History

Previous Summer Schools

Berlin 2025

Topic: Decarbonization Investment under Uncertainty 

Dates: September 2025 

Speakers:

1. Matti Liski (Aalto University)
   • Topic: Market-based Investment Incentives, Technology-specific Surplus Distribution, Real-Option Valuation under Uncertainty 
2. Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University)
   • Topic: Directed Technical Change Theory, Climate Policy and Innovation Interactions, Coordination Failures in Clean-Tech Transitions
3. Verena Hagspiel-Janssen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
   • Topic: Option-Value Theory for Energy Investments, Real-Options in Energy Projects
4. Karsten Neuhoff (DIW Berlin and Technical University Berlin)
   • Topic: Overview of Climate Policy Instruments
5. Estelle Cantillon (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
   • Topic: An economic complexity perspective on the green transition

Florence 2022

Topic: Theoretical foundations of climate economics and policy 

Dates: September 2022 

Speakers:

1. Lucas Bretschger (ETH Zürich) 
   • Topic: Theoretical foundations of climate economics and policy 
2. Karine Nyborg (University of Oslo) 
   • Topic: The interactions between social and moral norms and climate policies: theoretical perspectives 
3. Anastasios Xepapadeas (Athens University of Economics and Business and University of Bologna) 
   • Topic: Pollution control, resource management and dynamic environmental policies 
4. Valeria Costantini (Università Roma Tre) 
   • Topic: The optimal EU climate and energy policy mix design 

Madrid 2021

Topic: Challenges of Intermittent Renewables and Design of Environmental Instruments 

Dates: September 2021 

Speakers: 

1. Stefan Ambec (Toulouse School of Economics) 
   • Topic: The Challenges of Intermittent Renewables 
2. Estelle Cantillon (Université Libre de Bruxelles) 
   • Topic: Design and Development of the EU ETS 
3. Juan Pablo Montero (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) 
   • Topics: Environmental Regulation and the Transport Sector; The Design of Environmental Instruments 
4. Ulrich Wagner (University of Mannheim) 
   • Topic: The Effects of Climate Policy 

Berlin 2019

Topic: Economic Foundations and Modeling of Energy and Climate Policies 

Dates: September 2019 

Speakers: 

1. Carmen Arguedas (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) 
   • Topic: Monitoring and enforcement of energy and climate policies 
2. Simone Borghesi (EUI-Florence School of Regulation) 
   • Topic: Economic Foundations and modeling of Emission Trading Systems 
3. Natalia Fabra (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) 
   • Topic: Competition and market design issues in electricity markets 
4. Andreas Lange (University of Hamburg) 
   • Topic: Behavioral economics of climate and energy policies 
5. Karsten Neuhoff (DIW Berlin, Technical University Berlin) 
   • Topic: The theoretical foundation of a policy mix