Former Team Members

Dr. Alexandra Purkus


Areas of Expertise and Research

  • renewable energy policy
  • governance of the bioeconomy
  • bioenergy policy


Curriculum Vitae

2014 - 2018

UFZ, Department of Economics, Researcher

2011 - 2013

UFZ, Departments of Bioenergy and Economics, PhD Student

2009 - 2010

MSc by Reseach "Global Environmental Change", University of Edinburgh. Master thesis: "Financing REDD – A Case Study Analysis of Present Funding Approaches", supervised by Dr. Andrea Nightingale and Dr. Richard Tipper

04/2009 - 06/2009

Stadtwerke Emden, Department of Energy Services, Internship

2008 - 2009

Department of Ecological Economics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Student Assistant

2003 - 2008

Student of Economics with an Environmental Focus, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. Diploma thesis: "Geothermal Power Production in Future Electricity Markets – A Scenario Analysis for Germany", supervised by Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner and Dr. Volker Barth


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