Josef Baumert

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Josef Baumert, Msc

PhD student
josef.baumert@ilr.uni-bonn.de

Niebuhrstraße 1a, 53115 Bonn, Germany

I am a Doctoral student in Agricultural Economics and interested in how data science can help to better understand farmers’ crop choices, land use and irrigation practices. Being curious about the application of (Bayesian) econometrics, machine learning and satellite imagery, I want to contribute to better agricultural and environmental policy making.

Research Areas

  • Probabilistic Crop Choice Modelling
  • Agricultural Policies and Economics
  • (Bayesian) Econometrics and Machine Learning Applications
  • Econometric Mathematical Programming

Academic Education

  • 10/19-01/22
    Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA), Double Degree with UCSC Cremona (Italy) and UC Louvain (Belgium)
    • Degree: Master of Science in Agricultural and Food Economics
    • Thesis: Bridging Positive Mathematical Programming and Econometrics for Agricultural Policy Analysis
  • 10/15-03/19
    Agricultural Sciences (Area of Specialization: Agricultural Economics), University of Göttingen (Germany)
    • Degree: Bachelor of Science
    • Thesis: Assessing the Impact of a CIAT Project on Innovation Capacity in Smallholder Livestock-Crop Systems in South-East Asia
  • 03/15
    University entrance diploma (Abitur), Gymnasium am Kurfürstlichen Schloss, Mainz

Internships and Work Experience

  • 09/20-02/21
    Internship at ADE - Aide à la Décision Economique (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
    • Internship in the Agriculture & Rural Development Department
  • 03/19-08/19
    Internship at Rabobank Food & Agribusiness (Frankfurt, Germany)
    • Internship in the Loan Products Group and Rabo Trading Germany
  • 11/18-12/18
    Research in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos for a CIAT Project
    • Implementation of a field study to assess the innovation capacity of smallholder farmers
  • 11/18-03/19
    Student assistent at the Chair of Farm Management (University of Göttingen, Germany)
  • 2016 and 2017
    Summer internships on an organic mixed farm and on a conventional dairy farm in Germany
    • Practical farm work during harvest time