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About us The IfLS executive board and our researchers are at your disposal with commitment, experience and competence. Managing Director and Head of Department Dipl.-Ing. agr. Jörg Schramek Phone: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 79 E-Mail: schramek@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Evaluation of rural development programmes Advice on the advancement of agricultural policy instruments Analyses of agricultural entrepreneurs’ motivations behind (non-)conversion to organic farming Expertise allowing for the close interrelations between agriculture, environmental and nature conservation, and rural development Assessment of the forms and prospects of agriculture in urban agglomerations, and concepts of integrating agriculture into municipal land and environmental policy Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Gehrlein telefonische Durchwahl: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 80 E-Mail: gehrlein@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, Dateigröße: 118 KB) Fields of work and interest Sustainable regional development and regional management Evaluation of rural development programmes Socio-economic aspects of nature conservation-oriented regional development Sustainability reports and sustainability indicators Local and regional Agenda 21 Organisational development and presentation Dipl.-Ing. agr. Armin Kullmann Phone: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 80 E-Mail: kullmann@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 7 KB) Fields of work and interest Sustainable food marketing Sustainable regional development Value-added chains Management consulting Coaching Dipl.-Ing. agr. Simone Schiller Phone: +49 (0)69 / 77 50 02 E-Mail: schiller@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, Dateigröße: 74 KB) Fields of work and interest Rural development concepts Sustainable agriculture Development cooperation Agricultural trade and development Staff Members Dipl.-Volkswirt Johannes Dreer Phone: +49 (0)8247 / 30 89 77 E-Mail: dreer@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest The role of agriculture in society Advancement of multifunctional agriculture Development of sustainable regional concepts Growth and utilisation of agricultural estate assets Kerstin Hülemeyer M.A. Phone: +49 (0)69 / 77 50 02 E-Mail: huelemeyer@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Projects and analyses in the areas of agricultural policy, rural development and environment Assessment of the impacts of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Analyses of the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural space Structural change of rural areas and integrated rural development Sceanario development and spatial modelling Dipl.-Biol. Nadja Kasperczyk Phone: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 78 E-Mail: kasperczyk@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Project management in the field of nature conservation Assessment of the effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes and measures Environmental impacts of farming systems Landscape planning, nature conservation areas (land register, administration, amendment procedures) Environmental communication and education M. Sc. Claudia Leucht Phone: +49 (0)69 / 77 50 01 E-Mail: leucht@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Organic farming and food industry Organic food marketing Marketing of regional food in canteens Dipl.- Geogr. Marco Neef Phone: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 78 E-Mail: neef@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, Dateigröße: 27 KB) Fields of work and interest Sustainable regional development Regenerative energy sources Dipl.-Soz. Sarah Peter Phone: +49 (0)69 / 77 50 01 E-Mail: sarahp@stud.uni-frankfurt.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 32 KB) Fields of work and interest Processes of urban and regional development and planning Urban-rural relations Melanie Seegräf Phone: +49 (0)69 / 77 50 02 E-Mail: seegraef@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 32 KB) Fields of work and interest Strategic communication and networking Project and event management Administration Peter Franz Phone: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 81 E-Mail: franz@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Financial management and administration Thomas Löffler Phone: +49 (0)69 / 70 79 44 23 E-Mail: ifls-office@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Research assistant Alumni and Freelancers Dipl.-Ing. agr. Gundula Jahn Phone: +49 (0)63 47 / 6 08 04 23 E-Mail: jahn@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 32 KB) Fields of work and interest Development of sustainability criteria for the cultivation and marketing of fruits and vegetables Analysis of the potential role of alternative marketing chains for a sustainable development of rural areas Direct and regional marketing Rural development planning and policy Organic farming Nature protection and landscape conservation through endangered domestic animal species Dr. Karlheinz Knickel Phone: +49 (0)69 / 77 50 01 E-Mail: knickel@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 35 KB) Fields of work and interest Analyses at the interface of agricultural change, rural development and environment Rural development planning and policy, project evaluation and feasibility studies Preparation, consulting and evaluation of integrated rural development programmes Agri-environmental analyses at regional, national and cross-national level Analyses of the sustainability of agriculture, land use and production systems Agri-environmental planning and analysis at enterprise and regional level Farming Systems Research & Development (FSR/D) Project cycle management and logical framework Advancement of higher agricultural education: project studies; transdisciplinary co-operation; agricultural systems analysis; agri-environmental economics Research - Practice - Policy Interfaces Dr. Melanie Kröger Phone: +49 (0)30 / 78 70 42 66 E-Mail: kroeger@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, size: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Projects and analyses in the fields of agricultural policy, agriculture, rural development and environment Analyses of the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural space Development of a policy support model using the STELLA software Evaluation of agri-environmental and structural policies Comparative policy research: international comparison of the future of agriculture and agricultural policy Rural sociology and modernisation theories Dipl.- Ing. Christiane Steil Phone: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 77 E-Mail: steil@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, Dateigröße: 27 KB) Fields of work and interest Sustainable regional development Marketing and consultation Urban and regional planning Dr. Susanne von Münchhausen telefonische Durchwahl: +49 (0)69 / 97 78 57 80 E-Mail: von.muenchhausen@ifls.de Download curriculum vitae (PDF, Dateigröße: 30 KB) Fields of work and interest Organic agriculture, regional development and regional marketing Integrated rural development Comparative policy analysis for France and Germany Economic aspects of extensive grassland cultivation systems