Bernd Schuh

Senior expert at Spatial Foresight and independent consultant, Austria

Bernd Schuh is a senior expert at Spatial Foresight since 2024. He has obtained this expertise in the fields of policy analysis of public policies with an emphasis on quantitative research and analysis applied to public policies, territorial and distributional impact analysis and simulation modelling. He has proven this capacity during more than 40 years of professional experience in the field of agriculture and EU policy. During his professional life, Bernd has been involved in more than 350 projects, in a majority of them as project leader. Being a learnt economist with a specialization in environmental and ecological economics as well as agricultural economics, he has worked for decades for international institutions such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, UNDP, and the World Bank. Especially with the European General Directorate for Agriculture he has a strong track record. Apart from this work for the European General Directorate for Agriculture, Bernd has conducted several projects in these fields for other institutions – e.g. within the European Research Programmes, for the EIB and National Authorities. He has been one of the directors of a medium-sized consulting company for more than ten years and is now acting as independent expert and team leader.