Patrick  Klösel

I am a PhD student in economics at Technical University Berlin (TU) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). There I am affiliated to both the Policy Evaluation Lab as well as the CERES Project. 

Currently, I primarily work on causal inference and climate policy. My main interest lies in improving policy making by using rigorous methods. This includes work on causal inference methods in econometrics (especially causal graphs and policy evaluation), backed up by philosophy of science (especially causality and methodology of the social sciences) and applied to climate economics (especially carbon pricing, innovation, labor markets, and green industrial policy). I have also co-authored a textbook on the history of thought in political economy. In any case, I'm always eager to learn from other sciences, scientists and practitioners.

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I will present my paper on double machine learning and electricity market policy evaluation at the 9th Potsdam Empirical Economics Workshop (Sept 2025)

I will present my paper on green patenting and policy mixes at the German Economic Association's (VfS) Annual Conference (Sept 2025)

I participated in Institute Vienna Circle's summer school on the History and Epistemology of Econometrics (July 2025)

I presented the latest version of my paper on using double machine learning in electricity market policy evaluation at the AERE Summer Conference, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico (May 2025)

I was part of the scientific program committee of the 2nd Applied Causal Graphs Workshop. The focus of the workshop was on how causal graphs can help us in applied research in the social sciences, climate science, and beyond  (Mar 2025)

I taught two labs for Will Lowe's Causal Inference course at Hertie School during their spring term (Feb-May 2025)

I presented our Science paper at the Causal Data Science Meeting (Nov 2024)

I organized a workshop on causal mediation analysis in economics with Martin Huber at MCC (Sept 2024)

I presented my paper on electricity market decarbonization using high-frequency data at the VfS Annual Conference (Sept 2024)

Our paper on Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions is out in Science. This dashboard visualizes our main findings (Aug 2024)

I coordinated the Normative Foundations of Climate Policy seminar series at MCC (May-Oct 2024)

I participated in the EAERE summer school on Data Science in Environmental Economics Research (June 2024)

I presented earlier work of mine on counterfactual reasoning in economics at Stanford University (Mar 2024)

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Besides my academic work I write experimental poetry and prose fiction, occasional essays, and follow politics.