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,...
Sophie M. Behr joined the DIW Berlin Graduate Center as a PhD candidate in October 2021. Her research interests lie in climate economics and policy, and particularly include circular economy and carbon pricing. Sophie holds a BSc in Economics from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and a MSc in Economics from the University of Hamburg and spent parts of her studies at the University of Bologna,...
Research Associate Climate Policy; Ph.D. Student Graduate Center
Anja is a research assistant (Pre Doc) in the Climate Policy department since January 2024. Her work focuses on various aspects of Germany's climate-neutral transformation, including Sustainable Finance and climate communication.
Currently, she is working on a project concerning the international use of transition indicators. These indicators aim to measure the progress of the green...
Dr. Franziska Klaucke is a researcher in the Climate Policy Department at DIW Berlin. Her research comprises the economic aspects of demand flexibility in electricity markets, including its regulatory and market design requirements. The focus here is on developing industrial load flexibility potential. Another research area is the decarbonization of industry.
Previously she was with the...
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...
Mats Kröger is a current Ph.D. student at the Berlin School of Economics. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics as well as a B.Sc. degree from Humboldt-University Berlin. During his studies he spent semesters as a visiting student at both Georgetown University and New York University. His research interests lie in the fields of energy...
Dr. Merve Kücük is a research associate in the Climate Policy Department and is associated with the Centre for Energy, the Environment and Natural Disasters.
Her research focuses on natural disasters' costs, household energy consumption and comparative empirical learning with its link to climate finance.
Prior to joining DIW Berlin, she received her Ph.D. from Deakin University. She holds a B.Sc...
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.
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Dr. Catherine Marchewitz is a senior researcher in the Climate Policy Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Her research focuses on the transformation of the economy towards climate neutrality, sustainable finance and international climate finance. Currently she works on the further development and use of climate-related scenarios in various industry sectors and by...
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 graduated with a BSc in Business Administration from the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) and obtained her MSc in Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University in Nuremberg (FAU).
During and after her bachelor studies, she...
Dr. Franziska Schütze is a Research Associate in the climate policy department at DIW Berlin and coordinator of the project "sustainable finance research platform". Prior to DIW, she worked at the Global Climate Forum e.V. and obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Potsdam. Her research aims at understanding economic implications of climate and energy policies and the role of the financial...
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 sustainable finance and energy economics. Leon holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from the Goethe University Frankfurt and a master's degree in economics from the University of Cologne. For his master's thesis, Leon compared...
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...
