Co-designing policy mixes to overcome lock-ins towards sustainable agri-food systems: the case of the pig sector transformation in Brandenburg, Germany - Agriculture and Human Values Making agri-food systems in Europe more sustainable often requires systemic change. Transformative rather than incremental change is difficult if agri-food systems are locked into unsustainable practi...

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How can public policies that are themselves locked in be designed to overcome lock-ins towards sustainable agri-food systems?

Our new paper w/ Diane Kapgen and Peter Feindt explores this question through a co-design process with stakeholders from Brandenburg's pig production sector

The importance of calibration in policy mixes: Environmental policy integration in the implementation of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy in Germany (2014–2022) Environmental policy integration (EPI), that is, the incorporation of environmental concerns in non-environmental policy areas, has been widely adopted in public policies. However, EPI research has f...

Sehr informativ! Als weiterführende Info: Dass beim richtigen Mix nicht nur auf die Instrumententypen (Anreize, Ordnungsrecht etc.) ankommt, sondern v.a. auf deren Ausgestaltung, haben wir an der GAP-Implementierung in Deutschland in dieser Studie untersucht onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

In the paper, we explain the between environmental ambition and actual implementation. The article takes a policy mix perspective on calibration, using the #CAP as an example.

Okay wow, I am very pleased and feel honoured that the article with Peter H. Feindt on calibration of policy instruments has been recognized as one of the most cited papers in the journal Environmental Policy and Governance

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Nochmals Glückwunsch!

Check out our new article on farm typologies and how they can be used to improve agricultural policy making. Was great to be part of this exciting team of authors, many thanks to Robert Huber for the fantastic lead! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...