Former Team Members
Dr. Katja Sigel
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Economics
Working Group Social-science Water Research
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
katja.sigel@ufz.de
Areas of Expertise and Research
Socioeconomic research on sustainability in the water sector with particular focus on
- Integrated water resources management, implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
- Analysis of water use and sanitation in emerging and developing countries (Mongolia, Jordan)
- Economic valuation of water resources and water services
- Analysis of the political and institutional framework conditions for the implementation of sustainable water infrastructure systems
- Concepts and methods for participatory planning
- Environmental decision-making under uncertainty and ignorance
- Transdisciplinary research
Curriculum Vitae
2007 - 2017
Researcher, Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig (Germany)
2007
Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. Ph.D. in Natural Sciences), University of Osnabrück (Germany), thesis: “Environmental problems and uncertainty – A conceptual and empirical analysis using the example of the European Water Framework Directive”
2005
Visiting Researcher, Finnish Environment Institute Syke, Department of Water Management, Helsinki (Finland)
2003 - 2007
Ph.D. student, Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig (Germany), and University of Osnabrück (Germany)
1999 - 2002
Academic Assistant, Bavarian Ministry for Regional Development and Environmental Affairs, State Office for Water Management, Hof (Germany)
1993 - 1999
Studies in Geoecology at the University of Bayreuth (Degree: Dipl.-Geoökol., Master of Science equivalent), diploma thesis: “Analysis of the correlation between road salt input and aluminum output in a drinking-water catchment on base-poor sandstone”
Completed Projects
Nutzen-Kosten-Analyse in der Wasserwirtschaft. Methoden im europäischen Vergleich und die Ableitung eines kohärenten Verfahrens für die LAWA
Integrated Analysis of Freshwater Resources Sustainability in Jordan
Integrated Water Resources Management for Central Asia: Model Region Mongolia (MoMo)
HarmoniRiB: Harmonised Techniques and Representative River Basin Data for Assessment and Use of Uncertainty Information in Integrated Water Management (European FP5-RTD project)
Membership
Deutsche Hydrologische Gesellschaft e.V.
(deputy speaker of the working group „Integriertes Wasserressourcenmanagement unter Wasserknappheit“)
Teaching experience
Lecturer, Institute of Geography, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (since 2015)
Publications
Recent Publications
Klauer, B., Sigel, K., Schiller, J. (2016): Disproportionate Costs in the EU Water Framework Directive – How to justify less stringent environmental objectives. Environmental Science & Policy 59, 10-17.
Sigel, K., Klauer, B., Schiller, J. (2015): Begründung „weniger strenger Umweltziele“ nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie mit unverhältnismäßigen Kosten – ein Verfahrensvorschlag. KW – Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft, Heft Nr. 12, S. 268-774.