Education

• M.Sc. Agricultural Sciences, Major in Agricultural Economics and Agribusinesses, Technical University of Munich
• B.Sc. Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Technical University of Munich

Research areas

• Technology adoption and innovation impacts
• Productivity and efficiency analysis

Research projects

• 2022-2025: NOVASOIL
• 2023-2026: INCiTiS-FOOD
• 2020-2025: PONDERFUL
• 2024-2029: AGRO-WELL
• 2025-2028: INSPIRE

Teaching activity

• Climate Change Economics (M.Sc.)
• Econometrics (M.Sc.)
• Production and Resource Economics (M.Sc.)
• Risk Theory and Modeling (M.Sc.)
• General Business Economics (B.Sc.)

Publications

• Ober, Carina; Canessa, Carolin; Frick, Fabian; Sauer, Johannes: The role of behavioural factors in accepting agri-environmental contracts – Evidence from a Q-method and thematic analysis in Germany. Ecological Economics 231, 2025, 108544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108544
• Rottmueller, Marina E.; Storlazzi, Curt D.; Frick, Fabian: Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1), 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02019-4
• Frick, Fabian; Vrolijk, Hans; Sauer, Johannes: Innovation behavior and sustainability performance: Empirical evidence on the farming sector. Q Open 4 (2), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoae032
• Ptacek, Moritz; Frick, Fabian; Pahl, Hubert; Stetter, Christian; Wimmer, Stefan; Sauer, Johannes: ‘ShapeCostTUM’: A calculation tool for field geometry dependent cultivation and transport costs. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 225, 2024, 109254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.109254
• Kang, Shijia; Sidhoum, Amer Ait; Frick, Fabian; Sauer, Johannes; Zheng, Shaofeng: The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Vegetable Farms in Shandong of China. Q Open, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoad017
• Vo, Hoang-Tien; Vrachioli, Maria; Frick, Fabian; Sauer, Johannes; Brucet Balmana, Sandra; Benejam Vidal, Lluís; Mehner, Thomas; Lemmens, Pieter; Oertli, Beat; Boissezon, Aurélie; Beklioğlu, Meryem; Dolcerocca, Antoine; Meerhoff, Mariana: Socio-economic or environmental benefits from pondscapes? Deriving stakeholder preferences using analytic hierarchy process and compositional data analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 342, 2023, 118298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118298
• Frick, Fabian; Jantke, Corina; Sauer, Johannes: Firm-level innovation and efficiency in the food sector: Insights from a literature-based innovation output indicator. Applied Economics 53 (43), 2021, 5000-5017. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1912699
• Wimmer, Stefan; Frick, Fabian: How Do Animal Welfare Practices Relate to Farm Characteristics? Evidence From German Dairy Farms. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2021. 10.22004/ag.econ.311031
• Ait Sidhoum, A.; Mennig, P.; Frick, F. (2024) Assessing the impact of agri-environmental payments on green productivity in Germany. Ecological Economics, Vol. 219, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108150
• Frick, F. and J. Sauer (2021). Technological Change in Dairy Farming with Increased Price Volatility. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 72(2), 564-588. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12417
• Frick, F., Jantke, C. and J. Sauer, (2019). Innovation and productivity in the food vs. the high-tech manufacturing sector. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 28(7), 674-694. https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2018.1557405
• Frick, F. and J. Sauer (2018). Deregulation and Productivity: Empirical Evidence on Dairy Production. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 100(1), 354-378. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aax074