I am full Professor at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology at NTNU, Director of Research for NTNU’s Energy Transition Initiative (NETI), Adjunct Professor at NHH and MIT-CEEPR Affiliate. In 2024, I served as President for the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). Previously I worked as Senior Researcher in the Department Energy, Transport, Environment at DIW Berlin and was Professor for Economic Policy at the University of Potsdam.
My research experience of two decades draws on industrial organization, competition economics and econometrics. From 2014 until 2018 I served as Vice-President for Publications in the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE; The Energy Journal), am currently Senior Editor with Energy Policy and on the Editorial Board of Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy. Previously I have co-led a working group for the European Academy of Science Advisory Council (EASAC) on “The future of gas", participated in several interdisciplinary EU projects, projects funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research and commissioned studies. I have international teaching experience, (co-) supervised PhD students from several universities and developed research agendas across disciplines. I studied economics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder and hold a PhD in economics from TU Dresden.