After completing his dissertation at the Chair of Thomas Bauer at the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) Johannes Gallé was offered post-doc position at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin. Johannes studied Economics at the University of Freiburg, where he obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. In his PhD, Johannes worked at the intersection of development, regional and environmental economics with a geographical focus on India. His dissertation comprises research on place-based policies and structural change as well as on the projected impacts of climate change on agricultural output. Most of his work is characterized by creatively combining different kinds of data such as spatial micro-economic data, climate data or remote sensing data. During his PhD studies, Johannes he visited the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in Delhi for a research stay.