Ludwig Theuvsen, born 1963, is a full professor of Management in Agribusiness at the
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at University of Goettingen,
Germany. His research interests include various aspects of agribusiness management,
including quality management, certification systems, food labelling, strategic management,
human resource management and organization of food supply chains. In various research
projects he has empirically analysed agribusiness subsectors such as the dairy sector and the
meat industry.
Professor Theuvsen is currently member of the Editorial Board of German Journal of
Agricultural Economics, the Editorial Advisory Board of Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition
Sciences and the International Advisory and Editorial Board of Journal on Chain and Network
Science.
The Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany, is one of Germany’s leading higher
education institutions with about 26,000 students. The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at
University of Goettingen is among the leading research institutions in Germany and beyond.
About 2,500 students are currently enrolled as Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. students in
agricultural sciences.
CURRICULUM VITAE
I. Personal Data
Name
Address
Prof. Dr. Ludwig Theuvsen
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Georg-August-University Goettingen
Platz der Goettinger Sieben, 5
37073 Goettingen, Germany
Phone: +49-551-39-4851 (-4621 Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Date/place of birth
December 19, 1963, Issum, Germany
II. Higher Education
1983 - 1988
1989 - 1993
1994 - 2000
RWTH Aachen, M.Sc. in Business Economics
Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Cologne University, Ph.D. in Organization Science
Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Cologne University, Dr. ‘habilitatus’ in Organization Science
III. Employment
1989 - 1994
1994 - 2001
2001 - 2002
since 2002
Research Assistant, Department of Organization Science,
Cologne University
Senior Research Assistant, Department of Organization Science,
Cologne University
Guest Professor for Organization Science and Human Resource
Management, Technical University of Cottbus
Full Professor for Management in Agribusiness, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-AugustUniversity Goettingen
IV. Review Activities
since 2001
since 2007
since 2007
since 2007
since 2008
2009 - 2011
Editor of the book series „Strategisches Management, Organisation
und Internationale Unternehmungsführung“, Eul-Verlag, Lohmar
and Cologne
Editor of the book series „Agrarökonomie“, Eul-Verlag, Lohmar
and Cologne
Member of the Editorial Board of German Journal of Agricultural
Economics
Member of the International Advisory and Editorial Board of the
Journal on Chain and Network Science (JCNS)
Member of the Editorial Board of Zeitschrift für öffentliche und
gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (ZögU)
Editor-in-Chief of German Journal of Agricultural Economics
since 2011
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Polish Journal of
Food and Nutrition Sciences
since 2013
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Agricultural
Informatics
Professor Theuvsen has served as a reviewer for a large number of national and international
journals, conferences and organizations.
V. Other Activities
since 2006
2006 - 2008
2006 - 2010
since 2007
since 2007
since 2009
since 2010
Member of the Scientific Board of Bundesverband Oeffentliche
Dienstleistungen (BVÖD)
President of scientific commission “Oeffentliche Betriebswirtschaftslehre” im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)
President of the Gesellschaft für Informatik in der Land-, Forstund Ernährungswirtschaft e.V. (GIL)
Member of the Scientific Board of Landesinitiative Ernährungswirtschaft (NieKE), Vechta
Associated member of the International Center for Food Chain and
Network Research, University of Bonn
Member of the Board of the European Federation for Information
Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA)
Member of the Scientific Board of the Institut für nachhaltiges
Management (ifnm), Bonn
VI. Research
Professor Theuvsen’s research interests include economic research on agriculture and the food
industry. Research areas include quality management, strategic management, human resource
management and organization of food supply chains. He has done extensive research on the
meat and livestock industry, the dairy sector, and the bioenergy sector. His research has been
funded by a wide spectrum of third-party funding institutions including, but not restricted to,
the National Science Foundation (DFG), federal ministries, regional ministries, foundations
and agribusiness companies.