Hugo Storm

Doctorate degree in Agricultural Economics (Dr. agr.), University of Bonn

• Title: Methods of analysis and empirical evidence of farm structural change
• Summa cum laude

Completion of the Graduate School Programme of the Theodor-Brinkmann-Graduate School, University of Bonn

Visiting Scholar, NIBIO, Oslo, Norway

• Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Oslo, Norway
• Funded by a DAAD Project-related exchange stipend (PPP)

Visiting Scholar, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

• Research stay at the School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

Agricultural Science (specialisation in Agricultural Economics and Sociology), University of Bonn

• Degree: Dipl.-Ing. agr. (Agricultural Economist, Master equivalent)
• Thesis: Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water in the Drâa Valley in Morocco – An Application of the Contingent Valuation Method and the MIVAD Model

University entrance diploma (Abitur), Kant-Gymnasium, Boppard

Junior Research Group Leader, Cluster of Excellence "PhenoRob - Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production", University of Bonn, Germany

Senior Data Scientist, DPDHL Group, Bonn

Researcher (PostDoc) at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics, Eco-nomic and Agricultural Policy Group, University of Bonn, Germany

Researcher (PhD candidate) at the Institute for Food and Resource Econom-ics, Economic and Agricultural Policy Group, University of Bonn, Germany

Student Assistant, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, Agricultural and Food Market Research Group, University of Bonn

World Bank

• Project: Short term Consultant
• Topic: Application of Causal Machine learning approaches for analyzing water quality impacts.

EOPTI, Neunkirchen

• Project: Data science consulting
• Topic: Develop a machine learning prediction approach in a health care context.

EuroCARE Bonn GmbH

• Project Structural Changes in Agriculture, Rural Communities and Cultural Landscape. Funding agency: Institute for rural and regional research (RU-RALIS), Trondheim, Norway
• Topic: Analysing farm households on- and off-farm income in Norway.

EuroCARE Bonn GmbH

• Project: Modelling the effects of the CAP on farm structural change, Funding agency: JRC EU Commission – IPTS, Seville
• Topic: Development of an empirical estimation approach to analyse the ef-fects of policy on EU farm structural change, including design and implemen-tation of a training session at the IPTS.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn.

• Project: Applied GAMS Training session to develop a Linear Optimization model for Agroforestry Systems in the Philippines
• Topic: Personalized training and joint development of a GAMS model to analyse re-sources use efficiency in Agroforestry Systems in the Philippines.

Owner of a fruit farm in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany (part time)

Internships Wharetoa Dairy Farm, Clydevale, Otago, New Zealand

Internships Agricultural Teaching and Research Station, Dikopshof, Wesseling, University of Bonn, Germany

• 10/09–09/10 PhD Grant from the Theodor-Brinkmann-Graduate School, University of Bonn

• Publication award from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn for the publication: Direct payments, spatial competition and farm survival in Norway (with K. Mittenzwei and T. Heckelei) American Journal of Agricultural Econom-ics 97(4):1192-1205