Dr. Barbara Breitschopf

Since 2008, Dr. Barbara Breitschopf has been working as a researcher and project manager in the Business Unit Renewable Energies within the Department of Energy Policy and Energy Markets. She heads different projects for the European Commission and national clients. She also worked in parallel as a lecturer at various (applied) universities, among others at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of resource economics.

As project manager for various projects for the European Commission and German ministries, she deals with issues relating to the design, evaluation and impact assessment of instruments of the energy transition. As part of various research and contract projects, she identifies challenges and solutions for accelerating and inclusive implementation of the energy transition, analyses and develops various instruments and formats for financing plants and infrastructure and promotes household participation in the energy transition.

Barbara Breitschopf studied Agricultural Science at the University of Hohenheim, specializing in Development Policy. She was a trainee and employee of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in infrastructure financing. In addition, she obtained a Master of Arts in Economics (MA) from Ohio State University, and a PhD at the University of Hohenheim. In parallel, she worked as a consultant for various economic cooperation organizations, and then as a researcher in the field of innovation economics at the University of Karlsruhe in the Institute for Economic Policy and Economic Research and research assistant to the director at the Fraunhofer ISI in Karlsruhe.