Laure Kuhfuss
Agricultural/Environmental Economist
Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences
Scottish Crop Research Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Laure Kuhfuss is a researcher in agricultural and environmental economics working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) research group at the James Hutton Institute. She has a background in agronomy and environmental economics. Prior to joining The James Hutton Institute, she received her PhD in economics from the University of Montpellier 1 (France) in 2013 and carried out a two-year postdoc at the University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK). Her research investigates farmers’ adoption of sustainable behaviours, the evaluation and design of agri-environmental policies and the valuation of ecosystem services.
Research Interest
Geographical Sciences
Publications
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Kuhfuss, L., Préget, R., Thoyer, S. and Hanley, N. (2016). Nudging Farmers to Enrol Land into Agri-environmental Schemes: The Role of a Collective Bonus. European Review of Agricultural Economics. 43 (4): 609-636.
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Kuhfuss, L., Préget, R., Thoyer, S., Hanley, N., Le Coent, P. and Désolé, M. (2016). Nudges, social norms and permanence in agri-environmental schemes. Land Economics, 92(4).
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Kuhfuss, L., Hanley, N. and Whyte, R. (2016). Should historic sites protection be targeted at the most famous? Evidence from a contingent valuation in Scotland. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 20: 682-685.
