Curriculum vitae
Johannes Ziesmer
Dr. sc. agr. · Agricultural economics & computer science
johannes@ziesmer.de
ORCID: 0000-0001-5950-4199
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Academic appointments
Since 2024
Substitute Professor
Chair of Agricultural Policy, Kiel University
Since 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg
Software modules and data infrastructure for computer-based competency assessment.2015–2020
Researcher and PhD student
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kiel University
Computational political economy, Bayesian estimation, metamodels, and social network analysis.2006–2015
Junior Researcher
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kiel University
Agent-based modelling, belief formation in networks, and simulation frameworks.Education
June 2019
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Dr. sc. agr.)
Kiel University
Dissertation: Computational Modeling and Analytical Tools in Applied Policy Modeling.2009–2015
MSc Computer Science
Kiel University
2005–2009
BSc Computer Science
Kiel University
Project experience
Ongoing
Domestication of the Kampala CAADP Declaration
AKADEMIYA2063
Ongoing
Computer-based competency assessment
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Development and management of software modules.2021–2024
Political economy analysis and modelling on food-system transformation in Uganda and Indonesia
FAO
Project Manager Computational Framework.2020
Applying computational modelling tools in transdisciplinary policy analysis at country level
FAO · Ghana
Project Manager Computational Framework.2017–2020
Bioeconomy as societal change (MOD_GW_NW)
BMBF
Project Manager Computational Modeling; DART, CAPRI, and CGE models; metamodels and model uncertainty.2015–2020
Third Ways of Feeding the World
Villigst / BMBF
Mentoring doctoral students working with policy-process and equilibrium models.2015–2018
AniFair
BMEL
Technical infrastructure for collecting network surveys.2012–2015
Promoting Participatory and Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa (PEBAP)
BMZ
Development of the CGPE approach; Bayesian estimation and social network analysis.2010–2015
Food Chain Plus
BMBF
Technical infrastructure for collecting network surveys.2006–2009
Advanced-Eval
European Union
ABM-CGE development, simulation frameworks, rural-development evaluation, and survey infrastructure.Academic service
Peer review
Journal manuscripts
Economic Systems Research; European Review of Agricultural Economics; Computational Economics; Cogent Economics & Finance; Sustainable Production and Consumption.Project review
Swiss National Science Foundation
Judging
ReSAKSS Data Challenge
Teaching & publications
See the teaching record and full publication and presentation list. Both are included in the downloadable CV.