: | Leiterin der Professur Agrarökonomie an der Agrar- und Umweltwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Rostock |
7/2011–3/2014: | Juniorprofessorin für Quantitative Agrarökonomik, Department für Agrarökonomie, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
4/2010–7/2010: | Vertretung der Professur für Produktions- und Umweltökonomie, Institut für Lebensmittel- und Ressourcenökonomik, Universität Bonn |
10/2009: | Dr. rer. pol. an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Quantitative Agrarökonomik |
2005–2011: | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Forschungsgebiet Allgemeine Betriebslehre des Landbaus, Department für Agrarökonomie, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Publications and Conferences/ Publikationen und Vorträge
2025
2024
Janze, C., von Michaelis, M., Cornelius, J., Klüber, B., Hüttel, S., Seifert, S., Schukat, S., Michels, M., Efken, J., Isenhardt, L., Teuber, R., Kionka, M. (2025) | Konjunkturbarometer Agribusiness in Deutschland 2025 | Link |
Hainbach, T., Hüttel, S., Werwatz, A. (2024) | What moves farmland markets: decomposing the price surge in eastern Germany. European Review of Agricultural Economics, jbae029. | Link |
Graubner, M., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Rental and sale prices of agricultural lands under spatial competition. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 17, 32. | Link |
Brill, F., Lima Alencar, P.H., Zhang, H., Boeing, F., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T. (2024) | Exploring drought hazard, vulnerability, and related impacts to agriculture in Brandenburg. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(12), 4237-4265. | Link |
Leonhardt, H., Wesemeyer, M., Eder, A., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T., Schaak, H., Seifert, S. and Wolff, S. (2024) | Use cases and scientific potential of land use data from the EU’s Integrated Administration and Control System: A systematic mapping review. Ecological Indicators 167, 112709. | Link |
Burchfield, E., Ferro, M., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T., Leonhardt, H., Niedermayr, A., Rissing, A., Seifert, S., Wesemeyer, M. (2024) | Towards a comprehensive analysis of agricultural land systems in the EU and US: A critical view on publicly available datasets. Land Use Policy 147, 107371. | Link |
Uehleke, R., Plettenberg, L. v., Leyer, M., Hüttel, S. (2024) | German sugar beet farmers' intention to use autonomous field robots for seeding and weeding. Journal of Environmental Management 370, 122472. | Link |
Hüttel, S., Hess, S. (2024) | Are lessons being learnt from the replication crisis or will the revolution devour its children? Open Q science from the editor’s perspective. QOpen, forthcoming. | Link |
Seifert, S., Wolff, S., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Eco-efficiency in the agricultural landscape of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Agricultural Systems 220, 104062. | Link |
Seifert, S., Wolff, S., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Replication Data for: Eco-efficiency in the agricultural landscape of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, GRO.data V2. | Link |
Burchfield, E., Ferro, M., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T., Leonhardt, H., Niedermayr, A., Rissing, A., Seifert, S., Wesemeyer, M. (2024) | Towards a comprehensive analysis of agricultural land systems: What can we see with publicly available datasets in the EU and US?. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. FORLand-Working Paper 30 (2024). | Link |
Hüttel, S., Balmann, A., Mußhoff, O., Odening, M., Seifert, S. (2024) | Was bestimmt die landwirtschaftlichen Bodenpreise in Deutschland? - Ergebnisse empirischer Analysen der Kaufpreissammlungen. FORLand Policy Brief 06(2024) Special Management Edition. | Link |
Brill, F., Lima Alencar, P.H., Zhang, H., Boeing, F., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T. (2024) | Exploring drought hazard, vulnerability, and related impacts to agriculture in Brandenburg. Preprint egusphere-2024-1149. | Link |
Graubner, M., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Rental and sale prices of agricultural lands under spatial competition. FORLand Working Paper Series 29. | Link |
Hartig, M, Seifert, S., Haunert, J.-H., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Improving geographical accuracy of agricultural data: A probabilitstic spatial downscaling approach. Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Bd. 59, 2024, S. 325-327. | Link |
Hüttel, S., Mußhoff, O. (2024) | Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft: Förderung von Biodiversität und Klimaneutralität. Wirtschaftsdienst 104(3), 147-152. | Link |
Isenhardt, L., Seifert, S., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Replication Data for: Tenant Favoritism and Right of First Refusals in Farmland Auctions: Competition and Price Effects, GRO.data V2. | Link |
Hartig, M, Seifert, S., Haunert, J.-H., Hüttel, S. (2024) | Improving geographical accuracy of agricultural data: A probabilitstic spatial downscaling approach. Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Bd. 59, 2024, S. 325-327. | Link |
2023
Hüttel, S., Seifert, S., Schöndube, A. (2023) | Kaufpreisanalyse für Ackerland in Sachsen-Anhalt mittels hedonischer Regression. LSA Verm 2023/2 | Link |
Ebers, N., Stupak, N., Hüttel, S., Woelfert, M. Müller-Thomy, H. (2023) | Potenzialabschätzung von technischen Wasserspeicheroptionen, Bewässerungsansätzen und ihrer Umsetzbarkeit, Thünen Working Paper 227 | Link |
Uehleke, R., Leonhardt, H., Hüttel, S. (2023) | Counterfactual evaluation of two Austrian agri-environmental schemes in 2014–2018. Agricultural Economics, in press. | Link |
Leonhardt, H., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T., Wesemeyer, M., Wolff, S. (2023) | Use Cases of the Integrated Administration and Control System’s Plot-Level Data: Protocol and Pilot Analysis for a Systematic Mapping Review. German Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(3/4), 168-184. | Link |
Heckelei, T., Hüttel, S., Odening, M., Rommel, J. (2023) | The p-value debate and statistical (mal)practice – implications for the agricultural and food economics community. German Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(1), 47-67. | Link |
Heckelei, T., Hüttel, S., Odening, M., Rommel, J. (2023) | Replication Data for: The p-value debate and statistical (mal)practice – implications for the agricultural and food economics community, GRO.data V2. | Link |
Humpesch, M., Seifert, S., Balmann, A., Hüttel, S. (2023) | How does tenancy affect farmland prices? Effects of lease status, lease term and buyer type, Agricultural Finance Review, 83 (2), 242-263. | Link |
Jauernig, J., Brosig, S., Hüttel, S. (2023) | Profession and residency matter: Farmers' preferences for farmland price regulation in Germany. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 74 (3), 816-834. | Link |
Seifert, S., M. Humpsch, A. Balmann, and S. Hüttel (2023) | How Does Tenancy Affect Farmland Prices? Effects of Lease Status, Lease Term, and Buyer Type. Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Bd. 58, 2023, S. 433-445. | Link |
Isenhardt, L. , S. Seifert, S. Wolff, T. Lakes, A. Werwatz, M. Graubner and S. Hüttel (2023) | Renewable Energy Policy Effects and Farmland Markets – The German Perspective. Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Bd. 58, 2023, S. 479-481. | Link |
Leonhardt, H. , S. Hüttel , T. Lakes and S. Wolf (2023) | Applications of Land-Use Data from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) in Scientific Research: A Scoping Review Pilot Analysis. Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Bd. 58, 2023, S. 267-278. | Link |
2022
Leonhardt, H., Hüttel, S., Lakes, T., Wesemeyer, M., Wolff, S. (2022) | Applications of Land-use Data from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) in Scientific Research: A scoping Review Pilot Analysis. | Link |
Welting, M., Hüttel, S. (2022) | Sustainable Intensification Farming as an Enabler for Farm Eco-Efficiency?, Environmental and Resource Economics. | Link |
Hüttel, S., Leuchten, M., Leyer, M. (2022) | The Importance of Social Norm on Adopting Sustainable Digital Fertilisation Methods, Organization & Environment, 35(1), 79-102. | Link |
Isenhardt, L., Seifert, S., Hüttel, S. (2022) | Tenant Favoritism and Right of First Refusals in Farmland Auctions: Competition and Price Effects, Land Economics. | Link |
Massfeller, M., Meraner, M., Hüttel, S., Uehleke, R. (2022) | Farmers’ acceptance of results-based agri-environmental schemes: A German perspective, Land Use Policy, 120, 106281. | Link |
Adamie, B., Uehleke, R., Hansson, H., Mußhof, O., Hüttel, S. (2022) | Dairy cow welfare measures: Can production economic data help? Sustainable Production and Consumption, 32: 296-305. | Link |
2021
Heckelei, T., Hüttel, S., Odening, M., Rommel, J. (2021) | The replicability crisis and the p-value debate – what are the consequences for the agricultural and food economics community? | Link |
Winklhofer, P., Andert, S., Hüttel, S., Gerowitt, B. (2021) | Measuring On-Farm Phosphorus Fertiliser Use—Lessons Learned from Surveying Data of Five Regions in Northern Germany, Agronomy. 2021 11(11) | Link |
Balmann, A., Graubner, M., Müller, D., Hüttel, S., Seifert, S., Odening, M., Plogmann, J., Ritter, M. (2021) | Market Power in Agricultural Land Markets: Concepts and Empirical Challenges, German Journal of Agricultural Economics (GJAE) 70(4), 213-235 | Link |
Weltin, M., Zasada, I., Hüttel, S. (2021) | Relevance of portfolio effects in adopting sustainable farming practices, Journal of Cleaner Production | Link |
Uehleke, R., Seifert, S., Hüttel, S. (2021) | Do Animal Welfare Schemes Promote Better Animal Health? An Empirical Investigation of German Pork Production., Livestock Science 247 | Link |
Wolff, S., Hüttel, S., Nendel, C., Lakes, T. (2021) | Agricultural Landscapes in Brandenburg, Germany: An Analysis of Characteristics and Spatial Patterns, International Journal of Environmental Research | Link |
Curtiss, J., Jelínek, L., Medonos, T., Hruška, M., Hüttel, S. (2021) | Investors’ impact on Czech farmland prices: a microstructural analysis, European Review of Agricultural Economics 48(1): 97–157 | Link |