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Curriculum Vitae
since 2023
Ruhr University Bochum,
Professor for Climate Change and Development
since 2023
RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research,
Economic Policy Lab Climate Change, Development and Migration
2019 - 2023
PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research,
Research group head
2012 - 2019
DIW - German Institute for Economic Research,
Research group head, acting department head and postdoc researcher
2011 - 2012
Yale University,
Postdoc fellow
2010 - 2011
DIW - German Institute for Economic Research,
Postdoc researcher
2008
Ministry of Agriculture, Mozambique,
Guest researcher
2005 - 2010
DIW - German Institute for Economic Research,
PhD student
2010
PhD in agricultural economics,
Humboldt University of Berlin
2001 - 2002
Academic year abroad,
Wake Forest University, US
1999 - 2005
Magister studies in social anthropology and economics,
Free University Berlin
Research focus
Development economics
Economics of climate change
Climate insurance
Applied econometrics
Policy evaluation
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2024
Murken, Lisa, Gregor Mager, Rahel Laudien, Kati Krähnert, and Christoph Gornott (2024). The Impact of Weather Risk on Tenure Security: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania. Land Economics 100 (4): 668-689. DOI: 10.3368/le.100.4.101422-0079R1
2024
Murken, Lisa, Kati Krähnert, Karlijn L. van den Broek, John Adriko, and Christoph Gornott (2024). The Role of Tenure Security in Farmers' Decision-Making on Investment in Improved Seeds: Insights from Mental Models. Ruhr Economic Papers #1066. RWI. DOI: 10.4419/96973237
2024
Mogge, Lukas, Julian Röckert, and Kati Krähnert (2024). Impacts of Anticipatory Cash Transfers in the Context of Weather Disasters. Ruhr Economic Papers #1065. RWI. DOI: 10.4419/96973236
2024
Murken, Lisa, Kati Krähnert, and Christoph Gornott (2024). Is this land for sale? The effects of drought on land ownership in Uganda. Ecological Economics 218: 108095. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108095
2024
Fluhrer, Svenja, and Kati Krähnert (2024). Mobile Phone Network Expansion and Agricultural Income: A Panel Study. Agricultural Economics 55: 54-85. DOI: 10.1111/agec.12803.
2023
Mogge, L., McDonald, M., Knoth, C., Teickner, H., Purevtseren, M., Pebesma, E. & Kraehnert, K. (2023) Allocation of humanitarian aid after a weather disaster. World Development 166(10620499).
Research projects
Single Project
Willingness-to-pay for parametric weather insurance in Vietnam
Single Project
Research project: Rigorous Impact Evaluation of the Trigger-Based Agricultural Micro Insurance in Vietnam