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Veronika Grimm will assume the Professorship of Energy Systems and Market Design at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) on March 1, 2024. "This step opens up the fascinating opportunity to help shape the development of a new university and thus further strengthen the scientific landscape in...

The Chair of Economic Theory offers Doctoral (PhD) Positions (75% TV-L E13) and a Post-Doc position (100% TV-L E13) as of March 1, 2024 (or shortly thereafter). For further information on the positions: Doctoral Position, Post-Doc Position.

The transformation of economies worldwide towards climate neutrality will require not only renewable electricity but also climate-neutral energy carriers such as hydrogen and its derivatives. The production cost of electric fuels (e-fuels) are to a large extent driven by the energy-intensive electro...

The paper sheds light on the tremendous challenges ahead when it comes to reaching the targets for the market ramp-up of renewable hydrogen and presents the authors’ view of how we can come closer to achieving them. With vast volumes of private investments urgently required, the authors advocate tha...

The Chair of Economic Theory offers a Doctoral (PhD) Position (75% TV-L E13) and a Post-Doc position (100% TV-L E13) as of October 1, 2023 (or shortly thereafter). For further information on the positions: Doctoral Position, Post-Doc Position.

The Chair of Economic Theory, Prof. Dr. Grimm, and the junior professorship for energy markets and energy system analysis (Prof. Dr. Liebensteiner) are offering an interdisciplinary seminar on the topic of energy markets in cooperation with various industrial partners in the 2023 summer semester. ...

Due to the current dynamic overall situation in the energy sector and its particular energy policy challenges, the BMWK has asked the Expert Commission on the Energy of the Future Monitoring Process, of which Prof. Grimm is a member, to prepare an analysis on the current situation on the electricity market and on further development possibilities of the electricity market design against the background of the energy transition.

In the following semester (SS 2023), the chair of economic theory will offer seminars in experimental and behavioral economics. The general topic will be: "Social Learning in Networks".

Ulrike Pfefferer received the EnCN Energy Award 2022 for her master thesis “Regional smart markets for market-based congestion management in the German electricity sector” on December 16, 2022. The EnCN Energy Award is awarded annually by the Energie Campus Nürnberg e.V. in collaboration with the En...