Joachim von Braun (agricultural economist)
Joachim von Braun (born July 10, 1950 in Brakel , Westphalia ) is a German agricultural scientist and currently director of a department of the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn and President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences . Previously, he was Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington .
Life
Joachim came from the Silesian noble family von Braun . From 1970 to 1975 he studied agricultural sciences at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and received his doctorate with a thesis on agricultural labor markets. He completed his habilitation in agricultural economics on food security in developing countries, both at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen .
After several research stays in Africa , Russia and China , he was appointed founding director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn in 1997 . In 2002 Braun became head of the International Food Policy Research Institute ( IFPRI) in Washington, one of the leading research institutions in the field of world food policy.
In addition to numerous situation reports on the global food situation in recent years, his well-known work includes studies on food security and the economics of famine , work on technical progress, agricultural trade policy, rural financial systems and environmental policy . Braun participated as a spokesperson at events of global importance, for example at the Rio Conference in 1992 , the World Food Summits in 1996 and 2002, and at the beginning of December 2007 at the “World Food Forum” of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in Beijing .
Von Braun has been Vice President of Welthungerhilfe since November 2012 . He has been a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn since 1971 .
Honors
- 1999: Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
- 2005: Honorary Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Hohenheim
- 2006: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- In 2012 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. Appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences , a science academy of 80 well-known scientists, including non-Catholics, from all over the world. Pope Francis appointed him President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on June 21, 2017.
- 2017: Theodor Brinkmann Prize
- 2018 member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Further memberships in scientific associations
- Member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists and its President from 2000 to 2003
- Member of the international advisory board of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
- Member of the German Academy of Engineering Sciences (Acatech)
- Member of the Bioeconomy Council since 2010 and one of the two chairmen since 2012
Web links
- Member Post by Joachim von Braun at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on February 19 2018th
- Literature by and about Joachim von Braun in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joachim von Braun at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Joachim von Braun at ZEF B: Department of Economic and Technological Change
Individual evidence
- ^ Presidium , accessed on February 8, 2017.
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 16 , 1244
- ↑ Joachim von Braun becomes a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences , in: Vatican Radio of November 7, 2012.
- ^ Nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 21, 2017, accessed June 21, 2017 (Italian).
- ↑ Prize winners ( Memento of the original dated February 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 8, 2018.
- ↑ Dual leadership for the new Bioeconomy Council, press release of the BMBF, accessed on November 11, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braun, Joachim von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brakel |