Ludwig Theuvsen, Born 1963, Is a Full Professor of Management in Agribusiness at the Department

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 Prof. Dr. Ludwig Theuvsen Address 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 RWTH Aachen, M.Sc. in Business Economics 1989 - 1993 Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Cologne Univer- sity, Ph.D. in Organization Science 1994 - 2000 Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Cologne Univer- sity, Dr. ‘habilitatus’ in Organization Science

III. Employment

1989 - 1994 Research Assistant, Department of Organization Science, Cologne University 1994 - 2001 Senior Research Assistant, Department of Organization Science, Cologne University 2001 - 2002 Guest Professor for Organization Science and Human Resource Management, Technical University of Cottbus since 2002 Full Professor for Management in Agribusiness, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August- University Goettingen

IV. Review Activities since 2001 Editor of the book series „Strategisches Management, Organisation und Internationale Unternehmungsführung“, Eul-Verlag, Lohmar and Cologne since 2007 Editor of the book series „Agrarökonomie“, Eul-Verlag, Lohmar and Cologne since 2007 Member of the Editorial Board of German Journal of Agricultural Economics since 2007 Member of the International Advisory and Editorial Board of the Journal on Chain and Network Science (JCNS) since 2008 Member of the Editorial Board of Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (ZögU) 2009 - 2011 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 Member of the Scientific Board of Bundesverband Oeffentliche Dienstleistungen (BVÖD) 2006 - 2008 President of scientific commission “Oeffentliche Betriebswirt- schaftslehre” im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirt- schaft e.V. (VHB) 2006 - 2010 President of the Gesellschaft für Informatik in der Land-, Forst- und Ernährungswirtschaft e.V. (GIL) since 2007 Member of the Scientific Board of Landesinitiative Ernährungs- wirtschaft (NieKE), Vechta since 2007 Associated member of the International Center for Food Chain and Network Research, University of Bonn since 2009 Member of the Board of the European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA) since 2010 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.