Judith Möllers

Dr. Judith Möllers is a researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), where she has worked since 2006. She serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Agricultural Sector Framework Conditions and Policy Analysis (Agricultural Policy). Her research focuses on Southeastern Europe, particularly Kosovo, Albania, and Moldova.

• Key Research Areas: Migration, rural development, poverty and inequality, off-farm employment, structural change in agriculture, and subjective well-being.
• Methodology: Econometric and behavioral economic approaches, qualitative participatory methods, and microeconomic experiments.

Dr. Möllers has published extensively on remittances, rural immobility, and agricultural cooperatives. Her work spans empirical analyses of migration's economic impact, policy evaluations, and studies on smallholder commercialization.

Notable projects include TraFFF (migrant entrepreneurship), RuWell (rural well-being), and MDA-Impact (agricultural policy assessment). She collaborates with institutions across Europe and contributes to policy briefs and development frameworks.