Former Team Members
Dr. Alexandra Purkus

Department of Economics
Working Group Energy
Working Group Governance and Institutions
Working Group Governance of the Bioeconomy
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
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