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Sonja Peterson has been researching and advising on climate policy issues in the international, European and German context for 20 years. One focus is on environmental policy instruments and especially on European and international emissions trading. In particular, the climate-economy model DART, which Sonja Peterson played a major role in developing, is used for analyses. Her research has focused on the welfare and allocation effects of the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement, EU climate policy and especially European emissions trading and border adjustment measures, as well as on the optimal design of policy measures.

MA in Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1998

Diploma in Business Mathematics, University of Hamburg, 1999

Dr. agr., University of Kiel, 2002

Head of Research Department "Environment and Natural Resources" at Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2005 - 2010)

Senior positions in science management at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2010 - ongoing)

Honorary Professorship for Climate and Energy Policy at the University of Kiel (2017 - ongoing)