Robert Finger
@robertfinger.bsky.social
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy & Chair of the World Food System Center at ETH Zürich. Open Science.
Website https://sites.google.com/view/fingerrobert/home
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=V7yA_rcAAAAJ&hl=en
Website https://sites.google.com/view/fingerrobert/home
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=V7yA_rcAAAAJ&hl=en
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New paper in Nature Communications🥳
Our paper ’Expected effects of a global transformation of agricultural pest management’ led by Niklas Möhring is now online
Open Access www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our paper ’Expected effects of a global transformation of agricultural pest management’ led by Niklas Möhring is now online
Open Access www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Lucia Hoffmann
shares fresh insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how farmers view transaction costs in cooperative agri-environment-climate measures 🌾🤝
📅 Wed 28.Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
Lucia Hoffmann
shares fresh insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how farmers view transaction costs in cooperative agri-environment-climate measures 🌾🤝
📅 Wed 28.Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM
📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Lucia Hoffmann
shares fresh insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how farmers view transaction costs in cooperative agri-environment-climate measures 🌾🤝
📅 Wed 28.Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
Lucia Hoffmann
shares fresh insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how farmers view transaction costs in cooperative agri-environment-climate measures 🌾🤝
📅 Wed 28.Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
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New paper led by Marie Meyer-Jürshof: What are costs of rewetting peatland in German agriculture? We modelled 25 typical farms in all regions of DE and show a high degree of heterogeneity with rather low costs in East Germany. Abatement costs are also calculated.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From dry to wet: economic assessments of peatland rewetting scenarios in German agriculture
The process of rewetting previously drained peatlands holds significant promise in aiding efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the agricultural sector. Consequently, measures to suppor...
www.tandfonline.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:44 AM
New paper led by Marie Meyer-Jürshof: What are costs of rewetting peatland in German agriculture? We modelled 25 typical farms in all regions of DE and show a high degree of heterogeneity with rather low costs in East Germany. Abatement costs are also calculated.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
January 25, 2026 at 6:47 AM
'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
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🌿 Eine biodiverse #Schweiz - sind wir auf Kurs? Diese Frage begleitete uns an der #SWIFCOB26 - gestützt auf unserem kürzlich erschienenen Bericht « #Biodiversität in der Schweiz verstehen und gestalten» (biodiversitaet2026.scnat.ch). Danke an alle Teilnehmenden und Referierenden 🤝
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 AM
🌿 Eine biodiverse #Schweiz - sind wir auf Kurs? Diese Frage begleitete uns an der #SWIFCOB26 - gestützt auf unserem kürzlich erschienenen Bericht « #Biodiversität in der Schweiz verstehen und gestalten» (biodiversitaet2026.scnat.ch). Danke an alle Teilnehmenden und Referierenden 🤝
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Ich habe zwei PhD-Stellen für die Erforschung von Biodiversitätsnarrativen zu vergeben. 4 Jahre vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds finanziert an der Universität Fribourg (Schweiz). Bewerbungsschluss 13. März. Bitte an Interessierte weiterleiten!
Mehr Infos:
www.claudia-keller.ch/files/upload...
Mehr Infos:
www.claudia-keller.ch/files/upload...
January 26, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Ich habe zwei PhD-Stellen für die Erforschung von Biodiversitätsnarrativen zu vergeben. 4 Jahre vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds finanziert an der Universität Fribourg (Schweiz). Bewerbungsschluss 13. März. Bitte an Interessierte weiterleiten!
Mehr Infos:
www.claudia-keller.ch/files/upload...
Mehr Infos:
www.claudia-keller.ch/files/upload...
'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
January 25, 2026 at 6:47 AM
'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Tomorrow, January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present his paper in our FRIES Seminar
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
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As foundation models increasingly shape science, economies, and society, academia has a critical role in ensuring these systems are open, trustworthy, and grounded in human values.
ai.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
ai.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
ETH Zurich, EPFL, and Stanford HAI forge a strategic collaboration on human-centered AI
The agreement that lays the foundation for long-term collaboration in AI research and education, with a focus on open, large-scale foundation models and their societal impact. It will enable joint res...
ai.ethz.ch
January 23, 2026 at 10:57 AM
As foundation models increasingly shape science, economies, and society, academia has a critical role in ensuring these systems are open, trustworthy, and grounded in human values.
ai.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
ai.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
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Moving North-(East): Changes in French Wine Harvests by Department, Average 1974–78 vs. Average 2020–24
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Moving North-(East): Changes in French Wine Harvests by Department, Average 1974–78 vs. Average 2020–24
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A bit more than one week left to apply (via the UFZ or via University of Leipzig)
📣Interested in investigating whether/how land users consider soil biodiversity🪱 in their management decisions & what consequences this have for designing incentives? While being part of an interdisciplinary research training group? Apply here⬇️
recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/33...
recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/33...
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A bit more than one week left to apply (via the UFZ or via University of Leipzig)
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Three years ago, the Institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote #Decarbonisation in Switzerland through the #Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and project director Reto Knutti looks back at what was achieved.
More speed needed
Three years ago, the institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote decarbonisation in Switzerland through the Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and proje...
ethz.ch
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Three years ago, the Institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote #Decarbonisation in Switzerland through the #Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and project director Reto Knutti looks back at what was achieved.
Reposted by Robert Finger
'Wo Landwirte und Bevölkerung die gleichen Ziele haben'
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 AM
'Wo Landwirte und Bevölkerung die gleichen Ziele haben'
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Within Germany’s 2025 Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA), wine and musts account for €1,332 million in farm sales revenue. Overall, wine represents 6.2% of Germany’s plant product sales revenue and 2.2% of total agricultural sales revenue. Note, Germany’s EAA are dominated by milk.
January 22, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Within Germany’s 2025 Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA), wine and musts account for €1,332 million in farm sales revenue. Overall, wine represents 6.2% of Germany’s plant product sales revenue and 2.2% of total agricultural sales revenue. Note, Germany’s EAA are dominated by milk.
'Wo Landwirte und Bevölkerung die gleichen Ziele haben'
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 AM
'Wo Landwirte und Bevölkerung die gleichen Ziele haben'
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) im Schweizer Bauer www.schweizerbauer.ch/artikel/poli...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Robert Finger
Join us next week! On January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present in our FRIES Seminar a paper 'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Join us next week! On January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present in our FRIES Seminar a paper 'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Join us next week! On January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present in our FRIES Seminar a paper 'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Join us next week! On January 26, Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) will present in our FRIES Seminar a paper 'On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy'
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
At ETH or zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/6613179602...
Further FRIES information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
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We are hiring at the Assistant Professor level! The position is open to anyone with a quantitative agri-business research and teaching profile. Feel free to reach out if you have questions 🙏
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
Assistant Professor Economic Modelling of Farms and Firms in Food Supply Chains
Do you want to support economic decision making and sustainable transitions in food supply chains? Do you have a passion for teaching empirical modelling of farms and firms in food supply chains? Then...
www.wur.nl
January 21, 2026 at 9:14 AM
We are hiring at the Assistant Professor level! The position is open to anyone with a quantitative agri-business research and teaching profile. Feel free to reach out if you have questions 🙏
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
Vacancy at Wageningen University: Assistant Professor Economic Modelling of Farms and Firms in Food Supply Chains
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
January 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Vacancy at Wageningen University: Assistant Professor Economic Modelling of Farms and Firms in Food Supply Chains
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
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“About 70% of fresh water taken by human withdrawals was used for agriculture … More than half of global food was grown in areas where water storage was declining or unstable … Increased variability is as much a problem as scarcity” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“About 70% of fresh water taken by human withdrawals was used for agriculture … More than half of global food was grown in areas where water storage was declining or unstable … Increased variability is as much a problem as scarcity” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Robert Finger
JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS, Vol 20, No 4, is out.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS, Vol 20, No 4, is out.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
After serving as the Chair of the ETH Domain Open Research Data (ORD) Program Steering Committee for three years, I stepped down this month.
Details on the Program open-research-data-portal.ch.
LinkedIn Post www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...
Details on the Program open-research-data-portal.ch.
LinkedIn Post www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
After serving as the Chair of the ETH Domain Open Research Data (ORD) Program Steering Committee for three years, I stepped down this month.
Details on the Program open-research-data-portal.ch.
LinkedIn Post www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...
Details on the Program open-research-data-portal.ch.
LinkedIn Post www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...
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Interesting “Data on Swiss grape growers’ production, pest and labour management decisions” by Philipp Höper, Lucca Zachmann, and Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social. Free access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Interesting “Data on Swiss grape growers’ production, pest and labour management decisions” by Philipp Höper, Lucca Zachmann, and Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social. Free access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A study found that a widely used insecticide, chlorpyrifos, speeds up aging in a common lake fish by shortening the protective caps on its chromosomes, and leads to its premature death. https://scim.ag/49Hp7jU
In fish, low doses of common pesticide speed aging and death
Polluted lakes and lab experiments highlight harms of chronic exposure to chlorpyrifos
scim.ag
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A study found that a widely used insecticide, chlorpyrifos, speeds up aging in a common lake fish by shortening the protective caps on its chromosomes, and leads to its premature death. https://scim.ag/49Hp7jU
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About a decade ago, a baker in a small mountainous village in southern Austria noticed his cow doing something unusual... My latest for @science.org about the first documented case of tool use in cattle!
No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools
First evidence for tool use in cattle includes a skill previously seen only in humans and chimpanzees
science.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
About a decade ago, a baker in a small mountainous village in southern Austria noticed his cow doing something unusual... My latest for @science.org about the first documented case of tool use in cattle!
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Research with a Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits:
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as #PlantProtection, #PlantBreeding, #ClimateChange adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as #PlantProtection, #PlantBreeding, #ClimateChange adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
Agroscope stellt sein Arbeitsprogramm 2026–2029 vor
YouTube video by agroscopevideo
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Research with a Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits:
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as #PlantProtection, #PlantBreeding, #ClimateChange adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as #PlantProtection, #PlantBreeding, #ClimateChange adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
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A meta-analysis on the productive value of crop biodiversity - François Bareille, Benjamin Largier
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...?
A meta‐analysis on the productive value of crop biodiversity
Growing recognition of biodiversity's role in supporting agricultural productivity has prompted economists and other scholars to quantify the “productive value” of crop biodiversity using observation...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
A meta-analysis on the productive value of crop biodiversity - François Bareille, Benjamin Largier
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...?