Vita
Lara Ahmann holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural and Economic Sciences from the University of Halle-Wittenberg and a Master’s degree in Environmental Systems and Resource Management from the University of Osnabrück. Since October 2017 she is a researcher at GWS in the division of Energy and Climate.
She was already involved in projects on climate change adaptation, bioeconomy and energy efficiency and contributed her systems science expertise. In interdisciplinary teams she evaluated different policy options and instruments. With the models PANTA RHEI and GINFORS-E she works on macroeconometric modelling and future projections.
Research interests
Environmental economics
Renewable energy
Climate change
Projects of Lara Ahmann
- Detailed economic analysis of individual policy instruments and measures for climate change adaptation
- SYMOBIO: Systemic Monitoring and modelling of the bioeconomy
- Reconsidering the Role of Energy and Resource Productivity for Economic Growth, and Developing Policy Options for Capping Macro-Level Rebound Effects
- Models to analyse international interrelations of the EU ETS
- UNCHAIN – UNpacking climate impact CHAINs. A new generation of action- and user-oriented climate change risk assessments
- Bioeconomy in Europe and SDGs: Development, Constribution and Trade-offs
Publications of Lara Ahmann
- Ahmann, L., Lutz, C., Kern, F., Lange, S. & Peuckert, J. (2020): Policy Maßnahmensets zur Eindämmung makroökonomischer Rebound-Effekte. ReCap Policy Brief 1, Berlin.
- Bringezu, S., Banse, M., Ahmann, L., Bezama, N. A., Billig, E., Bischof, R., Blanke, C., Brosowski, A., Brüning, S., Borchers, M., Budzinski, M., Cyffka, K.-F., Distelkamp, M., Egenolf, V., Flaute, M., Geng, N., Gieseking, L., Graß, R., Hennenberg, K., Hering, T., Iost, S., Jochem, D., Krause, T., Lutz, C., Machmüller, A., Mahro, B., Majer, S., Mantau, U., Meisel, K., Moesenfechtel, U., Noke, A., Raussen, T., Richter, F., Schaldach, R., Schweinle, J., Thrän, D., Uglik, M., Weimar, H., Wimmer, F., Wydra, S. & Zeug, W. (2020): Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie. Hrsg. vom Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), Universität Kassel. doi: 10.17170/kobra-202005131255, Kassel.
- Lehr, U., Flaute, M., Ahmann, L., Nieters, A., Hirschfeld, J., Welling, M., Wolff, C., Gall, A., Kersting, J., Mahlbacher, M. & von Möllendorff, Ch. (2020): Vertiefte ökonomische Analyse einzelner Politikinstrumente und Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel. Abschlussbericht. UBA Climate Change 43/2020, Dessau-Roßlau.
- Ahmann, L., Distelkamp, M., Lutz, C. & Flaute, M. (2019): Socio-economic dimensions of the Bioeconomy – Selected findings for trends in the recent past. GWS Discussion Paper 2019/2, Osnabrück.
- Lutz, C., Ahmann, L., Banning, M. & Flaute, M. (2019): How to catch the rebound effect in interindustry modelling. IIOA Conference Paper, Glasgow.
Division
- Energy and Climate