Petra Jasper joined DIW Berlin in January 2020. She is the spokesperson for the institute and heads the Press Office. Additionally, she is responsible for the DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Weekly Report, DIW aktuell, as well as guest commentaries, statements, and interviews. Previously, she worked for Reuters as an editor for its political and economics department.
Themistoklis is a PhD Candidate in the Firms and Markets Department at the Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin (DIW Berlin). He holds an MSc in Economics, a MSc in Epidemiology and Research Methodology, as well as a BSc in Mathematics. He worked as a Mathematics teacher in Greece and as a Research Associate (Pre-doc) at DIW before the start of his PhD. His research is primarily...
Prof Dr Claudia Kemfert has been head of the department Energy, Transportation, Environment at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin) since April 2004 and is Professor of Energy Economics and Energy Policy at the Leuphana University, Till 2019 she was Professor of Energy Economics and Sustaiability at Hertie School of Governance and from 2004-2009 she was Professor of Environmental...
Head of Department Energy, Transportation, Environment
Konstantin A. Kholodilin was born in 1973 in Saint-Petersburg (Russia). He had graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University in 1995. In 2003, he obtained his doctor title from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) and in 2012 a title of Doctor habilitatus from the Europa-Universität Viadrina (Germany). From 2001 till 2004, he was a researcher at the Université Catholique de Louvain...
Research Associate Macroeconomics; Research Associate Forecasting and Economic Policy
Lavinia Kinne joined DIW as a Postdoc at the Gender Economics Research Group in the Public Economics Department in 2023. She is also part of the Berlin School of Economics, guest researcher at the University of Potsdam, and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA). Her research focuses on topics around gender in labor economics and the economics of education.
Research Associate Public Economics; Research Associate Gender Economics
Dana Kirchem joined the research group ‘Transformation of the Energy economy’ within the Department Energy, Transportation, Environment in September 2021. Her dissertation at the University College Dublin and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Dublin dealt with the modelling of energy demand flexibility in integrated energy-water systems. Prior to her PhD, Dana studied Economics at...
Research Associate Energy, Transportation, Environment
Martin is a research associate and postdoctoral researcher in the Department Energy, Transportation, Environment. His work addresses the decarbonization of the energy system, focusing on flexibility options in the electricity sector, sector coupling, hydrogen, and the challenges of integrating variable renewable energy sources, especially during extended periods of low wind and solar generation (...
Research Associate Energy, Transportation, Environment
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 Department...
Simon Kleineweber is Research Manager at the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Before joining DIW Berlin in March 2021, he worked as a scientific coordinator at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and as a research associate in interdisciplinary labour studies at European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). Simon studied Sociology, History and European Politics in Bielefeld,...
Research Manager German Socio-Economic Panel study
