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Prof. Insa Theesfeld receives the official certificate as vice-rector at the investiture

Research report published: New governance forms of organizing shared land ownership

Towards a common good in agriculture: leading to better access to land and increasing vitality in rural areas

Press Release BMEL Staatssekretärin Nick zu Boden in Gemeinschaft
Pressemitteilung_BMEL Staatssekretärin Nick zu Boden in Gemeinschaft.pdf (69.5 KB)  vom 11.04.2022

Pay more attention to the social situation on farms when transforming agriculture!

With the collaboration of Dr. Frauke Pirscher, the "Platform for Agricultural Socio-Economics" presents a memorandum on the social aspects of sustainable agriculture.
Platform Agricultural Socio-Economy - Memorandum   
Pressemitteilung Memorandum Soziale Aspekte 2021-10-29.pdf (174.2 KB)  vom 12.11.2021

Prof. Theesfeld becomes Research Director of the Commons Governance Program at the Ostrom Workshop, USA

Paper on Social Learning in Community Gardens released

Paper on Landgrabbing in East Germany released

Prof. Theesfeld has been elected President of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)

Paper on consumers' moral attitude and their willingness to pay

Prof. Theesfeld organises the European component for the ,,World Commons Week''


Newspaper Articels

Campus Halensis, online magazine of the Martin Luther University, 07/24,
Insa Theesfeld becomes Senior Research Fellow at the renowned Ostrom Workshop

The economist and Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Organisational Development Prof. Dr Insa Theesfeld has been appointed Senior Research Fellow of the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University Bloomington. The ceremony took place at the end of June in the USA. Theesfeld is the only researcher from Europe to hold this position. The fellowship honours longstanding and outstanding contributions to the work of the Ostrom Workshop.
by Tom Leonhardt


brand eins - Wirtschaftsmagazin 08/22; "back to the roots"
Interview with I. Theesfeld: "Community Supported Agriculture will continue to grow"

brand eins-Container: Landwirtschaft #03.

brand eins-Container: Landwirtschaft #03.

brand eins-Container: Landwirtschaft #03.

The Article:
container-landwirtschaft-3-die-solidarische-landwirtschaft-wird-weiter-wachsen    (externe Datei)

AGRA-EUROPE, Studie der Universität Halle
Neue Organisationsformen des Landeigentums attraktiv für Landwirte
07.04.2022

Articel in AGRA-EUROPE, 2022/04/11
neue-organisationsformen-des-landeigentums-attraktiv-fuer-landwirte    (externe Datei)

Tagesspiegel Background Energie & Klima, Portrait Insa Theesfeld, 2021/09/07

Articel in Tagesspiegel Background Energie & Klima, 2021/09/07

Articel in Tagesspiegel Background Energie & Klima, 2021/09/07

The Article:
Porträt von Insa Theesfeld - Tagesspiegel Background_07-09-2021.pdf (1.5 MB)  vom 24.09.2021


Food concerns everyone: Understanding food systems as a common good?
Article in Welternährung the journal of Welthungerhilfe


Sale and Lease Back of Agricultural Land—Article in AgraEurope, issue 45, 02.11.2020

Artikel AGRA-EUROPE, issue 45

Artikel AGRA-EUROPE, issue 45


Wie gut kann billig sein?


Basisdemokratie beim Gemüseanbau

The Article:
News_2020_MZ Artikel Gärten.pdf (1.4 MB)  vom 29.01.2020

Der gute Bauer und das begehrte Land

The Article:
Artikel_MitteldeutscheZeitung_17 Nov-1-1.pdf (736.4 KB)  vom 11.12.2019

Geld und Tierwohl, Interview in Lebensmittelpraxis 18, 2019

Interview Lebensmittelpraxis Frau Pirscher on Money and Animal Welfare

Interview Lebensmittelpraxis Frau Pirscher on Money and Animal Welfare

The Article:
Interview_Lebensmittelpraxis_Heft18_2019.pdf (620.5 KB)  vom 29.01.2020

Landgrabbing in Germany: People lose connection to Farming


Contributions to Radio and TV/ Video Clips

Climate Change as Social Dilemma

Landgrabbing in Ostdeutschland

Commons in the Light of Research


13.06.2022: Online-Panel Discussion on „Climate Crisis as a Democratic Challenge“ at Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leopoldina
with Insa Theesfeld, Claudia Dalbert, Barbara Praetorius and Ortwin Renn

Theesfeld moderates Book Presentation on Commons by Silke Helfrich

Soliev on National Uzbek Television on Global Environment Communities and the Advantages of Cooperation

Theesfeld Speech on IASC Europe and the Commons


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