Education and Academic Training

  • 2008 - 2012: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.), Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Chair of Sustainability Economics, Dissertation: Individual and Governmental Responsibility for Sustainability
  • 2002 - 2007: Diploma in Economics, University of Freiburg, Diploma Thesis: Political Economy of Transnational Pollution
  • 2000 - 2002: Intermediate Diploma in Industrial Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (KIT)

Professional Experience

  • Since 03/2025 at the Wuppertal Institute as Senior Researcher
  • 01/2015 - 02/2025: Bread for the World as Senior Policy Advisor for Energy Policy
  • 11/2012 - 12/2014: International Civil Society Center as Policy Coordinator
  • 04/2008 - 07/2012: Leuphana University of Lüneburg as research assistant and doctoral candidate

Research Focus

  • Renewable energies in emerging and developing countries
  • Universal access to energy in the Global South
  • Just Transition
  • Sustainability criteria for green hydrogen

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