Objectives

Aims of the Course

Students attending the course will become familiar with

the institutional analysis of resource and agriculture issues
the problems with researching social-ecological systems
different approaches proposed by institutional economics to analyse social-ecological systems and the interface between ecological and institutional economics
the methodological issues involved in researching ecological issues from a social science perspective
discussions of leading figures of the respective research fields
transaction cost economics and the methodological issues involved into its application
a transaction cost and property rights perspective on land conversion and
a transaction costs perspective on contractual relation in the farming sector

Participants will also have the opportunity

to discuss the above-named issues with colleagues and leading researchers of the respective fields and
to attend a field visit for becoming familiar with farming issues in the near surroundings of the location of the workshop