Prof. Dr. Barbara Praetorius
Biography
Professional Career
Since 4/2017
Professor for economics, especially sustainability, environmental and energy economics and politics at HTW Berlin (University of Applied Science)
3/2014-3/2017
Deputy Director, Agora Energiewende, Berlin
10/2008-2/2014
Head of strategy and key policy issues, Verband kommunaler Unternehmen VKU (German association of local public utilites), Berlin
Since 2003
Lecturer on environmental and energy economics at Freie Universität / Humboldt University / Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
2002-9/2008
Project leader,
interdisciplinary research group "TIPS" (Transformation and Innovation in Power Systems,
www.tips-project.org), on the governance and diffusion of innovation in the electricity system
1996-1998
Research Associate, Energy and Development Research Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa (14 months of visiting research)
7-12/1995
Guest researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Energy & Environment Division, Utility Policy & Planning Group, Berkeley, USA
4/1992-9/2008
Senior researcher and project leader at DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research), Division Energy, Traffic and Environment
10/1990-3/1992
Research assistant, energy politics and international issues, Forum für Zukunftsenergien (Future Energies Forum), Bonn
2000
Ph.D, Free University of Berlin. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Jänicke, Research division for environmental politics, and Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel, University of Leipzig
1983-1990
Economics and Politics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt (Main) (Diploma)
1986-1987
Sciences Economiques, Université Aix-Marseille III, France, (Licence en Sciences Economiques)
Expert Committees and Memberships
Seit 2020
Member, Aufsichtsrats, VERBUND AG
2019
Member, Scientific Advisory Board for Climate Protection and Adaptation, Free State of Thuringia
2019
Member, Scientific Advisory Board
since 2018
Member, of the advisory board, Bundesverband der Windparkbetreiber Offshore BWO
6/2018-1/2019
Co-chairperson, Commission of the Federal Government on "Growth, Structural Change and Employment"
since 2018
Member of the supervisory board, Berliner Wasserbetriebe BWB
2017
Member of the project management, Podienreihe Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (panel series nutrition and agriculture), Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag 2017, Berlin, 24.-28.May 2017
since March 2017
Senior advisor, Agora Energiewende, Berlin
since March 2016
Member, Council for Kopernikus Projects, German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
2014-2015
Member of the Enquete Commission "Neue Energie für Berlin" (New Energy for Berlin) (17. WP)
2015
Member of the project management,
Projektzentrum "Mobilität, Energie, Ressourcen“ (project centre
“Mobility, Energy and Resources”), Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag 2015, Stuttgart, 3.-8. June 2015
since June 2015
Member, Council of Berliner Energieagentur, Berlin
2013-2018
Member of the advisory board, InnoZ Innovationszentrum für Mobilität und gesellschaftlichen Wandel (Innovation Center for Mobility and Societal Change), Berlin
2014
Member of review panel, Helmholtz-Programm "Technology, Innovation and Society", Karlsruhe/Jülich et al.
2011-2014
Member of foundation council, Stiftung Zukunftserbe, Freiburg
2009-2014
First chair of the committee (member 2009 - 2011) Öko-Institut e.V. Berlin, Freiburg, Darmstadt
2009-2014
Research affiliate, DIW Berlin
2008-2010
Founding member,
International research group on the politics and policy of carbon capture www.ccs-politics.se
1998-2004
Scientific advisory board, SECCP Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Project, Cape Town
Reviewer
for peer-reviewed scientific journals:
Energy Policy; Energy Economics; International Journal of Global Energy Issues; Technological Forecasting & Social Change and others
Scholarships
Scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), PhD, 1996; studies abroad, 1987
