Academic and Practically Oriented Teaching

At the Chair of Energy Economics, students are trained and equipped to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time. The ongoing energy system transition requires excellent skilled workers to contribute to its success. Energy Economics, as a subject, provides an application-oriented and theoretically sound introduction to the way German and international energy markets work and strategic business behaviour in these markets. The classes are intended for future managers in the energy industry and other sectors as well as future analysts, bankers, advisers, economic researchers, regulators and representatives of associations and public authorities. The professorship therefore focuses on an interdisciplinary teaching concept that takes the entire value chain and the energy markets into consideration. The technical, business management and economic aspects include the development of the European electricity and gas markets as well as the integration of renewable energies and are conveyed in the classes in an academic and practically oriented context. Interesting project and seminar work in relation to current developments in the energy industry enable students to apply the knowledge that they have acquired and even to identify and quantify relevant effect mechanisms. This can become the foundation for a high-quality thesis and hence promote students' further development in research or practice.

Current classes in the semester are contained in the timetable.