Stefanie Engel

Stefanie Engel holds a PhD degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland (USA). After her PhD, she led a Robert-Bosch Foundation funded junior research group at the Center for Development Research in Bonn (Germany). In 2006, she became Professor of Environmental Policy and Economics at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). In October 2014 she joined Osnabrück University after being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt-Professorship, the highest endowed international research award in Germany. Her research focusses on designing and evaluating interventions promoting cooperation in collective action dilemmas, including external incentives, participatory approaches, as well as inner skills training.