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 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, Italy. During her studies, Sophie worked as a research assistant at the University of Hamburg as well as for an academic journal.

Publications

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
DIW Wochenbericht 45 / 2024

Um die Klimaziele zu erreichen, muss in den nächsten fünf Jahren noch viel passieren: Interview

2024| Sophie M. Behr, Erich Wittenberg
DIW Wochenbericht 45 / 2024

Wärmemonitor 2023: Trotz weiter gestiegener Preise sparen private Haushalte weniger Heizenergie

2024| Sophie M. Behr, Till Köveker, Merve Küçük
Diskussionspapiere 2093 / 2024

Enabling Circular Economy Dynamics in the Plastics and Steel Industries: Perspectives from Multiple Stakeholders

2024| Xi Sun, Sophie M. Behr, Merve Kücük
DIW Weekly Report 19/20 / 2024

Thermal Retrofitting of Worst Performing Buildings Mitigates Risk of High Heating Costs

2024| Sophie M. Behr, Merve Kücük, Maximilian Longmuir, Karsten Neuhoff
Externe Monographien

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 Monographien

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

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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