Valeria Jana Schwanitz
Research domain: Sustainable Solutions, Group of Energy System Modeling
Research interest: green technological change, role of uncertainties
In February, 2011, I joined PIK to work in the AMPERE project. I have studied physics at the University of Rostock, Germany, and the Lomonossow Moscow State University, Russia. My master thesis on theoretical physics dealt with statistical properties of dusty plasmas. While staying at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA, and Kyoto University, Japan, I studied economics at the long-distance University of Hagen, Germany. I obtained a master's degree analyzing game-theoretic models about the coordination of fiscal policies in a monetary union. I got a PhD degree from the University of Rostock investigating the role of technical and policy uncertainty for investment decisions into green technologies. I used a real options approach solving stochastic optimization models. Research stays led me to the Kyoto University and Osaka University, Japan. There, I also dealt with technology transfer to developing countries. For two years, I was a research associate at the International Graduate School IHI Zittau. I also worked as a project officer for European Regional Development Funds at the Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein. Both jobs concerned the initiation and development of international projects.
Contact:
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Research Domain III, P. O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Location: Building A51, Room 0.26
Email: schwanitz[at]pik-potsdam[dot]de
Phone: +49 331 288 2423
