01 / HUMANITAS CONSULTINGRESEARCH & STRATEGIC ADVISORY
Humanitas Consulting
Independent economic research and strategic advisory. Connecting markets, policy and opportunity across Europe and Latin America.
Explore our expertise
Research. Intelligence. Perspective.Intelligence grounded
Intelligence grounded
in evidence.
Research, data and strategic insight for a changing world.
A closer perspective. A wider horizon.Based in Aarhus, Denmark × An international perspective
Economic researchInternational tradeAgribusinessData & analyticsSustainability
Clarity in a complex worldMeet Humanitas
The depth of economic research. The relevance of market intelligence.
Humanitas bridges academic economic research and practical commercial advisory. We turn complex market, policy, and regulatory questions into analysis you can use.
An independent boutique practice, built for questions that require close attention: direct access to the founder, flexible engagement, and research shaped around your decisions.
One perspective. Two expressions.
From understanding complexity to seeing what matters.
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02 / TERRA BY HUMANITASEARTH OBSERVATION & AGRICULTURE
Terra by Humanitas
Environmental evidence for a closer understanding of agricultural land. A product in development, with agricultural lenders in focus.
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Our expertise
Connected disciplines. A clearer perspective.
Five connected disciplines. Research shaped around the question you need to answer.
01Economic & Policy Research
Understand the forces shaping markets, policy, and economic outcomes.
Assess economic exposure and policy implications with transparent assumptions, robust quantitative methods, and scenarios tailored to your question.
- Macroeconomic impact assessments
- Econometric modelling
- Structural gravity models
- Commodity market monitoring
- Trade-balance analysis
- Scenario simulation
- Price-volatility modelling
- Policy analysis
02Investment & Market Advisory
Evaluate opportunities with context, evidence, and commercial clarity.
Build a grounded view of a new market, investment, or supply chain. We connect economic fundamentals with sector dynamics and the practical realities of doing business across borders.
- Market-entry analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Foreign direct investment research
- Supply-chain analysis
- Investment due diligence
- Latin American market intelligence
03International Trade & Customs
Make sense of trade flows, market access, and cross-border requirements.
Understand how trade policy, customs procedures, and regulatory requirements affect your business. Our work supports informed commercial planning across European and Latin American markets.
- EU–Mercosur trade analysis
- Tariff and non-tariff barriers
- HS classification analysis
- Import/export workflows
- Trade preference schemes
- Customs valuation analysis
- Cross-border regulatory analysis
04Data & Economic Intelligence
Turn fragmented data into reliable, repeatable analytical insight.
Create a dependable analytical foundation, from source data to decision-ready outputs. Systems are designed around the economic question and the way your organization uses evidence.
- Data engineering
- Automated reporting
- Economic dashboards
- Statistical modelling
- Predictive analytics
- Machine learning
- Custom analytical pipelines
- R and Python modelling
- Database-driven analysis
05Sustainability, Carbon & MRV
Connect sustainability requirements with measurable, useful intelligence.
Translate environmental questions into structured data, clear methodologies, and usable analysis. We support the analytical foundations of sustainability reporting and the evaluation of green-transition opportunities.
- Monitoring, Reporting & Verification systems
- ESG data architecture
- Carbon-market analysis
- GHG accounting methodologies
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 analysis
- Sustainability analytics
- Green-transition research
A perspective across the AtlanticEurope
Europe
× Latin America
Two regions. Interconnected markets. A distinctive perspective on the trade, investment, and sustainability questions that connect them.
Explore our expertiseA shared economic horizonEU × LATAM
EU–Mercosur relationsAgribusiness & commoditiesTrade regulationForeign investmentSupply chainsSustainability requirementsGreen transitionCarbon markets
From European organizations exploring Latin America to Latin American businesses navigating Europe, we bring economic context and analytical depth to cross-border decisions.
Experience in practice
Selected Work
European Agribusiness Intelligence
Recurring research on European agribusiness markets for a Brazilian market-intelligence organization, combining sector analysis, trade data, company research, and European market developments.
Typical outputs include structured market reports and decision-oriented research briefs.
Cross-Border Investment & Trade Research
Ongoing research and advisory supporting the interpretation of agribusiness markets, international investment conditions, and trade-policy developments between Brazil and Europe.
Work combines economic evidence, market context, and cross-border regulatory analysis.
European Dairy Market Analysis
Research into European dairy-industry dynamics, including market structure, competitive developments, trade conditions, and Danish industry case studies.
Our approach
Evidence, before everything.
We begin with a question, examine the evidence and make the assumptions visible. The result is analysis that can be understood, discussed and used.
How Humanitas works
A clear question. A rigorous path forward.
Define
Understand the commercial, economic, regulatory, or analytical question—and the decision it needs to support.
Analyse
Combine trusted datasets, quantitative methods, market intelligence, and focused domain research.
Interpret
Translate technical results into meaningful conclusions, with assumptions and uncertainty made explicit.
Advise
Deliver recommendations, scenarios, dashboards, models, or research that support the next decision.
Data & methods
Rigorous by method. Practical by purpose.
The right tools make the analysis stronger. We combine quantitative economics with modern analytical systems to produce work that is transparent, reproducible, and useful.
Analytical toolkit
Python · R · PostgreSQL · Docker
Relevant public data sources
Eurostat · FAOSTAT · UN Comtrade
World Bank · SECEX · IPEA
World Bank · SECEX · IPEA
Sources are selected for the question, geography, coverage, and data quality. These are data sources, not partners or endorsements.
Research and perspectives
Explore insightsA closer look at the forces connecting markets.
An editorial direction, with research still to come.
Reading trade agreements through an economic lens
A proposed research note on market access, sector exposure, and the questions behind cross-border strategy.
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Beyond the commodity price
A proposed market brief on the data needed to understand agribusiness value chains and commercial exposure.
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From reporting requirements to better data
A proposed perspective on the analytical foundations of credible monitoring, reporting, and verification.
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