Dr. Elisabeth Dütschke

Dr. Elisabeth Dütschke studied psychology, business administration and marketing. For her PhD thesis she received an award from Südwest Metall as an outstanding contribution to research. Further work experience include consulting of private and public organizations and journalism as well as university lectures. Since June 2009 she has been working at the Fraunhofer ISI as senior scientist and since March 2019 as coordinator of the Business Unit Actors and Social Acceptance in the Transformation of the Energy System. Since October 2023 she has been Head of the Department of Energy Policy and Energy Markets.  She has been an Associate Editor at the Journal Energy Research & Social Science since 2023 and a Co-Editor of the Zeitschrift Umweltpsychologie from 2018-2023. Her work focuses on the human perspective on a changing energy system. She is the main contact for societal issues around the energy transition for the institute.