Justus Wesseler

Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler holds the chair in Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. He has a degree in agricultural, environmental and natural resource economics from the University of Göttingen, Germany. His research work is on bioeconomy economics and policies. The major focus is on the contribution of value chains to improving sustainability and the impact of new technologies and regulations on the value chain in this respect. He is a member of the International Consortium of Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR) and editor of the Palgrave series on bioeconomy economics and policies. He has been involved in a number of small- and large-scale international research projects as a team member and/or coordinator. He is currently the coordinator of the EU-funded project Monitoring the Bioeconomy (BioMonitor).