Field of work
Having studied Natural Resource Management as my Bachelor and Climate Change Management as my Master, my interest lies in understanding the social, economic, political and environmental implications of our energy system. From 2019 to 2022 I have been involved in the Horizon 2020 project COMETS - Collective action Models for the Energy Transition and Social Innovation. In this project we investigated how, why and to what extent citizens come together to collectively engage in the energy transition, for example through so-called Energy Communities. Since 2020 I am enrolled as PhD student at the University of Clermont-Auvergne. My PhD project builds on COMETS, further investigating the business models and partner networks of such Energy Communities.
At the Department for Environmental Sciences, I use my interdisciplinary knowledge of the various aspects of the energy system and the different connected methodological approaches of study to teach in the the introductory course on the energy system and the methods course in the Renewable Energy Bachelor Program.
Courses taught
FE405 - Fundamental Energy Concepts
FE409 - Methods Course for Renewable Energy
Research areas
- Citizen Participation in the Energy Transition
Research groups
Data-driven Energy System Analysis
- FE403, Bachelor Thesis in Renewable Energy, Spring 2025
- FE405, Fundamental Energy Concepts, Fall 2024
Publications
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“First come, first served" or “the more, the merrier"? Organizational dynamics of citizen-led solar initiatives and the presence of photovoltaic installations in Germany
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Statistical evidence for the contribution of citizen-led initiatives and projects to the energy transition in Europe
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A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10000 initiatives
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Business models of energy cooperatives active in the PV sector—A statistical analysis for Germany
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The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy