Graduate School
for Sustainable Energy Systems in Neighbourhoods
Doctoral Candidates Phase 2 NEQ

M.A. Sina Diersch
Institute for Mobility and Urban Planning at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Research Interests: Urban systems, mobility research, user-oriented local mobility, transformation research, human-centered urban planning
Dissertation: Local Mobility in the Context of Urban Transformation. Innovation Perspectives through Real Experiments

M.A. Dione Hernández Galvis
Institute for Mining and Energy Law at the Ruhr University Bochum
Research Interests: Energy law, environmental law, comparative law, European law, international law
Dissertation: Digitization of the energy transition: Legal framework for more efficient use of solar energy in smart neighborhoods

M.A. Lisa Kränke
Bochum University
Research Interests: Sustainable urban and neighborhood development, participation research, governance research, sociological systems theory
Dissertation: Sustainable neighborhood development in Bochum-Hamme

M.Sc. David Kröger
Institute for Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics at Dortmund University of Technology
Research interests: the investigation and further development of future, integrated energy systems, taking into account interactions with the overall energy supply system
Dissertation: Electricity market and grid simulations with special consideration of an increasing coupling of the electricity and heat sectors in the neighborhood

M.Sc. Anne Paulus
Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Research at the Ruhr University Bochum
Research interests: sustainable urban development and issues related to mobility, climate change mitigation and urbanization
Dissertation: Sustainable mobility in the neighborhood. An acceptance study

M.Sc. Simon Slabik
Chair of Resource Efficient Construction at the Ruhr University Bochum
Research Interests: Life cycle analyses or life cycle assessments, resource-efficient building constructions, energetic refurbishment measures in a technical-ecological context, sustainable urban and neighborhood development
Dissertation: The ecological significance of the neighborhood – new construction, renovation and modernization measures and their environmentally relevant effects

M.Sc. Antonia Rubarth
(ehem. Stratmann)
Chair and Institute for Urban Planning and Design at RWTH Aachen University
Research interests: urban planning and its interconnection with other disciplines, innovative approaches to neighborhood development, handling and use of public spaces
Dissertation: How can flexible urban structures create sustainable neighborhood development?
- How can flexible public space contribute to resource-friendly cities? | 2019 | Poster, Abstract

M.Sc. Lisa Taruttis
Chair of Energy Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Research Interests: Regional economics, applied (especially spatial) econometrics, economic policy issues, housing economics
Dissertation: Investments in sustainable energy systems and energy efficiency measures from the perspective of (private) house and apartment owners
- Estimating the impact of energy efficiency on property values in German residential housing markets: Does regional disparity matter? | 2019 | Poster, Abstract

M.Sc. Christian Thommessen
Chair of Energy Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Research interests: Energy system analysis (especially the operation of heat grids and the deployment planning of generation plants), sector coupling, (further) development of energy supply concepts for neighborhoods (in transition)
Dissertation: Heat Networks in Germany – Historical Context, Current Research Questions and Future Benefits
- Determination of heat losses of buried pipelines in cold heat networks | 2018 | Journal article
- Synthesis of heat demand profiles for heat network and generation system simulation | 2019 | Journal article
- An innovative concept to increase the efficiency of existing combined heat and power plants in developing district heating systems | 2019 | Abstract
- Development of Cross-Sectoral Active Network Management Systems Using New Engineering Paradigms | 2019 | Contribution to a collective work or conference proceedings
- Significance of Cogeneration for Germany’s Future Energy Supply | 2019 | Contribution to a collective work or conference proceedings
- Requirements for Smart District Energy Concepts | 2019 | lecture

Dipl.-Ök. Mona Treude
Wuppertal Institute
Research Interests: Governance of sustainable development, Smart City approaches, Urban / regional transformation, Implementation of UN Agenda 2030 and SDGs, Sustainable structural change, Participation and participation formats, Alternative economies and sustainable business, Analysis, development and implementation of sustainability strategies, Educational research / Education for sustainable development
Dissertation: The smart city approach as a concept for achieving climate protection and sustainability goals

M.Sc. Karen Wesely
Chair of Marketing at the Technical University of Dortmund
Research Interests: Industrial marketing, customer relationship management, psychological market research
Dissertation: Relevance of objective and subjective supply autonomy
in the context of the energy transition