Karsten Neuhoff leads the Climate Policy Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and is Professor at the Institute for Economics and Law of Technical University Berlin. He holds a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University and Master in Physics from Heidelberg University. His research focus on the economics and financing of a low-carbon transformation in the power,...
Fernanda is a Ph.D. Student and Research Associate at the Climate Policy Department, where she is working on the topic of transition risks in energy-intensive industries related to the economy's shift towards climate neutrality. She studied Public Policy at the Hertie School and Università Bocconi for her Master's degree and completed her Bachelor's degree at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms...
Sophie M. Behr joined the DIW Berlin Graduate Center as a PhD candidate in October 2021. Her research interests lie in environmental and energy economics and climate policy, with a particular focus on building sector darbonization and its distributional implications, circular economy and carbon pricing. Sophie holds a BSc in Economics from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and a MSc in Economics...
Research Associate Climate Policy; Ph.D. Student Graduate Center
Thibault has been a Research Associate in the Climate Policy Department since October 2025. His research focuses on electricity markets and industry decarbonisation. In 2025, he completed a doctorate in energy economics at Université Paris Dauphine–PSL, in partnership with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
Kerstin joined DIW Berlin in October 2010. Prior to working for DIW Berlin, she worked at the Deutsche Post DHL Group in Bonn, at the Amerika Haus in Cologne and at the American Academy in Berlin.
Kerstin received her Magister in North American Studies and English Philology from Freie Universität Berlin. During her studies, she spent one year as an exchange student in the USA.
Jonas joined the DIW Graduate Center in 2024 and has been a PhD candidate in the climate policy department since October 2025. He holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics and an M.Sc. in Economics from Leipzig University as well as a master's degree in Development Economics from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. During his studies, he gained working experience at the...
Ph.D. Student Climate Policy; Ph.D. Student Graduate Center
Till is a PhD-candidate at DIW Graduate Center and in the Climate Policy department of DIW. He holds a Master in Economics (Economic Theory and Econometrics) from Toulouse School of Economics and a Bachelor in Sociology, Politics & Economics from Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen. Furthermore, he has experience from internships in different sectors (e.g. at KfW Development Bank, at the...
Antonia Kurz is a Research Associate in the Climate Policy Department. Her research focuses on the decarbonisation of industrial sectors, developing tools to reduce emissions in the context of trade and market power. Her work includes studying the effects of carbon pricing policies on trade patterns and the implications of monopolistic supply in critical minerals markets for the green transition....
Paula has been a PhD student at the DIW Graduate Center since October 2022 and has been working in the Climate Policy Department since October 2023. She holds a BSc in Business Administration from Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) and a MSc in Economics from Friedrich-Alexander-University in Nuremberg (FAU).
During and after her bachelor studies, she gained first-hand experience...
Leon joined the DIW Graduate Center in October 2022 and is a PhD candidate in the climate policy department. In his research, he focuses on electricity market reforms to incentivize demand-side flexibility. In particular, he has investigated futures markets, capacity mechanisms and local price signals. Leon holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from the Goethe...
Xi Sun is a PhD student at the Berlin School of Economics. She holds a M.Sc. in economics from the University of Bonn and B.Scs. in Public Finance from Xiamen University and International Business and Economics from the University of Magdeburg. During her studies, she gained insights into bilateral climate cooperation between Germany and China through her internship and consultancy work at GIZ...
