Environment and Resources

Overview

The central aim of the department „Environment and Resources“ is to analyze environmental and energy policy using modern methods of evaluation research and microeconometrics. Our work draws on both secondary data sources as well as on primary data collected under the auspices of third-party funding, such as the survey “Energy Consumption of Private Households” commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

The work of the department partitions along two dimensions: One addresses environmental, resource, and energy economics, which includes the analysis of the efficient use of resources such as water, metallic raw materials and fossil fuels. The other addresses environmental and energy policy, which examines both domestic and international measures targeted at climate protection and energy provision. This latter dimension also encompasses themes of particular relevance to development economics, for which a dedicated research group “Climate Change in Developing Countries” was established in January 2015.