Lirika Demiri

Lirika Demiri is a Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) within the Department of External Environment for Agriculture and Policy Analysis (Agricultural Policy). Based in room 129 with contact number +49 345 2928-254, she operates under the institute's research framework focused on agricultural policy analysis in transition economies.

Her research centers on behavioral agricultural economics, specifically investigating how cognitive biases like status quo bias perpetuate farm work continuity and rural residency decisions. Using empirical data from Southeast Europe, her work bridges agricultural policy with psychological determinants of rural livelihoods, emphasizing the intersection of economic behavior and environmental constraints in farming communities. This approach contributes to understanding structural persistence in agrarian systems under transition.

Demiri's current project 'Staying rural and the status quo bias' analyzes decision-making inertia among Southeast European farmers, revealing how psychological factors interact with policy environments to sustain traditional farming practices despite socioeconomic pressures. Her methodology combines behavioral economics frameworks with region-specific agricultural data to model rural retention mechanisms.