Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics and guest researcher at the Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, University of Hamburg.

Short biography

Janosch Ondraczek studied environmental and resource economics (Master of Science, University College London, 2004) and European business (Diplom-Betriebswirt, University of Applied Sciences, Münster, and Bachelor of Arts, University of Portsmouth, 2003).

Since 2005, Janosch works as a consultant on renewable energy projects (project finance, transactions and strategy advice) at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hamburg, where he is a manager.

Janosch joined FNU in late 2009 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. on a part-time basis. His Ph.D. research at the Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change focuses on the solar energy markets of east Africa. He is investigating various economic and social aspects of expanding the use of solar energy in Kenya and Tanzania.

Since 2011, Janosch is also a guest research scholar at IIASA's research group on Risk, Policy and Vulnerability in Laxenburg, Austria.

Further information: academic C.V. (including list of publications)

Research interests

• Renewable energy sources (especially wind and solar)
  
• Regulation and promotion of renewable energy markets
• Climate change impacts and mitigation
• Energy and sustainable development

Research publications

Ondraczek, J. (2013), The sun rises in the east (of Africa): A comparison of the development and status of the solar energy markets in Kenya and Tanzania, Energy Policy (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.007.

Lay, J, Ondraczek, J., Stoever, J. (2012), Renewables in the energy transition - Evidence on solar home systems and lighting fuel choice in Kenya , Working Paper FNU-198, University of Hamburg and Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Hamburg.

Ondraczek, J. (2011), The Sun Rises in the East (of Africa): A Comparison of the Development and Status of the Solar Energy Markets in Kenya and Tanzania, Technical Paper, Working Paper FNU-197, University of Hamburg and Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Hamburg.

Ondraczek, J. (2011), The Sun Rises in the East (of Africa): The Development and Status of the Solar Energy Markets in Kenya and Tanzania, PVSEC Conference Paper, Hamburg.

Ondraczek, J. (2011), The Sun Rises in the East (of Africa): A Comparison of the Development and Status of the Solar Energy Markets in Kenya and Tanzania, Background Paper, Working Paper FNU-195, University of Hamburg and Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Hamburg.

Contact details

Visiting address:
Room 209, Grindelberg 5, Hamburg

Mailing address:
Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change (FNU)
Center for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW)
Hamburg University
Grindelberg 5
20144 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 40 42838 2053
Mobile: +49 179 594 5061
Fax: +49 40 42838 7009
E-mail: janosch.ondraczek [#*i67] zmaw.de