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Christian Klassert

Postdoctoral Researcher in Water Resource Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ

Postdoctoral Researcher in Water Resource Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ Christian Klassert is the co-speaker of the Working Group Social-Science Water Research at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). He holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from Leipzig University. Christian's work combines coupled human-natural systems modeling, agent-based modeling, and econometrics to assess the water security impacts of unequal urban water access and agricultural droughts. He contributes to the development of large-scale models of water security in Jordan, food-water-energy nexus sustainability in the Indian Upper Bhima Basin, and agricultural drought adaptation in Germany. Christian is a co-recipient of the UFZ Research award 2022 for his transdisciplinary work assessing the risk of future water crises in the country of Jordan.