Team

Current Position

Senior Economist, KfW Research, since 2023

Professional Experience

Postdoc at the Chair of International Economics, Department of Law and Economics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2014-2023

Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of International Economics, Department of Law and Economics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2012-2014

PhD scholarship at Graduate School URBANgrad, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2009-2012

Education

Doctoral degree/PhD in Economics with honors, dissertation title: Renewable Energy Adoption in Germany – Drivers, Barriers and Implications, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, 2009-2014

Diploma (equivalent to Master’s Degree) in Business Administration with Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, 2003-2010

MSc program ”Management and Economics of Innovation”, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2006-2008

Awards

Prize for the best dissertation at the Department of Law and Economics (Darmstadt University of Technology) in 2014, awarded by Vereinigung von Freunden der Technischen Universität zu Darmstadt e.V.

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; Climatic Change; Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; Disasters; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Economics and Human Biology; Economies; Electoral Studies; Energy Economics; Energy Journal; Energy Policy; Energy Research & Social Science; Higher Education; Internet Research; Journal of Cleaner Production; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of Regional Science; Nature Energy; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Scientific Reports; Sustainability; Sustainable Cities and Society; Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Transportation Research Part A

Landesforschungsförderung Hamburg, Swiss National Science Foundation