Stephan Dabbert (23 June 1958 – 1 October 2024) was a German agricultural economist and Rector of the University of Hohenheim.[1][2]
Biography
editDabbert was born in Braunschweig, Germany on 23 June 1958.
The agricultural economist Stephan Dabbert studied agriculture at Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel, followed by a Master of Science degree in agricultural economics at Pennsylvania State University.
He obtained his doctorate from the University of Hohenheim (Germany)in 1990, as well as his professorship in the area of agricultural business management.
He led the Institute for Social Economy from 1992 until 1994 at the Centre for Agrarian Landscape and Land Use Research in Muencheberg. He has held the chair and leadership of the Department of Production Theory and Resource Economics in Hohenheim since 1994. From 2000 to 2002 he was Dean of Faculty IV - Agricultural Science II – Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Technology and Livestock Farming at Hohenheim University. From 2002 to 2006 he was Dean of the amalgamated Faculty of Agricultural Science in Hohenheim. He was elected Rector in preference to 13 other candidates by a large majority 2012.
Dabbert died on 1 October 2024, at the age of 66.[3]
Field of interest and publications
editEconomic questions concerning ecological cultivation are a focus of Prof. Dabbert’s research. A further emphasis is interdisciplinary modelling, by means of which agriculture can be represented at the countryside or regional level.
References
edit- ^ Senat confirmed Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert as future Rektor
- ^ Rectorat of the University of Hohenheim
- ^ "Rektor der Universität Hohenheim gestorben". Faz.net. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.