Robert Finger
@robertfinger.bsky.social
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at ETH Zürich.
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
After five exciting and enriching years, I stepped down as the chair of the World Food Systems Center at ETH Zurich. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to research, teaching, and dialogue on sustainable food systems.
Thank you & all the best!
worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...
Thank you & all the best!
worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...
February 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
After five exciting and enriching years, I stepped down as the chair of the World Food Systems Center at ETH Zurich. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to research, teaching, and dialogue on sustainable food systems.
Thank you & all the best!
worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...
Thank you & all the best!
worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...
‘The Value of Robust Null Results in Agricultural Economics’
Very good and valuable initiative by the Journal of Agricultural Economics and the guest editors Laure Kuhfuss and @jensrommel.bsky.social to launch this special issue on such an important topic 👏
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Very good and valuable initiative by the Journal of Agricultural Economics and the guest editors Laure Kuhfuss and @jensrommel.bsky.social to launch this special issue on such an important topic 👏
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 AM
‘The Value of Robust Null Results in Agricultural Economics’
Very good and valuable initiative by the Journal of Agricultural Economics and the guest editors Laure Kuhfuss and @jensrommel.bsky.social to launch this special issue on such an important topic 👏
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Very good and valuable initiative by the Journal of Agricultural Economics and the guest editors Laure Kuhfuss and @jensrommel.bsky.social to launch this special issue on such an important topic 👏
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Save the dates! We have a great program for our FRIES Seminar Series, with six fantastic presentations scheduled in the coming weeks.
Further details and option to subscribe for updates frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz. Seminars can be attended at ETH or via Zoom.
Further details and option to subscribe for updates frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz. Seminars can be attended at ETH or via Zoom.
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Save the dates! We have a great program for our FRIES Seminar Series, with six fantastic presentations scheduled in the coming weeks.
Further details and option to subscribe for updates frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz. Seminars can be attended at ETH or via Zoom.
Further details and option to subscribe for updates frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz. Seminars can be attended at ETH or via Zoom.
Es gab einige Berichte über die Implikationen einer neuen Science-Studie für die Schweiz bezüglich der schädlichen Wirkung von Pestiziden. Das Paper ist toll und wichtig
Bezüglich Schlussfolgerungen für die Schweiz gibt es jedoch wichtige Beobachtungen. Siehe LinkedIn Post shorturl.at/7HRUK
Bezüglich Schlussfolgerungen für die Schweiz gibt es jedoch wichtige Beobachtungen. Siehe LinkedIn Post shorturl.at/7HRUK
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Es gab einige Berichte über die Implikationen einer neuen Science-Studie für die Schweiz bezüglich der schädlichen Wirkung von Pestiziden. Das Paper ist toll und wichtig
Bezüglich Schlussfolgerungen für die Schweiz gibt es jedoch wichtige Beobachtungen. Siehe LinkedIn Post shorturl.at/7HRUK
Bezüglich Schlussfolgerungen für die Schweiz gibt es jedoch wichtige Beobachtungen. Siehe LinkedIn Post shorturl.at/7HRUK
Inspiring visit to the Alimentarium, a museum dedicated to food and food system challenges located in Vevey, Switzerland, with great views on the ’Fork of Vevey’
www.alimentarium.org/en
www.alimentarium.org/en
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Inspiring visit to the Alimentarium, a museum dedicated to food and food system challenges located in Vevey, Switzerland, with great views on the ’Fork of Vevey’
www.alimentarium.org/en
www.alimentarium.org/en
‘From smart farming to wise agricultural systems: A conceptual framework for systems-oriented sustainable digital transformation in agriculture’
New paper in Agricultural Systems
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., led by Carlos Parra-López
New paper in Agricultural Systems
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., led by Carlos Parra-López
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
‘From smart farming to wise agricultural systems: A conceptual framework for systems-oriented sustainable digital transformation in agriculture’
New paper in Agricultural Systems
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., led by Carlos Parra-López
New paper in Agricultural Systems
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., led by Carlos Parra-López
‘Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard biodiversity’
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
‘Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard biodiversity’
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
In a new blog post (in German), we provide an overview of our teaching and thesis supervision over the past ten years agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/04/1...
In a new blog post (in German), we provide an overview of our teaching and thesis supervision over the past ten years agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/04/1...
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
In a new blog post (in German), we provide an overview of our teaching and thesis supervision over the past ten years agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/04/1...
In a new blog post (in German), we provide an overview of our teaching and thesis supervision over the past ten years agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/04/1...
‘Agrarpolitik: Befinden sich Bauern und Bevölkerung auf Konfliktkurs?’
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) in der Bauernzeitung www.bauernzeitung.ch/artikel/agra...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) in der Bauernzeitung www.bauernzeitung.ch/artikel/agra...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
‘Agrarpolitik: Befinden sich Bauern und Bevölkerung auf Konfliktkurs?’
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) in der Bauernzeitung www.bauernzeitung.ch/artikel/agra...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artikel zu unserer Studie (lead Nadja El Benni, Agroscope) in der Bauernzeitung www.bauernzeitung.ch/artikel/agra...
Paper in Agricultural and Food Economics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Great start in the new ‘World Food System Center Dialogue Series’ at ETH Zürich
Today’s interactive workshop on ‘Rethinking Pleasure in Food’ was jointly organized with FoodHack Zurich. Thanks for organizing 🙏
More information on the Dialogue Series worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...
Today’s interactive workshop on ‘Rethinking Pleasure in Food’ was jointly organized with FoodHack Zurich. Thanks for organizing 🙏
More information on the Dialogue Series worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Great start in the new ‘World Food System Center Dialogue Series’ at ETH Zürich
Today’s interactive workshop on ‘Rethinking Pleasure in Food’ was jointly organized with FoodHack Zurich. Thanks for organizing 🙏
More information on the Dialogue Series worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...
Today’s interactive workshop on ‘Rethinking Pleasure in Food’ was jointly organized with FoodHack Zurich. Thanks for organizing 🙏
More information on the Dialogue Series worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...
We had a great and inspiring 7th Swiss PhD Seminar in Agricultural Economics today, hosted by ETH Zurich.
With contributions by Agroscope, the University of Geneva, ETH and FiBL.
Realized via the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology: www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/n...
With contributions by Agroscope, the University of Geneva, ETH and FiBL.
Realized via the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology: www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/n...
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
We had a great and inspiring 7th Swiss PhD Seminar in Agricultural Economics today, hosted by ETH Zurich.
With contributions by Agroscope, the University of Geneva, ETH and FiBL.
Realized via the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology: www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/n...
With contributions by Agroscope, the University of Geneva, ETH and FiBL.
Realized via the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology: www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/n...
‘Satellitendaten für die nächste Generation von Agrarumweltpolitiken’
Neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog (lead David Wuepper)
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/26/s...
Das Paper in Environmental Research Letters iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @davidwuepper.bsky.social
Neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog (lead David Wuepper)
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/26/s...
Das Paper in Environmental Research Letters iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @davidwuepper.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 AM
‘Satellitendaten für die nächste Generation von Agrarumweltpolitiken’
Neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog (lead David Wuepper)
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/26/s...
Das Paper in Environmental Research Letters iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @davidwuepper.bsky.social
Neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog (lead David Wuepper)
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/26/s...
Das Paper in Environmental Research Letters iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @davidwuepper.bsky.social
'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
'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...
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
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...
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...
‚Data on Swiss grape growers’ production, pest and labour management decisions’
New Data in Brief paper led by Philipp Höper and with Lucca Zachmann
Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New Data in Brief paper led by Philipp Höper and with Lucca Zachmann
Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 20, 2026 at 6:41 AM
‚Data on Swiss grape growers’ production, pest and labour management decisions’
New Data in Brief paper led by Philipp Höper and with Lucca Zachmann
Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New Data in Brief paper led by Philipp Höper and with Lucca Zachmann
Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We had a very insightful and fascinating visit to Swissmill today. It is the largest mill in Switzerland, located in the centre of the city of Zurich.
Thank you for hosting us. (No pictures were taken inside due to privacy concerns.)
www.swissmill.ch/kornmagazin
Thank you for hosting us. (No pictures were taken inside due to privacy concerns.)
www.swissmill.ch/kornmagazin
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
We had a very insightful and fascinating visit to Swissmill today. It is the largest mill in Switzerland, located in the centre of the city of Zurich.
Thank you for hosting us. (No pictures were taken inside due to privacy concerns.)
www.swissmill.ch/kornmagazin
Thank you for hosting us. (No pictures were taken inside due to privacy concerns.)
www.swissmill.ch/kornmagazin
Today, ETH Zurich launched the FAIR Coalition, which aims to support the university-wide adoption of the FAIR Principles
Moreover, a FAIR charter and funding opportunities were introduced
I am pleased to be serving on the Board of this initiative
ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...
ethz.ch/en/research/...
Moreover, a FAIR charter and funding opportunities were introduced
I am pleased to be serving on the Board of this initiative
ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...
ethz.ch/en/research/...
January 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Today, ETH Zurich launched the FAIR Coalition, which aims to support the university-wide adoption of the FAIR Principles
Moreover, a FAIR charter and funding opportunities were introduced
I am pleased to be serving on the Board of this initiative
ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...
ethz.ch/en/research/...
Moreover, a FAIR charter and funding opportunities were introduced
I am pleased to be serving on the Board of this initiative
ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...
ethz.ch/en/research/...
'Lenkungsabgaben auf landwirtschaftliche Inputs - Was Beispiele aus Europa uns lehren'
Neuer (kurzer) Artikel in Ökologie & Landbau www.oekom.de/ausgabe/was-...
Freier Zugang via www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub...
Hintergundpaper zum Thema doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Neuer (kurzer) Artikel in Ökologie & Landbau www.oekom.de/ausgabe/was-...
Freier Zugang via www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub...
Hintergundpaper zum Thema doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
January 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
'Lenkungsabgaben auf landwirtschaftliche Inputs - Was Beispiele aus Europa uns lehren'
Neuer (kurzer) Artikel in Ökologie & Landbau www.oekom.de/ausgabe/was-...
Freier Zugang via www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub...
Hintergundpaper zum Thema doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Neuer (kurzer) Artikel in Ökologie & Landbau www.oekom.de/ausgabe/was-...
Freier Zugang via www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub...
Hintergundpaper zum Thema doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Ich freue mich heute beim Event «Welche Landwirtschaft will die Schweiz?» einen Vortrag halten zu dürfen, und vor allem auf die Diskussion mit Studierenden sowie mit Markus Ritter und Michele Salvi zum Thema Schweizer Agrarpolitik
my.studienstiftung.ch/de/veranstal...
agrarpolitik-blog.com
my.studienstiftung.ch/de/veranstal...
agrarpolitik-blog.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Ich freue mich heute beim Event «Welche Landwirtschaft will die Schweiz?» einen Vortrag halten zu dürfen, und vor allem auf die Diskussion mit Studierenden sowie mit Markus Ritter und Michele Salvi zum Thema Schweizer Agrarpolitik
my.studienstiftung.ch/de/veranstal...
agrarpolitik-blog.com
my.studienstiftung.ch/de/veranstal...
agrarpolitik-blog.com
Welche Präferenzen für die Agrarpolitik? Ein Vergleich der Meinung von Landwirtinnen und Landwirten und der übrigen Bevölkerung der Schweiz
Neuer Policy Brief zu unserer Studie in Agricultural and Food Economics (lead Nadja El Benni)
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2026/01/kons...
Neuer Policy Brief zu unserer Studie in Agricultural and Food Economics (lead Nadja El Benni)
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2026/01/kons...
January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Welche Präferenzen für die Agrarpolitik? Ein Vergleich der Meinung von Landwirtinnen und Landwirten und der übrigen Bevölkerung der Schweiz
Neuer Policy Brief zu unserer Studie in Agricultural and Food Economics (lead Nadja El Benni)
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2026/01/kons...
Neuer Policy Brief zu unserer Studie in Agricultural and Food Economics (lead Nadja El Benni)
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2026/01/kons...
The Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich was established in January 2016, and celebrates its tenth anniversary. Over the coming weeks, we will be reflecting on the past (and the future) in a series of blog posts
Here is the first (in German):
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
Here is the first (in German):
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
The Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich was established in January 2016, and celebrates its tenth anniversary. Over the coming weeks, we will be reflecting on the past (and the future) in a series of blog posts
Here is the first (in German):
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
Here is the first (in German):
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
Join us! ETH Zürich and the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) is seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition
@usyseth.bsky.social
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
@usyseth.bsky.social
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Join us! ETH Zürich and the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) is seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition
@usyseth.bsky.social
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
@usyseth.bsky.social
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...