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Dietmar Müller is a research fellow at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) and guest researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies Halle. He habilitated at the University of Leipzig in 2019, where he also serves as a guest lecturer with the Venia Legendi for Comparative Cultural and Social History. Doctorate from Free University of Berlin (2004) Research areas include rural economic history, land ownership, memory culture, governance, and Eastern European constitutional history Editor of the handbook “Managing the Rural” Board member of the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH) His work bridges historical analysis of Eastern Central and Southeastern Europe with interdisciplinary themes in social sciences and philosophy. Scientific awards include: Dissertation prize of the Southeast Europe Association

• Economic history of rural areas
• Land ownership and nation-building in Eastern Europe
• Culture of memory and politics of history
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Dr. Robert Kitzmann is a Researcher in the Department of Economic Geography at the Humboldt University of Berlin 's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Since 2012, he has served as a research assistant, focusing on urban development, housing policy, and post-growth economics. He became Deputy Director for Studies and Teaching in 2019 and completed his magna cum laude doctoral thesis on Berlin's housing market resilience in 2017. Education: MSc in Geography (Humboldt University, 2011) PhD in Geography (Humboldt University, 2017) Kitzmann's research explores housing sufficiency , urban gentrification , and tourism impacts through empirical case studies in Berlin, Florence, and West Africa. His recent publications analyze home swapping strategies, resource-saving housing, and UNESCO heritage sites' tourism dynamics. Scientific awards include: magna cum laude (2017) for his doctoral thesis He supervises BA/MA theses on topics like: Ecological urban planning Commercial gentrification Climate policy and housing Post-growth urban strategies Transport and tourism sustainability Urban industrial redevelopment

• Economic Geography
• Urban Development
• Housing Policy
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Dr. Anna Hajdu serves as a Research Associate at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) within the Department of Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas. Her interdisciplinary work bridges agricultural economics, ecological sustainability, and social sciences, with current focus on European farmers' protests and sustainability transitions in food systems. Her research interests center on corporate social responsibility in agriculture , land use dynamics , and institutional responses to social movements . Through extensive fieldwork across Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and Brazil, she examines how farmers navigate sustainability pressures amid public controversies. Her methodological approach combines qualitative fieldwork with quantitative analysis of agricultural enterprises in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Dr. Hajdu's publication record demonstrates consistent focus on CSR determinants, with recent work analyzing EU environmental policy perceptions and farmer protest movements. Her research spans multiple disciplines including agricultural economics, institutional theory, and sustainability science, reflecting complex interconnections between land governance, corporate behavior, and societal expectations. She serves as a reviewer for prominent journals including Journal of Land Use Science , Habitat International , and International Food and Agribusiness Management Review , contributing to scholarly discourse in her fields of expertise. Her professional trajectory includes ERC-funded research at Erasmus University Rotterdam's International Institute of Social Studies, private sector experience in change management, and academic training from VU Amsterdam and Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

• Sustainability Transition
• Corporate Social Responsibility in Agriculture
• Land Use Economics
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