Sophie M. Behr

Sophie M. Behr

Research Associate of the Climate Policy Department

Ph.D. Student of the Graduate Center

Contact

+49 30 89789 - 611
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 from the University of Hamburg and spent parts of her studies at the University of Bologna, Italy. During her studies, Sophie worked as a research assistant at the University of Hamburg as well as for an academic journal.

Publications

DIW Discussion Papers 2119 / 2025

Prioritize to Decarbonize: Thermal Retrofits, Carbon Prices, and Energy Inequality

2025| Sophie M. Behr, Merve Kucuk, Maximilian Longmuir, Karsten Neuhoff
DIW Weekly Report 20/21 / 2025

Non-monetary Factors Were an Important Driver of Residential Energy Savings during the Energy Crisis

2025| Sophie M. Behr, Till Köveker
DIW Wochenbericht 20 / 2025

In der Energiekrise sparten private Haushalte Heizenergie auch stark aus nichtmonetären Gründen

2025| Sophie M. Behr, Till Köveker
DIW Discussion Papers 2112 / 2025

Understanding Energy Savings in a Crisis: The Role of Prices and Non-monetary Factors

2025| Sophie M. Behr, Till Köveker, Merve Kücük
DIW Weekly Report 45 / 2024

Heat Monitor 2023: Despite Continued Price Increases, Lower Decline in Households’ Heating Energy Consumption

2024| Sophie M. Behr, Till Köveker, Merve Küçük
Externe Working Papers

Gemeinsam Gas einsparen: Warum die Bundesregierung weitere Empfehlungen der ExpertInnenkommission Gas und Wärme aufgreifen sollte?

Kiel: ZBW, 2023, 5 S. | Sophie M. Behr, Merve Kucuk, Karsten Neuhoff
Externe Working Papers

De-Fueling Externalities: Causal Effects of Fuel Taxation and Mediating Mechanisms for Reducing Climate and Pollution Costs

München: CESifo, 2023, 37 S.
(CESifo Working Papers ; 10508)
| Pier Basaglia, Sophie M. Behr, Moritz A. Drupp

Lectures

Vortrag

Understanding Energy Savings in a Crisis: The Role of Prices and Non-monetary Factors

Sophie Behr, Till Köveker, Merve Kücük
Bordeaux, Frankreich, 25.08.2025 - 28.08.0205
| 40th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association: EEA 2025
Vortrag

Who Saved Energy and Why? Analysing Heterogeneous Energy Demand Responses in the Energy Price Crisis

Sophie Behr, Till Köveker, Merve Kücük
Berlin, 07.11.2024
| Workshop zur sozial-ökologischen Transformation (SÖT): DIW Berlin
Vortrag

Who Saved Energy and Why? Analysing Heterogeneous Energy Demand Responses in the Energy Price Crisis

Sophie Behr, Till Köveker, Merve Kücük
Berlin, 15.09.2024 - 18.09.2024
| Upcoming Labour Market Challenges: Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2024
Vortrag

De-Fueling Externalities: Causal Effects of Fuel Taxation and Mediating Mechanisms for Delivering Climate and Health Benefits

Sophie Behr
Lemesos, Zypern, 27.06.2023 - 30.06.2023
| 28th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: EAERE 2023
Vortrag

Sanierungen von Gebäuden

Sophie Behr
Berlin, 09.05.2023
| Arbeitsgemeinschaft Grundsatzfragen: Deutschen Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz (DENEFF)

Research Projects

Research Project

Drivers of residential energy use for heating and cooling and thermal retrofit decisions

Current Project| Climate Policy, German Socio-Economic Panel study
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