Dr. Barbara Breitschopf

• Studied Agricultural Science at the University of Hohenheim; Diploma in the Economics and Social Sciences of Agriculture in 1992. Master of Arts in Economics (MA) at Ohio State University in 1997. PhD in Agricultural Science at the University of Hohenheim in 2003.
  
• 1991-1992 Study visits to developing countries.
  
• 1993-1995 Trainee and employee at the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.
  
• 1997-2001 Research associate at the University of Hohenheim in the field of rural financial markets and consultant for organisations in the area of economic cooperation. Prior to joining the ISI.
  
• 2001-2005 research associate at the University of Karlsruhe at the Institute for Economic Policy and Economic Research.
  
• 2005-2007 Assistant to the Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research in Karlsruhe.
  
• From September 2007 to December 2011, research associate in the Competence Center Energy Policy and Energy Systems.
  
• Since January 2012: research associate in the Competence Center Energy Policy and Energy Markets at Fraunhofer ISI.
  
• In addition, lecturer at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, from 2008 till 2010, since 2010 lecturer at the University Karlsruhe (KIT) in the field of resource economics.

• evaluation of policy instruments in the field of energy policy
• economic analysis and financing in the field of renewable energies
• methodical works in the realm of costs and benefits of RE deployment
• methodological elaboration of approaches to assess employment impacts of RE deployment
• development of approaches to evaluate distributional effects and benefits of RE deployment
• design and evaluation of institutional structures supporting policies
  
• innovation research related to renewable energies

• Breitschopf, B.; Klobasa, M.; Sensfuß, F.; Steinbach, J.; Ragwitz, M.; Lehr, U.; Horst, J.; Leprich, U.; Diekmann, J.; Braun, F.; Horn, M.: Einzel- und gesamtwirtschaftliche Analyse von Kosten- und Nutzenwirkungen des Ausbaus Erneuerbarer Energien im deutschen Strom- und Wärmemarkt, Untersuchung im Auftrag des BMU. BMU, März 2010.
• Schleich, J.; Breitschopf, B.; Diekmann, J.: Methodological design and institutional arrangements for auctions in the EU Emission Trading System (EU-ETS), UBA, May 2009.
• Ragwitz, M.; Schade, W.; Breitschopf, B.; Walz, R.; Helfrich, N.; Rathmann, M.; Resch, G.; Faber, T.; Panzer, C.; Haas, R.; Nathani, C.; Holzhey, M.; Zagamé, P.; Fougeyrollas, A.; Konstantinaviciute, I.: Employ RES: The impact of renewable energy policy on economic growth and employment in the European Union. Under tender TREN/D1/474/2006, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission, April 2009.
• Grupp, H.; Breitschopf, B.: Innovationskultur in Deutschland – Qualitäten und Quantitäten im letzten Jahrhundert. In: "Das Wissensministerium – Ein halbes Jahrhundert Forschungs- und Bildungspolitik in Deutschland" von Peter Weingart/Niels C. Taubert (Hrsg.) im Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, November 2006.
• Breitschopf, B.; Haller, I.; Grupp, H.: Bedeutung von Innovationen für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. In: Handbuch Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement, Hrsg. S. Albers, O. Grassmann, Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden, September 2005.
  

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