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Laure Kuhfuss

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Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences
Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences
Agricultural/Environmental Economist
laure.kuhfuss@hutton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1224 39 5404

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

 

Laure Kuhfuss is a researcher in agricultural and environmental economics working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) research group at the James Hutton Institute. She has a background in agronomy and environmental economics. Prior to joining The James Hutton Institute, she received her PhD in economics from the University of Montpellier 1 (France) in 2013 and carried out a two-year postdoc at the University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK). Her research investigates farmers’ adoption of sustainable behaviours and the evaluation and design of agri-environmental policies.

Current research interests

General research questions:

  • Motivations and barriers to the adoption of pro-environmental practices by farmers
  • Design of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes and agri-environmental policies
  • Lessons from behavioural sciences to improve agri-environmental policies
  • Spatial coordination issues in the uptake of pro-environmental practices
  • How to evaluate the effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes

This research relies on a variety of methodological tools such as:

  • Surveys (face to face, internet, focus groups)
  • Statistical / econometric analysis: discrete choice modelling, matching estimators
  • Valuation techniques, such as choice experiments and contingent valuation
  • Experimental economics

Laure’s main ongoing research projects:

  • Payments for Ecosystem Services: Lessons (PESLES): planning, developing and appraising implementation of measures and mechanisms to improve water quality and flow management (SG RESAS Programme RD1.2.4, 2016-2021)
  •  Effectiveness of Agri-Environmental and Climate Schemes in delivering multiple objectives at the landscape scale (SG RESAS Programme RD1.4.3, 2016-2021).
  • Spatial coordination and nudges in PES uptake: an experiment
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