Henning Schaak

Dr. Henning Schaak is a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics within the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). His work focuses on agricultural economics, biodiversity policy, land use dynamics, and behavioral studies in farming systems.

Henning contributes to major EU-funded projects like VALues and dependence of society on pollinators and Showcasing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services. His research explores financial and behavioral aspects of agri-environmental schemes, farmland pricing, and ecosystem service valuation.

Recent publications highlight his expertise in

• economic experiments with adaptive designs
• Q-methodology for biodiversity cost analysis
• implicit/explicit attitude comparisons in crop protection
• functional crop diversity impacts

He has presented at European agricultural economics conferences and collaborated with institutions across Germany, Austria, and Sweden.

Henning's methodological innovations include scale heterogeneity adjustments in discrete choice models and multivariate sample-selection approaches for grazing adoption studies. His work bridges economic theory with practical policy insights, particularly in EU contexts.